Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) reboots the Resident Evil film franchise, adapting the storyline from the first two video games in the series. Set in 1998, the film follows Claire Redfield, who returns to her hometown of Raccoon City to warn her brother, Chris, about the Umbrella Corporation’s dark secrets. Once a thriving city, Raccoon City has fallen into disrepair as Umbrella moves its operations away, leaving behind a dangerous legacy.
Claire teams up with rookie cop Leon S. Kennedy, as well as Chris and his STARS teammates Jill Valentine and Albert Wesker, who are investigating strange occurrences at the Spencer Mansion. Soon, they discover that Umbrellaโs T-virus experiments have turned the residents into flesh-eating zombies, and monstrous creatures lurk in the mansionโs depths.
As the city spirals into chaos, the group fights to survive the night and escape, unraveling the corporationโs deadly secrets along the way. With mounting dangers at every turn, Claire and her companions confront the terrifying results of Umbrellaโs experiments, while the city itself descends into a zombie apocalypse. The film captures the atmospheric horror and survival tone of the games, with tense action sequences and fan-favorite characters facing off against iconic monsters like the Licker and mutated bosses, paying homage to the original Resident Evil lore.