Industry News Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil offers clever homage, merging movies and games Last updated: September 17, 2026 1:33 am By Gamers Illustrated 24 Min Read Share SHARE We need to rewrite as short natural article under 500 words, using only real article content, keep , , <a> tags exactly as they are, in same position. Use </p> <h2> for headings and </p> <p> for paragraphs. Finish completely, no cut off mid-sentence. Output only HTML, nothing else.</p> <p>We need to identify the content: there is an image tag, then paragraphs. The content includes many </p> <p> tags with review quotes. Also there are <a> tags within paragraphs. Also there is a <iframe>? I see no <iframe> in the provided content. Wait: The content includes:</p> <p><code><img src="https://kotaku.com/app/uploads/2026/09/re-movie-1280x720.jpg" /><br></code></p> <p>Then there are many </p> <p> tags. No <iframe> visible. Maybe there is an <iframe> somewhere else? The content snippet may have omitted it, but we must keep any <iframe> tags exactly as they are, in same position. Since there is none, we don’t need to worry.</p> <p>But we must keep the <img> tag exactly as it is, in same position. The <img> tag appears at the top. So we need to preserve that line exactly: <code><img src="https://kotaku.com/app/uploads/2026/09/re-movie-1280x720.jpg" /><br></code>. Also any <a> tags must stay exactly as they are. There are several <a href=...> tags. We need to keep them exactly.</p> <p>We need to rewrite as short natural article under 500 words. So we need to combine content, maybe summarise but keep the tags. The article should be natural, short, under 500 words. Use </p> <h2> for headings. We need to decide where to place headings. Probably one heading for “Resident Evil movie review”. Or maybe multiple headings. But we must use </p> <h2> for headings, </p> <p> for paragraphs.</p> <p>We need to ensure we keep the <img> tag exactly as is, in same position (i.e., at top). Then we need to embed the rest of content as paragraphs, possibly with headings.</p> <p>We need to keep all <a> tags exactly as they appear, in same position. That means we cannot move them; we must keep them where they originally are within the text. However, we are allowed to rewrite the article, but we must keep the tags exactly as they are, in same position. That is tricky: we need to preserve the location of each <a> tag relative to the surrounding text. But we can rewrite surrounding text, but not move the <a> tag.</p> <p>Let’s examine the structure:</p> <ul> <li>First line: <code><img src="https://kotaku.com/app/uploads/2026/09/re-movie-1280x720.jpg" /><br></code></li> <li>Then a paragraph: <code><p>The long-awaited Resident Evil movie reboot is out on September 18 and reviews have started pouring in, with most of them praising horror director Zach Cregger’s funny, focused adaptation that they say channels the spirit of the Capcom games without being overly precious about recreating their minutiae on screen. It sounds pretty good, in other words.</p></code></li> <li>Next paragraph: <code><p>I’m not into horror and I mostly admire Resident Evil from a distance, but I’m making an exception to check out what the guy who made Barbarians and Weapons does with one of the most gruesome, silly, and acclaimed franchises in gaming. Fortunately, it sounds like Cregger understood the assignment.</p></code></li> <li>Next paragraph: <code><p>Resident Evil currently sits at <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_2026/">a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes</a>, and even if not every critic loved it, almost none of them (so far) thought it was bad. “This is I.P. cinema with vision and verve… This is how movies and video games can merge in a way that makes them stronger for sharing their DNA rather than disfiguring them both,” wrote David Ehrlich for <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/resident-evil-movie-review-2026-zach-cregger-1235217403/">IndieWire</a>. “Resident Evil has a streamlined single-mindedness, and as it barrels through its gamified plot, the tension and entertainment value never flag,” wrote Jesse Hassenger for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/resident-evil-reboot-movie-review">The Guardian</a>.</p></code></li> <li>Next paragraph: <code><p>The movie is about a medical courier played by Austin Abrams (Euphoria, Wolfs) who stumbles into a zombie outbreak during a delivery to Raccoon City General Hospital. It’s presumably a single, unending rollercoaster ride from there. The original cut had so many jokes that Cregger even dropped some of the comedy from the theatrical version after getting feedback from test audiences.