Film Review: Resident Evil: Degeneration

Film: Resident Evil: Degeneration
Director: Makoto Kamiya
Reviewed by: Doc Zombie

In this CGI animated movie, Resident Evil characters Leon and Claire reunite to stop the T-virus from spreading like it did in Raccoon City years earlier.

For those of you who have been living in the grave for all your life and don't know what the hell I'm talking about, then let me just give you a quick synopsis of the origins of Resident Evil.

Resident Evil is a survival horror game in which you as the character of Claire or Leon would be stuck in a mansion full of zombies. These zombies turned out to be carriers of the T-virus, which was hatched by the Umbrella corporation. That's basically all you need to know.

If you are familiar with any of the Resident Evil games then you are familiar with the cinematic featurettes throughout the games. Those can be pretty crappy. Especially when it comes to dialogue.

Well imagine one of those little featurettes extended to almost two hours. What you get is a lot of action with a lot of crappy dialogue.

The movie started off promising after a plane full of zombies crashes into the airport spilling them out into the terminal. The zombie action was excellent and cool. However once the airport scene is over, the movie quickly dissolves into mushiness. The zombie action disappears and never fully returns.



It reminded me of the second Resident Evil movie where they have to fight the big bad monster at the end. It's basically the same thing here. The characters also have to fight their way through a big crazy scientific complex...

Anyway, nothing new here, other than the fact that it's CGI animation (which really freaked me out after awhile). It's decent and I'll give it three blood drops.