{
  "id": 7818428,
  "title": "‘Resident Evil’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Reboot Is Funky Monster Fun: a One-Man-Against-the-Squish-Zombies Lark That Never Gets Bogged Down in Video-Game Sludge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/resident-evil-review-zach-creggers-reboot-is-funky-monster-fun-a-one",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T16:00:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/reviews/resident-evil-review-zach-cregger-1236863421/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "His \"Resident Evil\" is different, and much better, than the other \"Resident Evil\" movies — it’s a creepy-crawly squishfest that takes its time and has a weird innocence about it. (At moments it reminded me of \"Planet Terror.\")",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}