Resident Evil
Movie, 2026, The reboot, Set in Raccoon City, the night of the outbreak
Resident Evil is #14 of 14 in release order and #14 of 14 in chronological order in the Resident Evil.
The story
Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
Resident Evil recap
On the night the T-virus breaks out in Raccoon City, Bryan, a medical courier, takes a last-minute delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital while arguing on the phone with his pregnant girlfriend, Michelle. He hits a woman on a mountain road; the deputy who stops him dies in a crash, and the infected woman attacks. At a farm Bryan is ambushed by her husband, and the two bodies fuse into a tentacled mass that hunts him for the rest of the night. A girl bites him in a tunnel. Two Umbrella employees, Paul and Maxine, rescue him and explain that the package holds a stabiliser scientists need for a cure. Maxine is killed and Paul is absorbed into the creature as Bryan fights his way through the sewers and a hospital overrun with mutated patients, recording a goodbye to Michelle as his bite spreads.
Resident Evil ending explained
Bryan delivers the package, but his infection takes over as the scientists begin work on the cure: his body sprouts mutant limbs that kill them, and the finished cure falls from the rooftop. Fully transformed, he roars as National Guard helicopters arrive over the city. The film is a standalone reboot that runs alongside the events of the Resident Evil 2 game and features none of the game characters.
Post-credits scenes
No post-credits scene has been reported.
Ratings
Rotten Tomatoes 96%
Where it fits
- Release order: after Resident Evil: Death Island, the latest.
- Chronological order: after Resident Evil, the last.
What to watch before Resident Evil
Nothing. Resident Evil (2026) doesn't continue an earlier version, so it stands on its own.
Cast
- Austin Abrams as Bryan
- Paul Walter Hauser as Paul
- Kali Reis as Maxine
- Zach Cherry as Carl
- Johnno Wilson as Officer Wilson
- Shaun W. Loeser as Puker
- Zach Cregger as Intercom (voice)
- Emily Piggford as Dr. Maria Stokes
- Will Merrick as Dave
- Zoé Bellas as Birdie
- Chris Lew Kum Hoi as Stanley
- Griffin Newman as Wade
Directed by Zach Cregger.