Kuala Lampur, Sept. 26 -- I've never been much of a gamer. While die-hard video game purists spent decades complaining about fidelity to source material and whether this or that is canon or not, I've always approached video game adaptations from a purely cinematic perspective.

And as a film fan, I think it's safe to say that I am one of those rare people who actually loved the original Resident Evil film franchise spearheaded by Paul W.S. Anderson.

Love might even be too light a word to be used as I can be found guilty of singing his praises for what must have been more than a decade, on every platform imaginable.

Why? Well, and here I go again with my championing of Anderson's Resident Evil movies, for all the critical snobbery aimed ...