Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

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 | Blood Splatter | Beaten To Death | Shot In The Head | Elevator Scene

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

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

This is the only Resident Evil movie created by its video game creator, Capcom. The live-action movies were created by Screen Gems and Sony Pictures.

Goofs:

Factual errors: During the scene where the Marines are attacking G-Curtis they are Clearly using the M16 A2 Assault Rifle; however the gunfire heard during the slow-mo portion is shot in 4 to-5 round bursts, the M16 is only capable of single or 3-round burst settings.

Quotes:

Claire Redfield: [Leon has just saved her from a zombie] Leon... what are you doing here?
Leon S. Kennedy: I could ask you the same thing.
Claire Redfield: You're the one?
Senator Ron Davis: Is this it?
Leon S. Kennedy: Yep.
Senator Ron Davis: Reinforcements?
Leon S. Kennedy: None, we're getting out alone.
Senator Ron Davis: Is it too much to hope you at least have some sort of a plan?
Leon S. Kennedy: We're gonna run across the lobby.
Senator Ron Davis: Are you insane? The lobby is crawling with those creatures!
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Movie Connections:

References Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)

Better than i thought....for a 3d Animation

I laughed when i saw the DVD for sale....

I was thinking to myself "wow, after officially RUINING the resident evil name, now they are just trying another desperate move here..."

But the movie was actually decent and cool....

I thought Resident Evil 1 was pretty good, pretty realistic with the exception of the whole "conspiracy/ trained killer" thing going on...

RE2 excited me because they are in the city...how awesome...but it just turns into street fighter with zombies, and has a typically lame story line with bad acting....and that stupid black/pimp wannabe guy....Don't even get me started, he should have been turned down faster than the economy! But hey...its a zombie movie...so i'll watch it.

RE3 was awesome because it was in the DESERT, which i thought was awesome....and this is actually my favorite RE right next to RE1. But they attempted to cash in and copy the whole "hyper zombie" trend going on years before....but it wasn't THAT bad of a zombie movie...if you can call them zombies....I Wouldn't!

Resident Evil Degeneration did something the other RE's couldn't. It kept it as close to the video game as possible, while keeping a realistic feel to it(not bad for a 3d animation.) The movie felt like you were watching an hour long trailer for Left 4 Dead....which i thought was really cool! And it's a 3d movie, so you cant complain about the final boss at the end of the movie.

It reminded me almost EXACTLY like that Final Fantasy movie back in 2001, which was also a 3d animation movie.....so if you like those kinds of movie, you'll definitely like Degeneration.

Gotta give em ALITTLE credit this time....they didn't screw it up this time! With how fake the other resident evils were, they should have just been doing 3d movies from the BEGINNING!

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I've ALWAYS been a huge fan of resident evil,etc.... You HAVE to admit, the first 3 movies they did were JUNK! They were totally fake and unrealistic(for a zombie movie), had too much "cover-up and conspiracy" crap, that even the GAME didn't have. The acting was usually bad...it HAD what could have been a good plot or story, but it's just like someone had a major identity crisis between what a GAME is, and what a MOVIE should be. He needs to go back to film school and learn how to ACTUALLY transfer a video-game to a movie script.... (which is obvious since the last 3 resident evils didn't even really make it to theaters)

All the dumbass had to do was write a basic script along the lines of what direction the GAME was going!(and not wasting time on wacky story lines and fake stuff)

I don't think im going to see the next movie...it'll probably be based off of Resident Evil 5 video game.....which could be an ABSOLUTELY AWESOME zombie/plague/infection movie....its PERFECT.

But somehow they will probably screw up the movie anyways! Id be surprised if the next resident evil movie even makes it to DVD! It'll be STARTING OFF in the $5 bin at Wal-mart!