Zach Cregger streamlines his comic sensibilities and horror-thriller skills in Resident Evil (B), an effective 2026 reboot that becomes a bloody good chase adventure. Drawing on the survival-horror video-game franchise and its ill-fated Raccoon City, the story barrels through snowstorms, forests, a farm, a tunnel and a high-rise with the full-throated grandeur of a delirious amusement-park attraction. Austin Abrams makes an ideal Everyman as a medical courier thrust into a desperate fight for survival against bloodthirsty mutated creatures. Much of the humor comes from his continually wry observations to himself, along with recurring gags about his spectacularly poor command of guns and the surprising difficulty of shooting through a padlock. Cregger keeps the action moving while delivering squirm-inducing creature effects, gross-out surprises, mild scares and copious splatter. The movie has little interest in mythology or subtext, but its stripped-down simplicity proves part of the appeal. As an exuberantly gruesome thrill ride, Resident Evil hits its targets far more often than its hapless hero does.