I think a good indicator of whether or not a video game to movie adaptation is gonna be good or not can be inferred by how much effort they put into making the characters look like how they do in the game.... The biggest reason being that it shows whether they care about bringing the game to life, or they want to do their own thing for the most part and capitalise off of slapping the franchise name on it.
Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
It was kinda dogshit. It took a vague whiff at what happened in RE1 and 2 and tried to shove them into the one movie. Really RE1 and 2 both deserve their own separate movies, so you don't get a rushed jumbled mess like this was, that added in connections that didn't exist to justify mixing the two games.
When I first saw pictures I thought Leon was Luis....
Also, who tf decided to let Tom Hopper play Wesker??????? What were they smoking??????? The guy who's known for playing Percival in Merlin and Luther in The Umbrella Academy??????
Least Wesker like person they could have chosen.
I don't even wanna talk about it....
Mary Angela Laura Crane bs 😭
The first scene told me all I needed to know about how deeply the respected the actual story.
James killed Mary and drove to Silent Hill with the plans to end his life by driving into Toluca lake. When he gets there he has some sort of mental break and completely forgets reality. Depending on what ending you get is whether or not James goes through with it, but many people who worked on SH2, including James' og voice actor, consider 'In Water' to be the canon ending....
So why tf does "James" rock up to Silent Hill in a convertible?????
Casting/Character dressing:
James is also so simple to get right.... so simple.... I could walk to my local charity shop rn and buy a better costume than what they gave James..... and the convertible car??????? James is POOR!!!! He's in America and his wife spent 3 YEARS IN HOSPITAL!!!!!!! In the game he drove a shit box!
In conclusion.... why are studios so afraid of the 90's blond boy band hair style..... In the past decade they refused to give it to James and Leon???? Bruh