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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

A collection of 4 posts

Exiting Through the 2010s (Podcast Appearance): Resident Evil: Retribution and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

Exiting Through the 2010s (Podcast Appearance): Resident Evil: Retribution and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

I join joins Clay and Jack on Exiting Through the 2010s for a retrospective on the finale of the Paul WS Anderson films for the much-maligned Resident Evil franchise in 2012’s Retribution and 2016’s The Final Chapter. Together, we examine Michelle Rodriguez’s career, updating video games into

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 2: The Divine Player and Visual Theology in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 2: The Divine Player and Visual Theology in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

The following piece, using the theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher as a resource, is an auteur analysis of the visual grammar of Anderson’s films that argues his visuals invoke a sense of a “divine player” through their resemblance to the visual grammar of video games.

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 1: Religion in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

Of Myths and Monster Hunters, Part 1: Religion in the Films of Paul W.S. Anderson

His films evoke a sense of the divine. In particular, they invoke a feeling of utter dependence on a mysterious Other.

A Feminine Kenosis in "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter"

A Feminine Kenosis in "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter"

It’s here, I think, where PWSA’s religious material is most radical.