After the "Resident Evil" series directed by Paul Anderson ended, Sony quickly announced that it would restart the series and launch a version that focuses more on the original story-"Resident Evil First Part" : Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.
And after the first wave of stills of the movie was released at the end of August, the classification of the work has now been determined!
According to the latest information released by American Film Association , this new relaunched version of "Resident Evil" has officially received an R-rated rating.
This can make many fans who love the original video game series feel at ease.
As for the reason for this rating, it is "strong violence, blood and speech."
For a horror movie with zombies as the main axis, these are all indispensable elements.
"Resident Evil: Lacun City" will lead the audience to witness another zombie crisis.
Just like the first two works in the video game series, the background of this film is set in a city called Lacun.
This was originally the base camp of the "Umbrella Company", a large pharmaceutical manufacturer, but now it has become a dying Midwestern town.
's secret biochemical experiments caused the entire city to fall into a deserted state, and a large number of citizens were infected and became zombies. After that, the city changed forever.
Therefore, a group of survivors must work together to expose the huge conspiracy behind the umbrella company and survive the night successfully.
film is directed by Johannes Roberts, director of the " " series, and will be drawn from the first two works of Capcom's original video game.
and restart the entire "Resident Evil" movie series originally starring Milla Jovovich (Milla Jovovich).
The actors involved in the film include "Claire" Kaya Scodelario (Kaya Scodelario), "Chris" Robbie Amell (Robbie Amell), "Jill" Han Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper "Wisca", Avan Jogia "Lyon" and Neal McDonough .
Fans who love the original video game series of "Resident Evil" should be quite familiar with the currently public plot summary, which also echoes the director's promise to return the movie to its original roots.
"Obviously, although there is already a set of "Resident Evil" series of movies, but this film has nothing to do with that series at all."
said the director.
"This is a completely different origin story, adapted from the original video game and the roots of this horrible worldview... We are not remaking the previous version of the movie, but heading in a completely different new direction."
The recently released R-level rating of this film represents that the director has indeed arranged more horror elements for this movie story.
In addition, Tom Hopper, who played the villain Abel Wisca in the film, also assured video game fans that "Resident Evil Episode One: Lacun City" would definitely satisfy them.
and revealed that this movie is indeed deeply influenced by the original series of "Resident Evil" in all aspects.
"I think from an aesthetic point of view,This game series really has a profound impact on this.
Hopper said,
"This kind of aesthetics makes me want to say, ‘dude, this really feels like in a game’ when we are shooting.
I sincerely hope that fans of the video game series can get some interesting content from it, because it will be richer than games.
In addition, this time the character also adds more depth.
"Resident Evil: Lacun City" is expected to be released in North America on November 24.
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