Zach Cregger's Resident Evil reboot plunges Austin Abrams into a pulse-pounding, gore-soaked survival nightmare. But does this hyper-kinetic pulp horror deliver genuine cinematic dread or simply ride on high-caliber technical chaos and predictable tropes?

Resident Evil producers say Zach Cregger has built the film around the games' survival horror and uncertainty. They say his immersive real-time approach aims to make audiences share the protagonist's fear.