Weapons director didn't bother watching the Resident Evil movies before his reboot

'I was such a fan of the games and they just didn’t look like the games to me' There have been seven movies and a Netflix series based on Capcom’s Resident Evil video game series since 2002, but when Zach Cregger set out to reboot the franchise, he ignored all of them. The director of Weapons and Barbarian told a virtual roundtable with members of the press, including Polygon, that all he’s seen of the previous movies is their trailers. “I was such a fan of the games, and they just didn’t look like the games to me,” Cregger said. “Maybe they’re great. I have no idea. But I just wasn’t interested because what’s great about the games is they're shrunk down into this single perspective. It’s about pacing and horror, and those movies just didn’t look like horror to me.” Cregger said the action-focused films pioneered by director Paul W.S. Anderson looked too much like they were trying to be The Matrix, while his adaptation leans into survival horror. “I’ve played these games so much that they’ve just kind of seeped into me," Cregger said. "They’re just so naturally cinematic. You have one person on this journey, and the entire world is trying to kill them. What I love most about these