"Resident Evil Degeneration"

"Resident Evil Degeneration"

     I have recently watched this great CG movie that I am sure will become a cult hit in line with the Resident Evil franchises success. After being disappointed in the direction of the Hollywood version of Resident Evil, most particularly the last movie Apocalypse. The American writers seemed to have confused the resident evil games with another great game, Parasite Eve that is the direction where Alice is going with her powers. Plus the fast Zombies didn’t really make much sense to me; it seemed off from what RE should be.

     Enter Capcom with this great CG movie did I mention it was great before? I believe that this should be the official canon. It is 7 years after the Raccoon City Atrocity and Claire Redfield (in her most babealicious CG incarnation) is an NGO volunteer in charge of protesting WilPharma (the company that is developing vaccines for the T-Virus). You see in this world Umbrella has collapsed and there are no traces of that old organization. After a recent outbreak of the zombies in India and in the airport where Claire Redfield just arrived in they meet up with Leon S. Kennedy who has retained his tough guy image. They are in it for the long haul as they discover that the G-virus (A more lethal strain of the T) still exists.

     The CG in this movie is topnotch. The effects of the TV screens as reporters start talking are really great. The big boss with the big eye in the game is here and thankfully no mention of Nemesis whatsoever. The Japanese writers really got it right. It is non stop action and horror. As wave and wave of zombies emerge. When the big boss monster arrives it sends chills down your spine. The familiar weapons are all there and it makes you nostalgic for the game all over again. The sheer terror from running away from zombies and the excitement are all there. The Hollywood version relied too much on Nemesis as a selling point; it’s like selling just an acre of a lush green forest.

    One of the movies funniest moments was when Claire was forced to use a, get ready for this…an Umbrella to defend herself. She said so herself, “I didn’t see this coming”. If you are a fan of the game then this is the movie you should see. Hopefully they come out with more movies like this soon.

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Note: This should have been posted March 6 , 2009. Again for some reason someone decided to delete my friendster account and along with it some of my earlier works. Including the birth of my daughter Aven.