It shouldn't be a surprise that the Resident Evil movies are now a synonym, not only of terrible movies but also of awful video game adaptations. After all not only does the franchise change the entire plot of the original series by an incredible extent which each new entry, but even when it tries to add characters that were in the original games it fails miserably. However it wasn't always like this. Despite all its mistakes the first Resident Evil movie wasn't really that bad. Sure it wasn't a great video game adaptation (but how many of them are there actually anyway?) but in general it as a fun action flick that didn't depend as much on CGI as the later installments with a plot wasn't completely dumb. As time came by the next instalments in the franchise became more and more ridiculous until the point in which you didn't know if they're action films or comedies. Of course a 6th film has already been announced and it looks likely to film later this year, but despite this, eventually, a reboot of this franchise is inevitable. Reboots are controversial, since they involve starting from scratch a story that has already been told and somehow make it look new, so in consideration of those who will have to suffer doing this labor, here are some ideas on how to reboot this franchise to make the Resident Evil movies we all deserve.
Change The Title Of The Franchise To "Biohazard"
The biggest problem that they have right now is that the franchise is so well known that it would be hard to get over to the audience that the next entry is a reboot. Audiences probably wouldn't buy a new movie titled Resident Evil, but then even with a title like Resident Evil: Reborn, for the casual film-goer who possibly bailed on this series after movie number two, how would they be able to differentiate this title from the recent entries? However, why should they keep with the "Resident Evil" title? One way to overcome the reboot title is that they could simply use the Japanese title "Biohazard" and start the new franchise with that title. While this would make things easier I believe that a lot of people (including critics) would criticize the movie for being similar in plot to the first Resident Evil film. Y'know, much like with the recent Spider-Man reboot. But then again, this is the kind of problems that every reboot has to face with. In Resident Evil's case it would be a little bit easier since the only similarities would be with who the main villain of the movie is, with the characters isn't such a major problem because they're completely different from the games to the movies. On a small side-note it's such a shame that some good actors that were on Anderson's films won't be able to make an appearance in the movies, even when they're good actors and look as some characters in the games.