Raccoon City Destruction
A city consumed by nightmare, erased from the earth by the corporation that created it.
The Raccoon City Destruction is the catastrophic end of the city in the 2021 film *Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City*. It serves as the grim climax to the T-virus outbreak that began in the underground Umbrella lab. The event is triggered by the Umbrella Corporation itself, which destroys the city to contain the infection. The film shows the city being destroyed as the survivors escape via an underground train.
- Location
- Raccoon City, USA
- Key Antagonists
- Umbrella Corporation
- Survivors
- Leon S. Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Chris Redfield, Sherry Birkin
Lore & Background
In the film, the Umbrella Corporation destroys Raccoon City to cover up the outbreak. The destruction occurs while the main characters—Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, and Sherry Birkin—are escaping on an underground train. The train is derailed by the destruction, allowing a mutated William Birkin to reach them. Leon destroys the monster with a rocket launcher. After the destruction, the Corporation states that there were zero civilian survivors, though the five survivors walk out of the train tunnel, leaving Raccoon City behind.
In Their Own Story
As the survivors board the underground train, the Umbrella Corporation initiates the destruction of Raccoon City. The train is derailed by the force of the destruction, allowing the mutated William Birkin to attack the group. Leon S. Kennedy destroys the monster with a rocket launcher. In the aftermath, the Corporation claims there were zero civilian survivors, but the five survivors—Chris, Jill, Claire, Leon, and Sherry—walk out of the train tunnel, having escaped the city's destruction.
Reader's Guide
The destruction of Raccoon City is the final act of the film, ordered by the Umbrella Corporation to eliminate all evidence of the T-virus outbreak. The event occurs after Albert Wesker tells Jill Valentine to escape via the underground train before the Corporation destroys the city. The survivors board the train but are derailed when Raccoon City is destroyed, allowing a monster version of William Birkin to reach them. Leon destroys the monster with a rocket launcher. The Corporation states that there were zero civilian survivors, but the five survivors walk out of the train tunnel, leaving Raccoon City behind.
Did You Know?
- The destruction of Raccoon City is ordered by the Umbrella Corporation, not the US Government.
- The survivors escape via an underground train that is derailed by the destruction.
- Leon S. Kennedy destroys the mutated William Birkin with a rocket launcher after the train is derailed.
- The Corporation claims there were zero civilian survivors, but five people escape.
- The film's mid-credits scene shows Albert Wesker awakening in a body bag, with Ada Wong handing him sunglasses.
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