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- Title
Performative Revolution in Popular Media and Accelerationist Narratives in Resident Evil.
- Authors
Dickerson, Mason
- Abstract
Popular Hollywood movies do not often attempt to meaningfully criticize capitalism. What proliferates, instead, are performative optics; media starts a revolution for us so capital can continue its death march forward, unphased. Academia has begun to wrestle with the concept of accelerationism—that is, the full maximization of capitalism's mechanics as a destabilizing strategy. Though accelerationism may lack merit as a political praxis, this article frames it as a subversive narrative strategy in popular media, fully embodied through the final installment of Paul W. S. Anderson's film adaptation of the Resident Evil video game franchise, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016).
- Subjects
CAPITALISM; RESIDENT Evil: The Final Chapter (Film); JOVOVICH, Milla, 1975-
- Publication
Film Matters, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 2, p38
- ISSN
2042-1869
- Publication type
Film Review
- DOI
10.1386/fm_00225_7