Netflix’s ‘Resident Evil’ Is a Time-Hopping Zombie Tale, but Human Characters Lack Bite: TV Review
variety.comJordan Moreau Ever since AMC’s “The Walking Dead” sank its teeth into pop culture, zombie shows have been reanimating on TV at an apocalyptic rate.
Netflix alone has a horde of shows and movies, like Zack Snyder’s “Army of the Dead,” the Korean high school drama “All of Us Are Dead,” the period horror “Kingdom” and even the dark comedy “Santa Clarita Diet.” To stand out from the rest of the pack, all of these post-“Walking Dead” shows had to reimagine the classic zombie story by experimenting with genre or setting.
Netflix’s “Resident Evil” series is no different, infusing its take on the undead with multiple timelines, teen drama and a sci-fi pharmaceutical company bent on world domination.The “Resident Evil” franchise has been around for more than 25 years, launching as a horror game in the mid ’90s that terrified players with its grotesque monsters and haunting world.
It’s since reanimated as dozens of spinoffs, TV series and a multi-film franchise led by Milla Jovovich. Netflix’s “Resident Evil,” however, takes a different approach by focusing on the Wesker family, which includes their distant dad Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick) and twins Jade and Billie Wesker (Tamara Smart and Siena Agudong).
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