Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
It’s easy but dangerous to make a proclamation like “No more video-game movies!”.
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It → ’ → movies
After the unbearable “Tomb Raider,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Borderlands,” the high-grossing “A Minecraft Movie,” the incomprehensible “Super Mario Bros.” and seven mostly atrocious “Resident Evil” trudges, stopping the trend seemed to be the only responsible course of action to spare Earth’s population any more torment.
But, I’ll be damned, leave it to “Weapons” director Zach Cregger to finally deliver a great one — the new and improved “Resident Evil.”
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I → gross → one
For the past few months, rabid fans of the video games have whined that Cregger — who is much smarter than they are — has brazenly departed from the original Playstation property.
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they → whine → property
How dare he!
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he → dare → ?
Cregger takes what’s winning about the franchise — its tentacled mutant zombies, the Raccoon City setting, its breakneck mission — and injects the story with appealing weirdness and humor.
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what → take → weirdness
He makes it an actual movie, God forbid.
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God → make → ?
That’s no simple task.
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That → ’ → ?
They were like going to a Berlin dungeon club at 4 a.m., and being shouted at by a dominatrix named Inga.
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They → go → dominatrix
Bryan is a courier who will often bring organs for transplant to hospitals.
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who → bring → hospitals
On the night the apocalyptic virus is unleashed on the mid-size metropolis, he has to rush an important package to Raccoon City General.
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he → unleash → General
Only pesky zombies keep getting in the way.
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zombies → get → way
Abrams also played the tent-dwelling drug dealer in “Weapons,” and in his big scene he was chased down by a cop.
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he → play → cop
“Resident Evil” is sort of the director’s cut of that fast-paced sequence.
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Evil → pace → sequence
Bryan is always being pursued or in pursuit — through the woods, a creepy barn, a city street, a sewer.
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Bryan → pursue → woods
There’s a kinetic energy here that makes 100 minutes speed by like 30.
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minutes → ’ → 30
And he has the Abrams’ calling-card sweet-stoner comedy, where every jump-scare comes with an “aw man!” in the same irritated tone of someone who’s just stubbed their toe.
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who → have → toe
It’s a lot of fun to watch this actor get spooked.
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actor → ’ → fun
Really, there’s hardly any dialogue at all except Bryan cursing and muttering.
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Bryan → ’ → ?
And Cregger’s way of keeping us guessing is by introducing new characters — some played by well-known actors — that we are sure will stick around until the end of the ride.
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we → keep → ride
And then he kills them off a minute later.
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he → kill → them
Maniac Cregger leave a long trail of blood.
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Cregger → leave → blood
The director’s serial-killer spree continues into the nutso finale, which is both a hysterical game of hot potato and a desperate grasp at survival.
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which → continue → survival
“Resident Evil” ends with its energy never having dipped a watt.
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energy → end → ?
And Cregger has the guts to finish satisfyingly while also perhaps slamming the door shut.
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Cregger → have → door
Look, I’m not saying that this marks a renaissance for video-game movies.
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this → look → movies
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