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'Resident Evil' breaks the video game movie curse

Original: ‘Resident Evil’ breaks video game movie curse

The 'Resident Evil' film adaptation is being credited with breaking the long-running curse of poorly received video game movies, according to a Post and Courier report. The claim suggests the franchise finally showed that a game adaptation can succeed critically or commercially where many previous efforts failed.

Why now: The film's success is being framed as a turning point for video game adaptations, a topic of long-running debate.

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