Resident Evil 4: Degeneration (2008)

- written January 2009

Summary: Claire Redfield arrives at Harvardville Airport at the same time as American senator (and Ron Davis. Claire works for Terrasave, a group that protests bio-terrorism and Davis, has close ties to WilPharma Corporation, a pharmaceutical company that has developed a vaccine for the T-virus. But a plane crashes at the airport releasing zombies and everyone must band together to survive. After a rescue, Claire and Leon accompany WilPharma executive Frederic Downing to the company's high-tech research and development facility to find up some more T-virus vaccine. All hell breaks loose when disgruntled WilPharma employee Curtis Miller sneaks in and unleashes both T-virus and super-mutating G-virus inside the place. Our heroes must stop Curtis and contain the viruses before the world turns into zombies.           Overall: The things I liked about the film…It had some really nice animated backgrounds. Some really good effects and shots and ideas ion the animation creation process.           What I didn’t like about the film…everything else. This was frankly, unwatchable. It’s like watching a video game play by itself for 90 minutes. I put the game on “computer player” and let it go and this is what it gave me. The people look wooden and unexciting. The plot has nothing to do with the movies so you can’t use that background there. The voices are that of the games, not of the movies. Overall it seemed like a giant waste of time. If I wanted this, I’d have purchased the many games available for the video game platforms. If I want a movie, I’d rather have something connected to the 3 films. It was just such a disconnect and a waste of time. Skip it. I beg of you!           Comparison: House of the Dead meets Resident Evil 1

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