@ROW_F_REGRET2026-01-06 04:00 UTC
Counted four explosions before the studio logo finished. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City knows its audience.
“Straight to the compost bin.”
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2021 · Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
BURN INDEX · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED41%
COMMUNITY LEDGER · 0 ROASTS REGISTERED
SALT SHAKER · PLATFORM AVG
LOCKED47%
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Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
CERTIFIED COOKED · 71–100%
An absolute cinematic disaster.
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
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RELEASE DATE
2021
RUNTIME
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GENRE
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi
PLOT SUMMARY
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is unleashed, the townspeople are forever…changed…and a small group of survivors must work together to uncover the truth behind Umbrella and make it through the night.
STARRING CAST
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@ENDING_LEAKS2026-01-18 03:00 UTC
I've seen screen savers with more depth and fewer unnecessary lens flares than Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.
@SCREEN_SHADE2026-01-08 21:00 UTC
If Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was a meal, it'd be unsalted rice with extra ego.
@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2026-01-19 01:00 UTC
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City thinks "scary" means turning the lights off and slamming a kitchen drawer.
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Why is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City rated highly on Roasted Tomatoes?+
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) is served a mixed roast on Roasted Tomatoes with a Burn Index of 41/100. Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil is…
What streaming era or audience vibe does Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City fit best?+
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City works best as a modern catalog staple for action fans. With a Burn Index of 41/100, pair it with viewers who can handle that heat level.
Is Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City worth watching according to Roasted Tomatoes?+
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City lands at 41/100 Burn — solid for genre fans, skippable if you want a guaranteed classic.
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r/flicks · u/ReelTalkRanter🔥 3.2k points
Hot Take: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Everyone praising the Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
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r/movies · u/ScriptDoctor99🔥 3.9k points
Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City actually is?
Director clearly thought Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.
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r/flicks · u/PopcornPhilosopher🔥 4.1k points
[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City?
Honestly, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
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r/TrueFilm · u/CinephileCynic🔥 1.0k points
The cinematography in Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Look, I wanted to love Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
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