Resident Evil:
Requiem
2-for-1 gaming that hangs together well
At a Glance
What is it: The ninth entry in the Resident Evil franchise
Releases: June 19, 2026 on Prime Video and Apple TV.
Genre: Action
Review: 27 July, 2026
CAPCOM
has done a fantastic job resuscitating the Resident Evil corpse, and since 2017, they’ve broadly alternated between mainline entries -- with a first-person point of view and a focus on horror -- and remakes of the old games, with a third-person point of view and a focus on action.
Two distinct styles, both with their own merits. Though the less said about Resident 3 Remake, the better. (picture of: Resident evil 7
In Requiem, AKA Resident Evil 9, Capcom borrows from both schools. It is, literally, a game of two halves.
Armie Hammer as Sanders: vigilante, multimillionaire and bus ticket holder.
By the midway point of the film, all this antihero stuff starts to fall apart.
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Uwe's House of Horrors
The German director has horrifiyng audiences with his directing skills for more than two decades. Here are his most notable stinkers.
House of the Dead (2003)
House of the Dead has the ... reputation for being
the worst movie ever made.
House of the Dead (2003)
In the first half, you’re playing as FBI agent Grace Ashcroft. You’re investigating a series of grisly deaths, but before long, you need to escape from the Wrenwood Care Home. The care home is dense, interconnected and stuffed with secrets. Notably, there are zombies you can kill and stalkers you can’t. Well, Kinda. Stalkers are enemies that, literally, stalk you around the map. Think the Bakers in Resident Evil 7, Lady Dimietrescu in Resident Evil 8. A magic trick Capcom has used before, and likely will in the future.
Still, while it’s a crafty trick, it can also feel cheap. There are very few opportunities to properly “hide” in cover. And while you can chuck empty bottles to lure the enemy away, these bottles are in very short supply. Often, it’s a case of crouching and hoping you’re hidden. It's also hard to know what the rules are. The stalkers are scripted, which means they’ll turn up at pre-determined points in the game no matter how quiet you are. Yet other times you can make as much noise as you like and they’re nowhere to be seen.
And yes, Alien Isolation still did it better nearly 15 years ago.
The obligatory vigilante with-a-camera trope is on full display in Citizen Vigilante
House of the Dead (2003)
his part, Hammer does the best with the script he's been given, playing Sanders with all the warmth and wit of someone who really is battling an Oxycontin addiction. I suppose we have to mention that there's a supporting cast too, but they’re all just props. You have the Interpol agent we know nothing about. You have the wayward youths, the corrupt government officials and, of course, the migrant criminals.
Migrants! Oh, go on then Uwe - get some attention.
I believe in artistic expression and I believe that movies have the right to take a stand on political issues, no matter how unpopular that opinion is. But while there's a good movie to be made about the state of immigration in Europe, this is not that movie. Citizen Vigilante has no real script. It has no real characters. It has no thematic throughline. And all round, it's badly made. If Sanders' own internal logic could at least have stayed on track, the movie might have been watchable. But Sanders is all over the place, and then Citizen Vigilante just... ends.
My conclusion, then, is simple: if a movie this bad is generating interest, audiences are evidently desperate for movies that have something to say. But Hollywood, for its part, seems mostly content to stick to diversity quotas, Marvel movies and rom-com slop. Say nothing, offend no one.
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Despite his reputation as one of the worst directors in film history, Boll has worked with a series of notable actors, including Jason Statham, Christian Slater, Ray Liotta, and now Armie Hammer.
Did You Know?
Despite his reputation as one of the worst directors in film history, Boll has worked with a series of notable actors, including Jason Statham, Christian Slater, Ray Liotta, and now Armie Hammer.
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Which is sad, because art is supposed to be about the telling of stories from subjective -- often controversial -- points of view. It's why we get a window into a protagonist's mind, and it's why we have a director pulling the strings so the whole thing, hopefully, makes sense. All of which is to say: If Uwe Boll is the only person willing to take a risk, we’re in a very artistically bankrupt place indeed.
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