Taking place in the present and future, it isn't particularly engaging in either timeline, feeling more like a derivative of what's already been done.
There's not much reason to care about running from computer-generated creatures in the series, which stars Ella Balinska (the 2019 version of "Charlie's Angels") as Jade Wesker.
A long time ago, the world ended," she says somberly, before cutting back and forth between her grown-up world and what happened in Raccoon City back then.
In this laboratory, nothing good happens, and the question is, how has the deadly virus unleashed there brought about the ornate hell that Jade now finds herself in? Otherwise, we shouldn't waste our time worrying about it.
This is one of those concepts where the right to use the "Resident Evil" name is more than half the battle for the producers. As far as connecting with fans is concerned, that may be true only for Netflix.
The latest adaptation, however, suggests that any aspirations beyond branding and commerce have ended long ago, just as in the pre-virus world Jade mentions.