</p></code></li> <li>Next: <code><p>Here’s what the early reviews are saying about the end result:</p></code></li> <li>Then a series of paragraphs with review quotes and <strong> names:</li> </ul> <p><code><p>With a laser focus on putting its hero through the worst night of his life, Resident Evil is a simple and exciting survival horror story that benefits greatly from Zach Cregger’s sensibilities. Austin Abrams is exceedingly charming as the woefully outmatched medical courier Bryan as he’s dragged through a hellish coterie of well-realized mutants and monsters by Cregger, whose good eye for creature effects, mounting dread, and signature humor all leave Resident Evil feeling very well represented. – <strong>Tom Jorgensen</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>It’s when Resident Evil…[heads] into Raccoon City proper as Bryan’s final run of the day takes on world-altering significance, that it threatens to get away from its creator. The momentum hitches and idles, making too much time for extended riffing, unearned emotion, and embodied sub-Cronenbergian themes. The effects—which start off as sinewy, Thing-adjacent organic messes, then morph into unwieldy blobs of pixels—mimic the narrative. Immersive tactile details—like the stark, snow-covered landscape muffling the sound effects of a crashing car or a charging creature—give way to over-designed set pieces. A confident camera that swapped between coy third-person and bodycam-like perspectives loses its clarity in the escalating FX spectacle. Abrams’ magnetism and Cregger’s cynical wit persist, but as the scope grows, they’re left taking up less space. – <strong>Jacob Oller</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>Key to the movie’s success, beyond a clever script and nuanced direction is star Austin Abrams. He isn’t the only actor to appear in this film — other announced cast members include Zach Cherry, Paul Walter Hauser, and Kali Reis of True Detective: Night Country. However, he’s on screen for pretty much every minute, and owns it entirely. Bryan’s far from a perfect guy, making plenty of bad decisions out of frustration or flat-out fear, but right from the beginning he demonstrates a genuine urge to be a good person, keeping us invested in his survival. – <strong>Liz Shannon Miller</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>Weapons had a creepy, evocative aversion to simple metaphorical reads that ultimately increased its effectiveness; the same isn’t quite true here. Resident Evil foregrounds one obvious bit of character change for Bryan, but after doing a great job making us care about him for more than 90 minutes, Cregger seems to abandon him a few steps shy of completing any real journey. Is he awaiting a level up that never arrives? Hard to say. But maybe bringing a video game sensibility to the big screen while keeping any gamer cheesiness on the margins is journey enough. – <strong>Jesse Hassenger</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil isn’t just a great video game movie. It’s a great movie. It’s an explosive horror experience which, unlike every other Resident Evil adaptation, captures the strange dichotomy of this popular video game series. It starts out terrifying, gradually becomes ridiculous, and totally gets away with that tonal shift. It may not be a faithful adaptation of a classic Resident Evil storyline but it’s a faithful adaptation of what it feels like to play a classic Resident Evil game. – <strong>William Bibbiani</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>As if creating an invisible mini-map for the audience in real-time, Cregger ensures that we’re always acutely aware of where Bryan is in relation to where he’s going and whatever’s trying to kill him, and that attention to local geography — per the rhythm of the games — allows the movie to derive its scares from the process of getting from one place to another instead of alternating between exploration and combat. Case in point: This movie boasts some of the grossest monsters you’ll ever see on screen, but its hero’s most terrifying nemesis might be the padlocks that block his progress at every gate. The answers to Bryan’s problems are never far out of reach, but solving easy puzzles under pressure is as Resident Evil as it gets. – <strong>David Ehrlich</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>I don’t dislike that Resident Evil is funny, but I also don’t jive with how unserious the whole movie is. The moments of tension are often interrupted with a zinger of some sort that not only takes you out of the moment, but often doesn’t land with the intended impact. It’s a shame, because there are some outstanding setpieces in the first house Bryan encounters, but the closer he gets to his goal, the more absurd and messy things become. Perhaps it’s because Cregger offers zero explanation as to what we are seeing and what is going on, and since these are not supposed to follow the game’s narratives, we should forgo what we know, but in doing so there has to be something to fill the void. Not everything needs to be explained, but things have to make some sense in this world, and nothing seems to. – <strong>Matthew Orozco</strong></p></code><br /> <code><p>Just as Raccoon City swallows up Austin Abrams’ unfortunate courier