Well, this could turn out to be a good movie, you never know. But I don't see any RE in it. It looks more like "Waterworld" with zombies... In a Wild West setting.
I mean, why not, I'll go see it. It has action, more gore, zombies, and Milla wielding kukris - definitely not Oscar material, but it'll be fun at least.
I just don't see any RE theme in it enough to justify the title. The franchise usually featured a simple survival horror with a VERY complex back story involving a massive corporate conspiracy and detailed characters with intertwined backgrounds. And the first movie was pretty close to that theme.
I'd rather watch this movie if it had no connection to RE whatsoever (it's not like the RE fans are going to watch it, seeing how they're disappointed with the previous movie), and I feel like iconic characters like Claire are just in the way. I mean, you've got a superhuman knife-spinning woman, a deadly nurse called Betty and a Latino ex-soldier - sounds like the usual Wild West outlaw gang to me, only the Indians are replaced by zombies here (whose bright idea was to put zombies in the desert, anyway?!)
All I can say is, I'm looking forward to this title, because I'm sure it'll be a decent action film with a splash of gore, zombies and horror. What I don't expect is an intricate conspiracy plot. Who knows, it might surprise me in the end! (Hey, they put Wesker in, at least)
P.S. I'm so glad that they didn't put Leon in RE:E. I'm just playing RE:4 which is great but has a cheesy euro-gothic horror tone, (with castles and villages and lakes) and Leon is SO out of place there. Actually, I think he's out of place in any non-urban setting, including this movie's desert.