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Zach Cregger's Resident Evil has debuted with a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 56 reviews, making it the highest rated video game film adaptation of all time. It's rating means it also surpasses Sonic the Hedgehog 3's 86%. For context, the previous live-action Resident Evil films never got above 37% on the platform, and the 2021 Welcome to Raccoon City reboot sits at 30%. Critics are praising the film's scares, creature effects, dark humour, and Austin Abrams' lead performance - with several drawing comparisons to John Carpenter's The Thing. Polygon called it funny, scary, gross, and beautiful, while EJ Moreno described it as "a true horror blockbuster." Cregger's approach, building an original story around a medical courier thrown into the Raccoon City outbreak rather than adapting any specific game, appears to have been the right call. The film opens in cinemas on September 18. #residentevil #residentevilmovie #re4 #leonkennedy #gamingnews