Resident Evil: Welcome to Rockford Island

Resident Evil: Welcome to Rockford Island is a 2022 action horror film written and directed by Johannes Roberts and written by Alexandre Aja, Ernest Riera, Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen. Adapted from the story of Resident Evil Code: Veronica by Capcom, it serves as a sequel reboot of the Resident Evil film series and the eighth live-action film overall, and the sequel to Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City which was loosely based on the video game series of the same name. The film stars Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Tom Hopper, Avan Jogia, Froy gutierrez, Lily Gao, Hannah John-Kamen and David Harbour. Set In December 1998, three months after escaping from Raccoon City, Claire Redfield raids an Umbrella Corporation facility in Tall Oaks, Discovered by Umbrella's security forces and eventually captured, Claire is imprisoned on Rockfort Island, a prison complex owned by the corporation.

Development took place in early 2023, after Sony and Constantine films was greenlight the sequel of reboot film, after the successful in Box office and on-demand, Roberts was hired as both writer and director with Co-writer, Alexandre Aja, Ernest Riera, Michael Rasmussen and Shawn Rasmussen. Filming began on June 6, 2023.

Resident Evil: Welcome to Rockford Island was theatrically released on June 14, 2024, in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film received positive reviews from critics, with some deeming it an improvement over the original, while praising the action sequences, performances and more emotional. with its faithfulness to the game being praised. It became a box-office success, grossing over $250 million worldwide against a $40 million budget.

Plot
In October 1, 1998, Raccoon City was destroyed. The survivors, Claire Redfield, Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Jill Valentine and Sherry Birkin was saved by priority, ordered to cover story by the US government. Leon tries to reveal the truth about Umbrella to his father. But he was forced to adjust his look and undergo training to become a government official agent. While Sherry was in US protection. Chris and Jill find the clues to expose Umbrella for what they did to Raccoon City, with Claire and Barry Burton who is Chris and Jill's friend. Barry felt something strange. since before the city was ordered to shut down, he decided to take the family to escape from the city in the days before the city was destroyed.

December 1998, Barry thought Umbrella was planning a new project in Talk Oak. the new Umbrella's home, Stubbornly learning Claire decides to travel to the city without listening to the objections of Chris and Jill. Claire uses his abilities to invade the city's large headquarters. Discovered by Umbrella's security forces and eventually captured, Claire is imprisoned on Rockfort Island, a prison complex owned by the corporation, situated in the Southern Ocean, she discovered that Rodrigo Juan Raval, an Umbrella Security Service employee. he was injured. Because the island was attacked by an unknown faction and released Claire from jail. Claire discovers that T-virus has taken over the island, turning prisoners and guards into zombies.

Claire was searching the wat to get out but was attacked by dog zombies, a mysterious man came to her aid. he introduced himself as Steve Burnside. His father worked for Umbrella. But betrayed them by selling data in auction, so he and Steve was arrested with his mother was killed before arrived this island. Together they fight against the zombies until they reach a giant castle. Claire recalls the sight of the Ashford twins. Alfred Ashford appeared and fired rifle at both. Both Claire and Steve escaped in castle and hide in the bedroom, they find him to be mentally unstable as a result of him switching between two personalities—his own, and that of his twin sister Alexia, when he was dressed like sister in the room.

The pair escaped with secret passage until they arrived at the training facility where they found that Umbrella trained Umbrella's. Steve finds his father's corpse turned into a zombie and gets shot in the head with a farewell letter. He's devastated. Claire tries to console him. But he couldn't take it, he asked for his's time to walk out. she meets Albert Wesker, who behind the island's chaos. both fight but Claire was overpowered by him, Steve come to save her with his golden luger guns he steal from the castle, Albert Wesker escaped. they traveled until they found the control room. Claire sent Kennedy an e-mail asking him to inform Chris of her location so that he would know that what's happening to the priority. before get out from the control room they found the secret file about Dr. Alexander Ashford, 6th Earl Ashford, as his children were secretly adopted, and become psycho after was experimented by Dr. William Birkin.

Alfred used his father as a test subject for Alexia's t-Veronica virus that was received by Queen Ant, Alexander had mutated into a psychotic monster. Deeming him a failed experiment, Alfred and Alexia, disgusted that he was a failure even as an experiment, chained him in a secret room in the Castle's dungeon, where he remained in solitary confinement, In December 1983, Alexia assigned Alfred to protect her and carry out her will to do "Project CODE: Veronica" while she was inactive, and proceeded to enter the cryostatic state. until 1998. Alexandre became the monster known as "Nosferatu" and was killed by annoyance Alfred, Claire was disgusting and trying to tell Leon about what she knows, they were being attacked by Alexia. Steve was imitated by Alexia (Alfred dress like her). she gave virus injection in Steve while Claire was faints and locked up in the castle dungeon with Steve.

