The Resident Evil series is one of the most acclaimed and well-loved in the video games industry, with a majority of the franchise’s mainline releases being both commercial and critical juggernauts. That said, reception towards its many previous live-action adaptations have been largely mixed at best. Thus, it comes as quite the surprise that their latest attempt at an adaptation – Zach Cregger's Resident Evil – has not only scored high reviews, but is currently sitting as the best-rated video game film adaptation of all time.

With a Rotten Tomatoes score of 97% across 85+ professional reviews, the latest live-action Resident Evil film is not only by far the strongest entry in the franchise, but also lands as the highest-rated film adaptation of all time based on a video game.

For context, the top spot was previously held by Sonic the Hedgehog 3, which managed a pretty impressive 86%. Compared to previous Resident Evil films however, this latest release appears to be in a league of its own, with the consensus on the prior 7 being as follows:

• Resident Evil (2002) – 36%
• RE: Apocalypse (2004) – 18%
• RE: Extinction (2007) – 24%
• RE: Afterlife (2010) – 21%
• RE: Retribution (2012) – 28%
• RE: The Final Chapter (2017) – 39%
• RE: Welcome to Racoon City (2021) – 30%

Described by some as “everything I’ve ever wanted in a ‘RE’ film” while also being “the best job I've seen of translating the experience of playing a video game and making it feel cinematic”, Zach Cregger's adaptation feels like the film equivalent of 2017’s Resident Evil: Biohazard – aka a strong return to form for the franchise.

Of course, we will have to wait and see what fans think of the film when it officially premieres in cinemas tomorrow; but things are looking quite positive.

KitGuru says: Are you surprised by the reception towards the film? Will you be checking it out in cinemas? What did you think of Cregger's previous project: Weapons? Let us know down below.

The Super Mario Bros. Movie was a huge success for Nintendo, with the console maker’s first proper foray into the film scene going on to earn over $1.3 Billion at the box office following its release back in 2023. With its sequel ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ officially out now in cinemas, we’ve started to see reviews go live – with it currently sitting at a Rotten Tomato critic score of just 46%.

With a total of 98 critic reviews, The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has so far achieved a Rotten Tomato score of 46% – putting it comfortably in the ‘rotten’ tier. Metacritic is seeing similarly rough scores, currently sitting at a 37 across 35 reviews.

It is worth pointing out that critically the original Super Mario Bros. Movie didn’t do too well either, receiving a Rotten Tomato score of 59% and a Metacritic rating of 46. In both cases, user reviews were much kinder, landing at 95% and 8.1/10 respectively.

In terms of the critiques themselves, many agree that while the visuals themselves are impressive, the story in Galaxy leaves plenty to be desired, with much of the film being a pure nostalgia trip.

That said, for Nintendo these films represent an opportunity to expand the Mario IP out to even wider audiences, and so we will have to wait and see just how much money this – seemingly worse – sequel manages to rake in.

KitGuru says: Have you seen The Super Mario Galaxy Movie yet? How does it compare to the first? Will it break the $1 Billion mark? Let us know your thoughts down below.