My Theory is that Bryan wasn't infected by the standard T-Virus which just rots your brain and turns you into a mindless meat-eater, but he was infected by the G-Virus which actively rewrites your entire genetic code to force a hyper-aggressive evolutionary upgrade.
This genetic rewrite explains why Bryan's mutation looks different from the others and he can still maintain fragments of his actual sanity and scream for help while his nervous system is actively being hijacked by the infection. His human mind is locked in a losing battle against a primordial urge to kill that is slowly gaining the upper hand.
When his body finally forces out that massive, iconic eyeball right before the credits roll, it’s a direct visual callback to William Birkin's mutations from Resident Evil 2, confirming that Umbrella's most volatile bioweapon was running through his veins the entire night.
watching horror movies in the movie theater is so fun because everybody flinches and gasps at the same time. i love movie theaters i love the shared experience everybody in the theater is my best friend i fucking love u guys
‘it’s not even the gay firefighter show’ hen and karen are lesbians (and married!). josh is gay. buck is bisexual. eddie’s sexuality doesn’t determine whether or not 911 has lgbtq+ representation. thanks!
Honestly, this theory would make Bryan being the protagonist make WAY more sense.
If he’s intentionally written like an “NPC” from the games, then his story doesn’t need to end with him becoming the hero or escaping Raccoon City. Resident Evil has always been full of tragic stories hidden behind documents, recordings, reports and random encounters the people who were there before Leon or Claire ever arrived, and whose stories usually end badly.
Bryan leaving a message for his girlfriend, carrying the ingredients for a cure, getting infected and still trying to complete the delivery would make his entire journey feel less like a traditional zombie movie and more like one of those heartbreaking files you’d discover in the middle of a Resident Evil game.
And if he ultimately becomes part of the outbreak instead of surviving it, that could be the point. We’re not watching the “chosen hero” of Raccoon City. We’re watching what happens to an ordinary person caught inside the same nightmare.
If Cregger is actually using Bryan this way, the movie could be telling an RE story from the perspective we almost never get to see: the people whose stories became the documents the protagonists find later.
Am I the only one that thinks… the main character didn’t react like a movie character at all. He reacted exactly like someone playing Resident Evil would, and that’s what made it so good.
The balance of humor and legitimate terror in RE is why I think it works so well. The virus, the imagery, everything we see happen is fucking horrifying but the characters are so woefully inept and unprepared to handle an outbreak of this magnitude that you simply have to laugh!
It's pretty insane to imply that the new Resident Evil movie has contempt for the medium of video games because it's been a long time since I've seen a movie that was such a clear love letter to video games and specifically Resident Evil.