Of course I needed no persuasion to sit down and watch this 2025 documentary. And this was actually the first time I heard about how close we had legendary zombie film maker George A. Romero directing a movie adaptation of Capcom's major hit "Resident Evil".
Sure, having had Romero put his unique touch on the "Resident Evil" franchise in a movie was a match made in heaven. And it is definitely something I would have enjoyed watching, no doubt about that. Not that I don't enjoy the 2012 movie "Resident Evil" from writer and director Paul W. S. Anderson, and let's be honest, it was a steep downhill slide with each movie released in that series of movies from Paul W. S. Anderson, but the first movie was a nice enough action movie and loose adaptation of Capcom's game series. Would Romero's movie have fared better? Well, we never get to know, but this 2025 documentary does shed some light on a lot of what-could-have-been and what-ifs.
While this 2025 documentary is watchable, it tends to become a bit tedious and beating around the bush. There were certainly times throughout the 110 minutes that I was thinking 'sure, let's just move along to the next topic already'.
Is it a documentary that warrants more than a single viewing? No. But it did leave me with some interesting bits of information about how Romero came to write a script for "Resident Evil" which unfortunately was scrapped. And yeah, I would certainly have enjoyed watching Romero tackle the "Resident Evil" game and bring the essence of the iconic horror game to the big screen in a way that merged his traditional zombie movie making with the aestetics of the "Resident Evil" games.
Granted, I didn't know the man himself, heck I never even met him, but he most certainly had a profound influence on my love of all things horror and especially all things zombie. So yeah, it was nice to see his legacy being honored and have this piece of cinematic history opened up and shared widely with the world at large.
My rating of director Brandon Salisbury's 2025 documentary "George A. Romero's Resident Evil" lands on a six out of ten stars.
