For years, the easiest complaint about a Resident Evil movie was also the most painful one: it often forgot to be scary. The games built their reputation on locked doors, bad lighting, limited ammo, strange puzzles, and the sick feeling that something might be waiting around the next corner. The films, at different points, leaned into spectacle so hard that the dread started to fade. Bigger monsters, bigger explosions, bigger action set pieces. Fun in bursts, maybe, but rarel