Watch the Trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City
Sony Pictures Entertainment has released a trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which will premiere in theaters on November 24. It was one of those trailers that presents a teaser of itself before showing the audience the proper trailer for the film, which could be a bit disorienting, or at least redundant. Coming a few months off the heels of another successful Resident Evil videogame, Resident Evil: Village, this apparent reboot seems perfectly comfortable with leaning into schlock and jump scares. The short trailer features the iconic hit by the band 4 Non Blondes, “What’s Up,” some gruesome, visceral monsters made from both CGI and special effects makeup, as well as some very on-the-nose dialogue about the “roots of evil” and the Umbrella Corporation’s experiments. It lets you know what you will be getting into, which appears to be a fun horror film with helicopter explosions and swarming zombie-like creatures.
The trailer starts with a voiceover by lead actress Kaya Scodelario (star of the 2019 alligator-hurricane natural horror film Crawl), who plays Claire Redfield (a protagonist of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica, before we’re introduced to Robbie Amell (star of Amazon sci-fi comedy series Upload) as her brother Chris Redfield (protagonist of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil 5), and Avan Jogia as Leon Kennedy (co-protagonist of Resident Evil 2 videogame and standalone protagonist of one of the franchise’s most critically-successful entries, Resident Evil 4). Tom Hopper (Game of Thrones, Umbrella Academy) will appear as recurrent series antagonist Albert Wesker, while Donal Logue appears in the trailer as the RPD police chief, Brian Irons. Hannah John-Kamen (Ghost from Ant-Man and The Wasp appears as Jill Valentine, a protagonist of the original Resident Evil and most recently featured in 2020’s remake of Resident Evil 3.