Review | Resident Evil in Hong Kong: immersive live-action version of video game will satisfy your appetite for fright

Just in time for Halloween, legendary survival horror series that has spawned six films so far has been brought to life in a creepy office building in Kwun Tong

The thought of a ravenous zombie waiting around every dark corner guarantees a scary, but hilarious, experience; will you be Leon or Claire?

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A still from the Resident Evil 2 video game. A live-action version is happening in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, if you’re looking for an enjoyable fright night over Halloween.

Published: 6:00pm, 31 Oct 2019Updated: 10:05am, 1 Nov 2019

“You go first,” comes the call from at least one of our party. I could not tell you who. We’re in an office block in Kwun Tong, East Kowloon, but the only business we’re in is being scared.

This is Resident Evil 2: Infection, Hong Kong’s first immersive live-action version of the video game – opened just in time for Halloween. For those not familiar with the game, it’s a survival horror series – it actually coined the term for the first game in the series back in 1996.

The chances are that you are familiar with it on the big screen. The series – six films and counting over the last 14 years – has generated upwards of US$1.2 billion worldwide, the most for a video-game spin-off franchise.

There’s no denying the cultural sway of the Resident Evil series – Japanese video game giant Capcom’s gift keeps on giving.

(From left) Fraser James, Milla Jovovich, William Levy, Ali Larter and Eoin Macken in Resident Evil – The Final Chapter (2016).

According to reports earlier this year it is being turned into a TV show by Netflix;, there is another film on the way; and it has inspired board games and even a Tokyo restaurant.

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