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Don't get it twisted, you won't find Milla Jovovich anywhere in RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION as this full-on CG animation, canon-wise, is definitely more in sync with the video game series than the live-action film franchise. If you dig the visual graphics in animated films like FINAL FANTASY: THE SPIRITS WITHIN, FINAL FANTASY VII: ADVENT CHILDREN, POLAR EXPRESS and BEOWULF, then this one's up your alley, brother. In continuity, the events in RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION take place in between the two games, Resident Evil 4 and the upcoming Resident Evil 5 (March '09).The story keeps it simple, basically planting its characters in treacherous environments and then throwing undead creatures at them. Seven years had elapsed since the Raccoon City outbreak (as fleshed out in the Resident Evil 2 video game). The Umbrella Corporation may have been shut down, but the T-virus is still making its rounds in the black market. The story starts with Claire Redfield (a survivor of doomed Raccoon City and a recurring lead character in the game) becoming trapped in a wrecked airport terminal during a zombie infestation, while she minds a little girl and a scuzzy senator.A rescue team is deployed, comprising two members of the Special Response Team unit and ramrodded by government special agent Leon S. Kennedy (another fan favorite, also survived Raccoon City). The first half hour deals with how the rescue mission falls out, and if zombie kills get your jollies going, then this'll do ya. Once the survivors make it out of the airport, there's a bit of a lull, and then the next big act is introduced as the key characters make their way to yet another creepy multi-level research facility, this one run by an entity called the WilPharma Corporation. There, the survivors not only have to deal with a saboteur who intends to out the truth about the Raccoon City cover-up, but also with a frightening Gene-virus mutate who'll never lose a staring contest and who could absolutely palm a basketball (or ten basketballs).So, fans of the best survival horror video games ever will get more out of this flick, whereas newcomers or those who've only peeped the Milla Jovovich trilogy will probably like it but, then again, may end up lost in places and may even wonder what the big deal is. The story is pretty generic; the voice acting is wooden; the dialogue is dang cheesy (Check out this dude, just before he turns into a Biohazard freakfest: "In a moment, I'll reveal the irrefutable truth... in my own... personal way. And all of you will be the very first... witnesses!!"). Yet I found all that forgiveable. I'm just glad there's a movie out that actually honors the internal continuity of the games. And the film looks very good. The animators make good use of motion capture technology, and the awesome visual graphics end up being slicker than my buddy Vito's pompadour. I wish, though, that the characters' faces had been even more expressive.Okay, feel free to ignore this paragraph, which I call Things-In-The-Movie-Which-Aggravated-The-Crap-Out-Of-Me. It's just me nitpicking. But, man alive, cry me a river with the horror movie cliches! To start with, there's always one yahoo who's always late getting with the program. The two S.R.T. members who went with Agent Kennedy had been briefed regarding the infecteds' tendencies, yet one of them, full of good wholesome samaritanship but also what can only be some sort of stupid DNA, abandons all caution and approaches a prone body point blank and, without even checking out the person, wraps an arm around him to help him up. I realize that this S.R.T. grunt had never faced anything like this before, but, still, it is so damn aggravating. Come to think of it, you'd think special agent Leon would've shown up on scene already with his own specially trained crew, instead of having to pick out two unknowns. Earlier on, Claire Redfield had become separated from the young girl she was with, as mass panic erupted at the terminal (zombies and a plane coming fast at your grill will do that). And yet the next scene with Claire finds her already reunited with the little girl. Obviously, they must've reconnected earlier offscreen, but the effect was still a bit jarring, as if a scene had been cut out. And one more, off the top of my head: later, when Claire and the little girl find themselves isolated and cornered by zombies, who by the way are slow as molasses, instead of summarily getting the eff outta there, Claire opts to crouch down and protectively hug the little girl. In the scheme of things, these minor quibbles can't change the fact that I enjoyed the film tremendously. Yet they did kill a bit of the fun for me.On a happier note, while there's not much humor in the movie, there is one pretty cool, ironic moment which drew an appreciative grin out of me. It's the one at the airport in which Claire finally finds a weapon with which to combat zombies. "Never saw this coming," she mutters.The film ends with an ominous scene which suggests that history is doomed to repeat itself - yet one more time. It also supposedly leads into the Resident Evil 5 video game, so that's pretty sweet. Going by RE: DEGENERATION, I absolutely will shell out for more Resident Evil animated features which follow game continuity. And I wouldn't mind at all if the next one featured Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield. Or, hell, bring Alice into this universe. How's that for shaking things up, huh?

If you like the resident evil series you have to watch it. The animated resident evil movies are the best and if you never seen on before this is a great starter.

