Resident Evil is a huge success at the box office, recently surpassing $400 million globally . It's also received fantastic review scores. But hardcore fans of the game series took issue with the film and its direction because it did not contain any storylines or characters from the source material. Director Zach Cregger never intended to, instead opting for his own original story that is set in the world of Resident Evil. Now, Cregger has spoken more about the fallout, saying he became "frustrated at the conversation" around his movie and specifically how it "didn't have anything to do with the movie." He said on The Town that the conversation from the hardcore Resident Evil fanbase was that the movie didn't live up to their standards, even though Cregger never said he was trying to make a movie that did that. Austin Abrams as Bryan in the Resident Evil movie. He said he really loves an
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