Meanwhile, Chris Redfield arrives on Rockfort Island in search of Claire with Leon S. Kennedy who becomes STRATCOM recruitment, after receiving a message from Leon S. Kennedy. together they reached the island. they decide to split up, Chris meets with Rodrigo, who is dying by his wound, tells Claire where she is, beg him to tell his family that he couldn't get back to them, and becomes a zombie, attacking Chris. Rodrigo was shot dead by Wesker, Chris is surprised that Wesker. who became an independent agent since the Underground Lab incident (the events of Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City), who is seeking to retrieve a sample of the T-Veronica virus with Ada Wong, his coworker, who was injected him with virus to resurrected him back for work, Wesker attacks Chris completely unexpectedly. they fight but Wesker is overpower than Chris, Chris shoot at the fire barrel, burned Wesker's face before fleeing in The Castle. Chris meets Alfred, Chris fired his gun. Alfred was severely wounded and disappeared.

Leon meets Ada, Leon immediately knows she is the enemy. they point a gun to each other, Suddenly, a special type of Nemesis awakened on the island attacked them both. Ada was beaten to the point of exhaustion. Leon fights and leads Ada to escape. Ada is grateful for Leon. She kissed Leon, tell her name and gave him a bottle of virus. before pushing him out of the warehouse before blowing up the Nemesis with herself. Leon regrets that he couldn't save her but decides to move on the mission. Chris arrives in a dungeon full of zombies. he fights and met Claire who was imprisoned. While Mutation Steve was slowly try to tell them both to escape. Claire runs away with Chris, while Mutation Steve's chasing them, but he should to stand in her way with harmless. Claire and Chris was helping to free Steve from suffering by shoot him. Claire was devastated. Alfred staggered back to the lab, he uses a code "VERONICA" to open the vial. Released Alexia before dying in front of her, she cradled his body in her arm before she slowly walked out with fire with hatred and begin her plan of dominion over the world as its queen.

Leon arrives at the front of the castle. Claire and Chris come out with Alexia was chasing them. Leon fires his weapon in retaliation and they flees into a helicopter parked on the edge of the island. But Alexia sets the helicopter on fire. Wesker emerges against her with superhuman strength, he want to test how powerful he is, but was severely burned after his duel with Alexia. He snatched the virus from Leon before escaping in a helicopter. Wesker activated self-destruct order to destroy the whole island and leave the Island. Leon saw that the figure on the helicopter was Ada, who had not died as he had understood. A relentless Alexia prepares to unleash a fire on Leon, Claire, Chris, the trio uses all they have till it's out they're holding their hand prepare for the death. but Alexia was shot by a rocket launcher that Jill was carrying with her. with Barry piloting a helicopter.

After learning from Barry. She asked Barry to bring her to the island. The island was completely destroyed by bombs. There is no evidence left to trace as it reached Umbrella. They all asked questions on the helicopters what to do next. Leon said, "It's up to us to take out Umbrella" before the helicopter flew out of the skies into a new sun of hope. Meanwhile, An old man sitting in a wheelchair beside the virus vial that Wesker and Ada stole beside them, Oswald E. Spencer wasn't die like people in Raccoon City understand spoke in a hoarse voice. "Obedience Breeds Discipline, Discipline Breeds Unity, Unity Breeds Power, Power is Life."

Cast

 * Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield, Chris's younger sister who is investigating the Umbrella Corporation
 * Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield, Claire's older brother and a former member of the STARS Alpha Team
 * Froy Gutierrez as Steve Burnside, a prisoner sent to Rockfort Island along with his father.
 * Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, an Independent agent, Chris's archenemy.
 * Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy, a US-STRATCOM Agent, Claire's best friend.
 * Lily Gao as Ada Wong, an enigmatic unnamed spy of Asian-American descent, who is working with wesker.
 * Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, a former member of the STARS Alpha Team and Chris's partner
 * David Harbour as Barry Burton, a former member of the STARS, Chris and Jill's friend.
 * Lewis Pullman as Alfred Ashford, a British nobleman and governor of Rockfort Island.
 * Bailee Madison as Alexia Ashford, a member of British nobility, the result of a cloning experiment referred to as Project CODE: Veronica.
 * Laz Alonso as Rodrigo Juan Raval, an Umbrella Security Service employee. assigned to the defense of Umbrella's Talk Oak Laboratory.