Oh, the first two trailers for the Resident Evil series look surprisingly good

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Resident Evil – Trailer for the Netflix series sends you to New Raccoon City

The Netflix series for Resident Evil has so far only been shown in a few short teasers, now there is finally a first real trailer for the live-action adaptation to see, which finally reveals a little more and is also visually impressive – or you even get two Watch trailer if you’re paying attention.

This is what awaits you in the Resident Evil series

As was previously known, the series is only loosely based on the games, but brings back Albert Wesker, probably the most well-known Resident Evil villain. In the series he is embodied by Lance Reddick, who is known, among other things, from John Wick or for his role as Sylens in Horizon Forbidden West.

The series follows Wesker’s daughters Jade and Billie. In the first few seconds of the trailer, accompanied by happy music, we get to see the seemingly ideal world of New Racoon City in 2022. Fans of the games should be suspicious at the latest when the first logo of the Umbrella group flickers across the screen, but at the latest when Wesker Senior is experimenting on rats in the laboratory.

Of course, this is confirmed when the mood changes in the second half of the trailer and suddenly a post-apocalyptic setting in London in the year 2036 is presented. The world is now overrun by zombies. Hardly anything is recognizable from the rapidly changing scenes that follow, but the dark setting and bloody action should at least feel familiar to Resident Evil fans.

The rather serious and gloomy presentation of the new series could be interesting for everyone who was not completely convinced by the B-movie atmosphere of the last cinema film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City.

Second hidden trailer

If you paid close attention, you could even see a second trailer for the series. In the first trailer, there is a short link to the page umbrellaisjoy.com shown, which leads to an actual website along with a second trailer. In addition to the creepy little bear mascot, you can also find well-known monsters such as the Licker in it:

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Resident Evil fans discover hidden second trailer for Netflix series

The Resident Evil series is scheduled to launch on Netflix on July 14, 2022.

Editorial opinion

Initially, the Resident Evil series hardly piqued my interest. After all, like the film series with Milla Jovovich, she wants to move away from the games and put Albert Wesker’s daughters in the foreground. That sounded more like fanfiction than a series setup to me.

But after the last Resident Evil movie (Welcome to Raccoon City) was rather mediocre despite many references to the games, this trailer made me a little curious, at least with the atmosphere and production quality. And who knows, maybe I can get involved with the new characters after all.

What do you think of the new trailers for the Resident Evil series?