Could be longer and more game play plot connections

So this film actually introduced to me the Resident Evil fandom and after that I had been gifted The Umbrella Chronicles for my Wii and I loved thar game so much. It was nice watching something that introduced me to Resident Evil and I liked I said with Vendetta, I like these CGI films - if they want to bring Resident Evil into a film form I think its better just sticking with the CGI films because live action won't satisfy everyone and I know this because I'm not a fan of the Milla Jovovich Resident Evil films and the recent and upcoming Resident Evillive action films/shows that'll be made. Not only that but these CGI films remind me so much of the games of course which I do like that while seeing the characters we love on screen. I will say I forgot how Leon's face looked in this one and I LOVE Leon but I think he looks better in Vendetta than here but that's just how he looks 😅 I do like this story too - the idea of a bunch of zombies in an airport that thought terrifies me but I liked the storyline and I was so happy seeing Claire 😊 I'd reccomend this movie ❤

Just got finished watching this. I went into it not expecting much, but I'm glad to report I was pleasantly surprised. While it's not the greatest movie I've seen, it was defintely entertaining. The last couple of CG game movies I've seen I've been a little dissapointed. Advent Children was a jumbled mess, and The Spirits Within was a slight bore. Degeneration had a nice mix of action and nostalgia with a little thrill aspect thrown in.As with the last few game CG movies, the directors seem to flub on the plot. I guess they forget they have 2 hours to tell a story instead of 15. The plot had some silly connections to the T-virus, and while not the confusing mess of Advent Children, it was a little sparse. It would have been nice if it had succeeded more in that area.Claire and Leon don't really get much character development, but a couple of the new characters do. While it's not much, it suffices. For some reason, Leon is so incredibly cool, that he never shows much emotion. While it can make him a likeable character in some regards, he doesn't have much range and tends to come across more as dull instead of the calculated and cool character the devs want him to be. There were a couple of scenes where a tad more emotion would have been nice, but he stood dull and taciturn with a blank face. It's a little distracting, but by no means a deal breaker.In some spots the models and characters look like they'd belong in a game. Then in others it looks almost photogenic. While not bad, it's slightly noticeable but it doesn't take you out of the immersion by any means.There are also no villians as cool as Wesker. We get a hippie bio-terrorist upset over the death of his family by umbrella. You've prolly seen him a few times in the previews, he's the main villian. Along with a few twists, he's really lacking. The bright spot is oddly, the female characters. Claire seems fun and competent. The other female lead is given a little character development and is likeable as well. For some reason though, they tried a little too hard to make Leon "cool" and instead he comes across as dull. A little more fleshing out of Leon as a lead character would be nice along with a little emotion.Overall though I was surprised that this movie didn't turn out to be a disaster like Advent Children. While it hasn't proved that CG will overtake live action anytime soon, it was a definte bonus to fans of the series. With RE5 right around the corner, RE fans have a lot to look forward to.

This dvd is a dream for any Claire Redfield fan like myself and is the only reason I bought it in the first place. I love all the games but this blue ray stopped me in my tracks. Claire has been my favourite character ever since she showed up in the second game and it has been like that ever since (I miss Alyson Court). I love that big sister/Guardian/mother figure that she holds for lost kids and has a seriously funny talk back attitude "You might want to stick your ego up your ass...." that has stuck with her through the years. She takes no crap from anyone. She even gives the senator a serious smack across the face in this lol it was awesome. Just love her.If Claire wasn't in this movie I honestly wouldn't bother watching it, sorry damnation, no Claire, no sale. This is my favourite "Claire" with her white on top of the red outfit and she looks beautiful too. She really is the queen, there is no other, sorry Jill, Ada and all you other girlies.For anyone NOT obsessed with Claire I would still suggest you purchase this if you are a fan of the games, its a fun ride and the graphics are quite good. If you are not a fan of the game I'm not so sure. I would borrow it instead.

I really like this animated outing of the Residential Evil story, for someone more familiar with the earlier games surrounding Raccoon City this is the movie's "jumping off" point, where it begins, but it can be enjoyed as more than simply an animated actioner.For anyone who wants to see zombis and monsters galour there's enough here, its not too bloody but could be frightening for younger viewers, there is some swearing but what the real selling point is to me is the plot, which is unlikely to be interesting to younger viewers who're primarily acquainted with the game.The plot is pretty involved, focusing upon corporate corruption and terrorism, biological weapons and cover ups. Things have come a long way from the very earliest biohazard/resident evil story in which heroic protagonists battle hoards of zombis created by containment issues and out breaks. If you arent interested in this kind of thing it is possible to enjoy the movie besides but I loved this dimension of the movie, with shifts and turns involving corporate profiteering and theft and two other mega-corp actors entering the story line to compete with Umbrella.I felt this was a better feature than any of the actual live action Resident Evil movies, which are pretty poor by comparison, either cerebrally challenge wise or action wise. Its also better than a lot of the zombi films which are produced like junk food for the viewing public.

The DVD is good quality and the movie, I LOVE IT!

This is the best of the animated RE trilogy.This one is recomented only for RE fans .. mostly !

Resident Evil Degeneration is the first feature length CG film in the Resident Evil franchise...is it good? the answer is yes.Resident Evil Degeneration (RED from now on) stars fan favorite Leon.S.Kenedy and Claire Redfeild both protagonists of the survival horror game Resident Evil 2. The films plot revolvs around an outbreak in an Airport which Claire and some othe survives are holding out enter Leon who is sent in to extract survivors being aided by 2 other people. from here we learn of a terrorist plot among other things which dosn't realy excite up untill the final act which is a masterpiece of CG animation and a hell of a scene to watch.This movie is for fans of the RE universe but does cater to non fans and iis quite enjoyable. RED is a masterpiece in terms of CG animation i also want to note that the special features on the disk are quite humerous and worth checking out.4/5 great film deinantly one for fans.