closer? Having played all of the games (barring one of the outbreaks), I can say with utmost certainty that the first Resident Evil movie was pretty much
nothing like any of the games I have personally played through to completition.
There were no plot similarities, no character similarities and the most important part for me, absolutely no tone, art design, content or setting similarities.
The only thing it did was repeatedly name drop things like umbrella, and cast doubt on whether anyone involved in the project had actually played any of the games
That in itself didn't make it a bad movie, nor would i argue that. I'd just say since it was crap all of its own accord, it then had no personal associations for me making it a failure of a film
I've been let down by all but core franchise games, and even then I'd argue that only Resident Evil 1 (rebirth is the best take on that!), 2 and 4 have been overly worthwhile instalments.
We'll see how the animated one goes anyway, I would prefer a more gothic, and ultimately more
horror-driven real life movie, but since a company full of corporate lackies and stooges have the IP its unlikely to happen.
Shame the romero movie fell through really.