Biohazard 0 (2002) (VG)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Koji Oda

Writers:

Junichi Miyashita (scenario editor)
Hiromichi Nakamoto (scenario editor)

Release Date:

21 November 2002 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

The Door To Safety Is Now Shut

Plot:

Rebecca Chambers, the medic of Resident Evil one fights to survive hours before the first game, with the help of an accused murderer.

Plot Keywords:

Mansion | Train | Forest | Resident Evil | Murder

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Anthone Tullo	...	(voice) (as Anthony Tullo)
Cyrus Lane	...	(voice)
David Webster	...	(voice)
Ian Downie	...	(voice)
James Arnold	...	(voice)
James Kee	...	(voice)
Lyon Smith	...	Mysterious Guy (voice)
Marcia Brackett	...	(voice)
Natasha Martina	...	(voice)
Richard Waugh	...	Albert Wesker (voice)
Riva Di Paola	...	Rebecca Chamber (voice)
Stanley Mwalawanda	...	(voice)
Steve Kishewitsch	...	(voice)
Tim Grimes	...	(voice)

Also Known As:

Biohazard Zero
Resident Evil 0 (USA)
Unnamed Resident Evil Project (USA) (working title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:M | UK:15

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

Developed by Capcom's Production Team 3, this is the only canonical Biohazard game developed outside of Shinji Mikami's team (Production Team 4).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the shot where Rebecca first approaches the Ecliptic Express, there is not a drop of rain in the scene. Seconds into her approach, in the next two shots, rain is shown suddenly falling as though it had been raining for minutes.

Quotes:

William Birkin: [looking through his notes] It just doesn't make any sense. Do you really believe that this could be the real identity of that crazy young man? Impossible. But IF, somehow it is true, then Umbrella will be finished.
Albert Wesker: [walking to the elevator] If the old conspiracy against Doctor Marcus is revealed, Mr. Spencer's career will be over. Not to mention ours too. So... the time has come at last.
William Birkin: What are you going to do?
Albert Wesker: I will simply say 'goodbye' to Umbrella. The biological weapon utilizing the T-Virus has almost been completed. Our only remaining task is to acquire combat data.
William Birkin: You CAN'T be serious! I REFUSE to abandon my work! I've finished my research on the T-Virus, but I need a LITTLE more time to complete the more powerful G-Virus.
Albert Wesker: Do as you wish.
[enters elevator and presses button]
Albert Wesker: I will follow my initial plan and lure the S.T.A.R.S members into the Mansion. Their superior combat training should make them PERFECT test subjects.
[chuckles darkly]
William Birkin: Fine. In the meantime, something must be done about that madman. As I recall URC is equiped with a self-destruct device in the basement. I'll find it, set it off and annihilate the place to nothing more than a mass of rubble.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

Perfect Prequel

Resident Evil 0 is the prequel to the original Resident Evil for 1996 and was released in 2002 along with the remake of the original.

One of the main reasons I like this game is because it feels a lot like the remake of the original. The graphics for the remake were amazing and made it a lot more scary and suspenseful than the 1996 version. RE0 has not only the great graphics of the remake, but some of the creepiest music in the series.

The zombies are obviously as scary as ever, but RE0 has several other scary bioweapons, some which haven't been seen in the other RE games. I thought the leeches looked pretty cool and were a cool addition to the game.

The main reason I like this game is because it explains a lot about the series and shows the player the origin of the Umbrella Corporation, the T-Virus, and reveals several other shocking secrets. I also like how they explained how the virus was created because, like just about everything in the RE series, it's based in a lot of fact.

I also enjoyed playing as two characters at once. Each character has special abilities that you need in order to complete the game. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that there were no item boxes, so if you don't have room for another item, you have to drop one from your inventory and remember where you dropped it in case you need it later.

If you're an RE fan, this is definitely a game you'll want to at least rent because at the very least, it answers a lot of unanswered questions about the series that you'll more than likely want answered.