Why Can’t Hollywood Make Resident Evil Work?

It should be the easiest gaming franchise on the planet to adapt for the big screen, but everything from the Milla Jovovich movies to Welcome to Raccoon City to the abysmal Netflix show have tried and failed spectacularly. And now Zach Cregger is about to take a shot at it. Can he succeed where everyone else failed, or is he just another Hollywood creative trying to tell his own story that has nothing to do with the games?