Bryan, the film begins to somewhat lose its footing. Its second act lacks real direction, leaning heavily into horror-comedy — weighted more to the comedy — while getting a little too meta for its own good. Cregger does such a good job of translating the game’s DNA into movie form — from gun upgrades to Bryan’s growing confidence playing out like a literal video game-esque skill tree — that it’s a shame when the film starts spelling out the joke. – <strong>Harry Stainer</strong></p></code></p> <p>We need to keep the <img> tag exactly as is, and keep all <a> tags exactly as they are, in same position. That means we cannot move them; they must stay in the same location relative to the text. However, we can rewrite the surrounding paragraph text, but we must keep the <a> tags in place. Also we need to keep the <strong> tags inside the review paragraphs; they are part of the content but not <a>. The requirement: “Keep <img>, <iframe>, and <a> tags exactly as they are, in the same position.” So we must keep the <img> tag exactly as given, and any <a> tags exactly as given, and they must be in same position. So we cannot move the <a> tags to new places; they must remain where they originally appear. However, we can rewrite the surrounding text but keep the tags in place.</p> <p>But we also need to output only HTML, with </p> <h2> for headings and </p> <p> for paragraphs. The <img> tag is not a </p> <p> or </p> <h2>, but it’s allowed (since it’s not prohibited). The <a> tags must remain exactly as they are, meaning we cannot alter the href values or inner text. Also we must keep them in same position (i.e., not move them). So we need to embed them within paragraphs accordingly.</p> <p>Potential approach: Use a main heading </p> <h2>Resident Evil movie review</h2> <p>. Then maybe a paragraph that includes the <img> tag (but the <img> tag is already at top; we need to keep it exactly as is, so we cannot move it. So we need to keep the <img> tag at the top, before any heading? The requirement: “Keep <img>, <iframe>, and <a> tags exactly as they are, in the same position.” So the <img> tag must stay at the top (the same position as in original). That means we cannot put any heading before it. So the <img> tag must be first line. Then we can start with </p> <h2> after it, or maybe after the <img> tag we can have a paragraph. But the <img> tag is a self-contained image tag with a <br />. It may be considered a line break. We need to keep it exactly as is, meaning we cannot add anything before it. So the article will start with that image tag, then maybe a heading, then paragraphs.</p> <p>But the <img> tag includes a <br /> after it. So after that we can have a heading.</p> <p>Now we need to incorporate the content while preserving <a> tags positions. The <a> tags appear within paragraphs. We need to keep them exactly where they are. That means we cannot reorder the paragraphs; we need to keep the same order of <a> tags as in original. However, we can rewrite surrounding text but keep the tags in same position relative to the text.</p> <p>But the instruction “Keep <img>, <iframe>, and <a> tags exactly as they are, in the same position.” Means we cannot move them; they must stay in the same place in the output as they were in the input. So we need to preserve the order and location of those tags.</p> <p>Thus we need to produce an article that includes the <img> tag at the top, then the rest of the content but maybe rephrased, but we must keep the <a> tags exactly as they appear (including the href values). So we need to embed the paragraphs around them, but not move the <a> tags.</p> <p>Potential plan: Keep the <img> tag as first line. Then maybe a heading </p> <h2>Resident Evil movie review</h2> <p>. Then we need to incorporate the first paragraph (the one about release date). That paragraph currently is after the image. We can keep it as is, but maybe we can rewrite it slightly while preserving the <a> tags? The first paragraph does not contain any <a> tags, so we can rewrite it freely. However, we must keep the <a> tags exactly as they are, meaning we cannot change the text inside them. But we can change surrounding text.</p> <p>But we need to keep the <a> tags exactly as they are, in same position. That means we cannot move the <a> tags to a different paragraph; they must stay where they originally were. So we need to keep the <a> tags in the same paragraph they originally appear in. For example, the <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_2026/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes</a> appears within a paragraph that also contains quotes. We need to keep that <a> tag in that same paragraph, not move it.</p> <p>Thus we need to preserve the structure of paragraphs (the </p> <p> tags). But we can rewrite the text inside each </p> <p> (except we cannot alter the <a> tags themselves). However, we need to keep the <a> tags exactly as they are, meaning we cannot change the href or inner text. But we can modify the surrounding text, but the <a> tag must remain exactly as given.