Show Notes
The BMR Pregame Show is live from Raccoon City. James, Clint, and Ryan get you ready for this Friday’s full episode on Resident Evil Retribution (2012) — the fifth movie in the series and the one where things have almost certainly stopped pretending to make sense.
They haven’t seen it yet. That doesn’t stop them from putting the scores on trial (28% critics, 51% audience), comparing it to the last one they covered, reacting to the trailer, and making kill-count and bold predictions. Bob, Joe, and Steph are on the actual episode Friday. Clint and Ryan are not.
In this pregame:
Tale of the tape and how it stacks up to the previous Resident Evil movies
Where you can stream it right now (Netflix and Prime) so you can watch before Friday
Trailer reaction
Kill count and left-field predictions
Who’s actually on the Friday episode
Watch the movie before Friday if you can — it makes the episode better. Drop your thoughts, the exact scene where the series fully jumps the shark, or your own predictions in the comments or at [email protected].
Full episode drops Friday, October 23rd. Stick around after for the postgame on Patreon.
Timestamps (approximate from the recording): 0:00 – Intro + fake ads from Raccoon City 1:00 – Setting the scene for Resident Evil Retribution 2:00 – Scores and why it qualifies 4:30 – How it compares to Afterlife 5:30 – Where to stream it + runtime 7:00 – By movie 5 they’ve stopped pretending 9:00 – Trailer reaction 12:40 – Kill count & bold predictions 17:50 – Who’s on Friday’s episode 19:00 – Watch it first + postgame CTA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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