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Movie Review: Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

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Synopsis: Several years after running away from the Raccoon City orphanage, Claire Redfield returns to her former hometown to warn her brother, Chris, a police officer, of the Umbrella Corporation's experiments. He doesn't believe her until the city becomes overrun with blood-thirsty zombies. Who's in it? The movie stars Kaya Scodelario , Robbie Amell , Donal Logue , Neal McDonough and Hannah John-Kamen . Review: My wife wanted to see this movie so, since it wasn't available on any of our streaming services yet (unless we wanted to pay extra for it), I ended up going to our local library and checking it out there. We then sat down to watch it last night. To be honest, I wasn't really expecting to like this movie all that much. I like the Resident Evil franchise but am always a bit skeptical of reboots. Overall, however, I thought this ended up being a halfway decent movie. I thought the storyline was fairly solid, introducing both the characters and the main plo...

Movie Review: The Hitcher (2007)

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Synopsis: A pair of college sweethearts reluctantly offer a ride to a stranger while driving across New Mexico. When he makes menacing threats toward them, they kick them out of the moving car and drive away. However, they quickly discover the would-be hitchhiker is following them, murdering people along the way and framing them for the crimes. Who's in it? The movie stars Sean Bean , Sophia Bush , Zachary Knighton , Neal McDonough and Skip O'Brien . Review: I came across this film on one of our movie channels a couple nights ago and, having never seen the remake of the 1986 original, decided to record it so my wife and I could watch it. We finally did that yesterday evening. It's been a while since I saw the 1986 version and I couldn't remember much about that movie to make an accurate comparison between it and this film. But, while I can't tell you which version I liked better, I can honestly say this film was a pretty decent thriller. I think the t...