Ranking EVERY Resident Evil Movie From Worst To Best
2. Resident Evil: Retribution
After a somewhat "out of nowhere" cliffhanger ending to Afterlife, Retribution takes a left turn into a 'best of' roadshow with the likes of Ada Wong and Leon S. Kennedy for the first time in a live-action setting. Outside the George A. Romero 90s commercials for Resident Evil 2, of course.
It is frankly amazing how good this film actually is.
After it seems like Anderson and the studio threw darts at a board to see what they could include, we get a complete smorgasbord of fan-favourites and unexpected brilliance. Giant Lickers, Jill Valentine, an infected gentleman with a chainsaw - even a Barry Burton is getting in on the action.
Colin Salmon, Oded Fehr and even Michelle Rodriguez also return as part of an elite Umbrella death squad, and nobody is allowed to complain about any of this.
Admittedly, in the grand scheme of the Alice in Wonderland retelling of Resident Evil, Retribution becomes rather pointless to an already messed up series. Characters introduced are ultimately inconsequential and nothing matters by the end, not even the final shot of humanity's last stand.
If you've made it this far in the live-action series, treat Retribution as the actual finale, rather than Final Chapter. That way, you'll go out smiling.