Patrick Gill

No matter what happens with the new Street Fighter film, remember that fans gave us the best live action video game adaptation with Street Fighter Assassins Fist

So here's something to think about when it comes to video games being adapted into live action and this new Resident Evil movie from Zach Cregger. All of these films (and Assassin's Fist being a series but its the same runtime as a film) are still staring characters you want to see or at least have a connection to the source material. Liberties can be taken. Sonic The Hedgehog 3: Adapts the story of Sonic Adventure 2, takes liberties and changes up things (now, personally, I wasn't a fan of some choices) but the film overall captures what we love about the characters and had throwbacks put in at the right time. Street Fighter Assassin's Fist: Generally all we really know about Ryu & Ken's early life was that they trained under Gouken for years until they left to travel the world which led into the events of Street Fighter & Street Fighter Alpha. So, the guys behind Assassin's Fist, who are massive fans of the series, gave us the early years before the world warrior tournament. Ryu & Ken training, learning from their master, learning about Ansatsuken and their masters past as well as actually getting flashbacks to Gouken & Gouki and what caused their split and what became of Gouki. They took liberties here, but never stepped away from what was important. Mortal Kombat: ok like....do I even need to explain this one? By the time this film got made, 2 games already came out with the third one being worked on probably alonside the film being made as it released in April 1995 and the film released in August 1995. They gave us a tournament, characters who came pretty close to their game counterparts, the world of the games fit well into the film, and it had cool martial arts fights, it didn't try to be something it wasn't. Silent Hill: Ok so....maybe not the best, but you gotta understand, around the time this film came out, video games that became movies generally did horrible. But this one tried, and for what it was, it was decent. Now, if you wanna adapt RE and have it during the outbreak of Raccoon City, ok, cool, the Bryan character works, but how about on his run through the city he actually goes to familiar places from the games? Now, he doesn't have to meet any of the main characters, but let's say he gets inside the RPD and he's met with Marvin and a bunch of the survivors in the main hall, the RPD's heavily overrun in other areas, and there's apparently an evacuation being planned at the clocktower. Take a scene from outbreak where Rita goes to get the truck to take people to safety, but the zombies start breaking in and Marvin gets bit trying to defend Bryan. See, RE fans really aren't asking a 1:1, but much like about what I posted above and what made the other films work, that's what fans are asking for. Not just easter eggs to dangle in front of us, but a connection. You can take liberities in your creation but when you go off the trail and you give people something that really doesn't feel like what it's supposed to be, you can't be mad at people for being a bit upset. I know a lot of people aren't going to read this, or all of it, so I expect angry comments, just understand that most fans are even saying Cregger's film will probably end up being good, its just not a good Resident Evil film.