In March 2001, the official website was set up, which revealed the film's original October 26, 2001 release[43] and a redirect to the film's production company Constantin Film.[44] The website was fully opened in July 2001, and composed of images, plot info, character biographies and downloads.[45] In January 2002, the film was officially announced to have an R rating, although Anderson decided not to make it as gory as the games.[27][46] Originally it received an NC-17 rating and Anderson had to make cuts; the uncut version was teased but never released.[47][48]
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Resident Evil is a 2002 science fiction horror film loosely based on the game series of the same name. Borrowing elements from the Resident Evil and Resident Evil 2, the film follows the amnesiac heroine Alice along with a group of Umbrella commandos as they attempt to escape a secret underground facility full of zombies. The film was directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, and was released in The United States on March 15th, 2002, and in Japan on August 31st, 2002.
The first cinematic take on Capcom's classic horror franchise is undoubtedly the best. Released in 2002, Resident Evil was an early entry into the video game movie craze, before fans were made cynical by years of failure. Paul W.S. Anderson was chosen to direct the film after the modest success of his 1995 Mortal Kombat film marked what was then the height of expectations for the genre. Anderson decided to avoid too much connection to the games because video game movies tended to underperform. Anderson was reportedly such a big fan of the franchise that he had written a script for a film that he himself dubbed a ripoff of Capcom's opus. Routinely in the modern era, R-rated films are edited down to appeal to younger audiences, but Anderson knew Resident Evil needed to be faithful to its source. Reportedly, the film needed edits to drop from an NC-17 to an R.
Getting to watch the movies in 4K for the first time seemed like the perfect time to take a long look at the original Resident Evil film, scour through the cast and crew audio commentary, and learn the secrets, references, and Easter eggs hidden within the film. Take a look below at 27 things we learned from 2002's Resident Evil. After that, keep watching the franchise or check out our other deep dive horror galleries for movies like Halloween H20, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and the Silent Hill film.
In 1998, George A. Romero directed a television commercial for the video game Resident Evil 2. The original game's director, Shinji Mikami, was a fan of Romero and had been influenced by his films. The commercial was only shown in Japan, but impressed Sony enough for them to ask him to write and direct Resident Evil. Romero stated that he had his secretary play the entire game through and record the gameplay so he could study it as a resource. Romero's screenplay was based on the first Resident Evil game and included characters from the video games. Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine were the lead characters, involved in a romantic relationship. Barry Burton, Rebecca Chambers, Ada Wong, and Albert Wesker were to also appear. The ending to the film would have been similar to the best ending to the first Resident Evil game. In a 2002 interview for a Fangoria article about the film, Romero said how he wrote a total of five or six different drafts, but his script was rejected as well. Robert Kulzer, head of the production, said in the same article how although Romero's script was good, the movie would have received an NC-17 rating if they went with it. He also said how they thought that McElroy did a pretty good job with his script, but the reason why that one was rejected was because by the time it was finished the second game came out and they felt that the movie based on the first game would have been dated and boring. After Romero left the project, other writers and directors were involved in it for the next couple of years before the movie finally went into production. Romero said that a number of people from Capcom and Constantin supported his script, but that it was Constantin head Bernd Eichinger who made the decision to reject his script.
In March 2001, the official website was set up, which revealed the film's original October 26, 2001 release date and a redirect to the film's production company Constantin Film. The website was fully opened in July 2001, and composed of images, plot info, character biographies and downloads. The film was planned to have an R-rated classification which is what Anderson wanted since he knew the film had to be rated R in order to capture the horror of the games. In January 2002, the film was officially announced to contain an R rating. According to Fangoria #211, interviews and commentary with Anderson, the movie was originally rated NC-17 and he had to make cuts to it for an R rating. It was long rumored, even by Anderson himself, that the uncut version will be released, but it never was. 2ff7e9595c
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