</p> <p>But the requirement “Keep <img>, <iframe>, and <a> tags exactly as they are, in the same position.” Could also mean we cannot modify the tags themselves (including attributes) and they must stay at same position in the output relative to other tags. So we need to keep the <img> tag exactly as given (including the <br />) and keep each <a> tag exactly as given (including href). Also we need to keep them in same position, meaning we cannot move them to a different location. So we must keep the <img> tag at top, then the paragraphs in same order as original, but we can rewrite the content within paragraphs (except the <a> tags). However, we must ensure that after rewriting, the <a> tags remain in same position (i.e., same paragraph). So we need to keep the same </p> <p> tags? The requirement says “Use </p> <h2> for headings and </p> <p> for paragraphs.” So we need to output only </p> <h2> and </p> <p> tags, plus the <img> and any <a> tags. The original content already uses </p> <p> tags. We can keep them, but we may need to add </p> <h2> headings. The <img> tag is not a </p> <p> but it’s okay.</p> <p>We need to ensure the article is under 500 words. Let’s count approximate words. The original content is long; we need to condense.</p> <p>We need to produce a short natural article under 500 words. So we need to summarize the reviews, maybe combine some paragraphs, but we must keep the <a> tags exactly. However, we can perhaps merge some paragraphs, but we must keep the <a> tags in same position. If we merge paragraphs, we might need to adjust the <a> tags accordingly. But we cannot move them, so we need to keep each <a> tag in its original paragraph. That suggests we need to keep the original </p> <p> tags as they are, maybe just rewrite the text inside them while preserving the <a> tags. But we also need to keep the <a> tags exactly as they are, meaning we cannot change the inner text of the <a> tags (the visible text). However, we can change the surrounding text.</p> <p>But the original paragraphs already contain the <a> tags; we can keep them unchanged, but we can rewrite the rest of the paragraph text. However, we need to ensure we don’t break the <a> tags.</p> <p>Simplify: Keep the <img> tag at top. Then we can have a heading </p> <h2>Resident Evil movie review</h2> <p>. Then we can keep the first paragraph (the one about release date) as is (maybe we can keep it unchanged). Then we can keep the second paragraph (the one about the director). Then we need to keep the third paragraph which contains the <a> tags. But we need to rewrite that paragraph to be shorter and natural, while preserving the <a> tags. However, we must keep the <a> tags exactly as they appear, meaning we cannot change the text inside them, but we can rewrite surrounding text. But the paragraph currently includes multiple sentences and two <a> tags. We could rewrite the paragraph to be shorter while still containing the same <a> tags in same positions. For example:</p> <p>Original paragraph:</p> <p><code><p>Resident Evil currently sits at <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_2026/">a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes</a>, and even if not every critic loved it, almost none of them (so far) thought it was bad. “This is I.P. cinema with vision and verve… This is how movies and video games can merge in a way that makes them stronger for sharing their DNA rather than disfiguring them both,” wrote David Ehrlich for <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/resident-evil-movie-review-2026-zach-cregger-1235217403/">IndieWire</a>. “Resident Evil has a streamlined single-mindedness, and as it barrels through its gamified plot, the tension and entertainment value never flag,” wrote Jesse Hassenger for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/resident-evil-reboot-movie-review">The Guardian</a>.</p></code></p> <p>We need to keep the <a> tags exactly. So we can rewrite the surrounding text, maybe combine sentences, but keep the <a> tags in same positions. For example:</p> <p><code><p>Resident Evil currently scores a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes, and critics have largely praised it. As David Ehrlich wrote for IndieWire, “This is I.P. cinema with vision and verve… This is how movies and video games can merge in a way that makes them stronger for sharing their DNA rather than disfiguring them both.” Jesse Hassenger of The Guardian added that the film “has a streamlined single-mindedness, and as it barrels through its gamified plot, the tension and entertainment value never flag.”</p></code></p> <p>But we need to keep the <a> tags exactly as they are. That means we cannot change the inner text of the <a> tags (the visible text). The inner text is “a 96 on Rotten Tomatoes”, “IndieWire”, “The Guardian”. Those are part of the <a> tags. In the rewrite above, we changed the inner text? 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