Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

Director:

Makoto Kamiya

Writer:

Shotaro Suga (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 October 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A warrior seeking revenge unleashes a deadly virus in Harvardville. Responding to the threat are former special forces members Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, who look to bring down a mutated monster before history repeats itself. |

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Bio Weapon | Drowning | News Report | Bioterrorism

Cast

Alyson Court	...	Claire Redfield (voice)
Paul Mercier	...	Leon S. Kennedy (voice)
Laura Bailey	...	Angela Miller (voice)
Roger Craig Smith	...	Curtis Miller (voice)
Crispin Freeman	...	Frederic Downing (voice)
Michelle Ruff	...	Rani Chawla (voice)
Michael Sorich	...	Senator Ron Davis (voice)
Salli Saffioti	...	Ingrid Hunnigan (voice)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	Aunt (voice)
Steve Blum	...	Greg Glenn (voice)
Michael McConnohie	...	WilPharma CEO (voice)
Kirk Thornton	...	President (voice)
Cindy Robinson	...	Various (voice)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Various (voice) (as Kari Walgren)
Keith Silverstein	...	Various (voice)

Also Known As:

Biohazard: Degeneration (International: English title) (Japan: English title) (promotional title)
Biohazard CG (Japan: English title) (copyright title)
Resident Evil CG (International: English title) (copyright title)

MPAA:

Rated R for bloody violence.

Runtime:

Japan:97 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | UK:15 | Singapore:M18 | Netherlands:12 | South Africa:16LV | Argentina:13 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R16

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

Soundtrack clips from Resident Evil 2 game are used in the theatrical trailer.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the Airport escape scene, one character armed with an M4 Carbine shoots continuously beyond the ammo capacity of his gun without ever reloading.

Quotes:

Senator Ron Davis: If I wasn't here in the first place, they would of ignored your call.
Claire Redfield: By the way, is there anything we can use as a weapon?

Movie Connections:

References Biohazard 4 (2005) (VG)

Finally a fair movie based on the game series

Of course that, like Final Fantasy: Advent Children, RE: Degeneration was also made for the fans and for those ones who are familiar to the stories behind the happenings over the game series.

RE: Degeneration is an "episode" after the happenings of RE 2 and RE 4, so if you've already played these ones you will notice some familiarities, but if you haven't, what you already know by the crap movie trilogy is kinda useful. Anyway, its a lot enjoyable.

Even being a CG movie, it has a lot of action and the movie follows the same steps of each game of the series, so it has references of the games all the time like: the different big and rich scenarios that are more than just scenarios but part of the story and also enemies of the characters; the new characters being presented, each one of them having their very own importance in the story; the zombies that pops everywhere and also the final boss, that gets bigger and bigger on each new episode of the game series.

Of course that, the best thing about this movie is the great come back of some of the most loved characters of the series like the best and smartest special agent Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, a sweet girl that has the strength and courage of a lion. Both Leon and Claire are portrait here exactly like they are in the games.

The CG movie is also very faithful to the games, I mean... even the CG are similar to the games CG, giving the feeling that at any moment the game will starts or you will have to press a command at any moment, and that's very thrilling for the fans.

Well, that's it... that's sad for me to say - as a movie lover and also a RE fan that has been playing the series since 1996 - that the best Resident Evil movie is a CG movie, and that is a shame for the movie trilogy and everyone involved in it. The Resident Evil trilogy is a reputation destroyer for the game series and RE: Degeneration finally comes to deliver what the fans were missing: something new but faithful to the games.