Zach Cregger Reshapes Video Game Movies With New Resident Evil

The latest installment in the horror franchise has shattered previous box office records with a $60 million domestic opening weekend and over $108 million globally. Director Zach Cregger's version differs from earlier entries by discarding familiar characters like Leon Kennedy, focusing instead on an original protagonist named Bryan who serves as a medical courier during a zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation's virus. The film received strong reviews that drove word-of-mouth success following similar hits for Cregger such as Weapons and Barbarian. In its conclusion, the story follows Bryan delivering a cure to scientists before transforming into an infected creature after being bitten earlier in the movie. He attacks them at their laboratory despite his condition while they manage to create medicine which then falls from the building during his final moments.