Now, before we get into the essentials of how you can watch 'Resident Evil' right now, here are some finer points about the Impact Pictures, Davis Films, New Legacy Film, Constantin Film horror flick. Resident Evil starring Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, James Purefoy has a R rating, a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min. The release date of the movie is March 15th, 2002. The movie received a user score of 66/100 on TMDb, which was calculated from reviews from 6,685 community users.
Thinking about what happens in this film? Here's the plot: "When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak."
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'Resident Evil' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 15th, 2002
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
July 30th, 2002
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Resident Evil Movies
Loosely based upon the Capcom video games of the same name, the Resident Evil film series follows the protagonist Alice, a character created for the films. The Umbrella Corporation acts as the main antagonist, a bio-engineering pharmaceutical company responsible for formulating the T-virus, which results in a zombie infection outbreak.













