**tl;dr:** This documentary is fine but underwhelming. It's probably interesting for fans of Romero / <i>Resident Evil</i> who had no idea about the unrealized film, but really you can just go and read the script that's been floating around online for yourself. **Full review:** The documentary is fairly one-sided. We only ever hear information from Romero's side of the story; interviews with people from the George A. Romero Foundation, the George A. Romero Archives, friends, and colleagues, among others. We only get one interview with someone from Capcom and it's about the creation of the first <i>Resident Evil</i> (video game, 1996), not about the unrealized film. The only information we ever get from the Capcom or Constantin Film side of the story is from narrator Pablo Kuntz quoting articles and interviews that range anywhere from as recent as 2023 to up to almost 25 years ago. I love Romero's work, don't get me wrong. However, as a documentary, I think to get a complete picture of the how's and why's the project didn't work out, you also needed to hear from all sides: Romero, Capcom, and Constantin Film. Granted, for all I know director Brandon Salisbury and crew did ask Capcom and Constantin Film to be part of the project and they refused. Brief as they are, why do we have interview clips with James Rolfe (Cinemassacre/<i>Angry Video Game Nerd</i>, 2004 - present)? All h…

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