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)
Yuri Lowenthal	...	Various (voice)
Skip Stellrecht	...	Various (voice)
Karen Strassman	...	Various (voice)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Various (voice)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Various (voice)
Barbara Goodson	...	Various (voice)
Kyle Hebert	...	Various (voice)
Megan Hollingshead	...	Various (voice)
Troy Baker	...	Various (voice)
JB Blanc	...	Various (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Mallow	...	Various (voice) (uncredited)
Robert Miles	...	Various (uncredited)

Directed by
Makoto Kamiya

Writing credits
Shotaro Suga		(screenplay)

Produced by
Hiroyuki Kobayashi	....	producer
Haruhiro Tsujimoto	....	executive producer
Hidenori Ueki	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Tetsuya Takahashi

Sound Department
Les Claypool III	....	dialogue editor: English ADR recording
Eddie J. Correa	....	digital ADR engineer: English ADR recording
Koji Kasamatsu	....	sound designer
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director

Visual Effects by
Atsushi Doi	....	CG director
Yusaku Toyoshima	....	cg producer

Stunts
Kensuke Sonomura	....	action coordinator
Kazunori Yajima	....	stunt performer

Other crew
Shingo Gotsuji	....	motion capture actor
Christy Hall	....	motion capture actor
Mayu Hiratsuka	....	motion capture actor
Aliyah Aska Irsy	....	motion capture actor
Mike Mahaffey	....	motion capture actor
Rick Marcus	....	motion capture actor
Derek Mears	....	motion capture actor
Kazuki Muramatsu	....	motion capture actor
R.C. Ormond	....	motion capture actor (as RC Ormond)
R.C. Ormond	....	motion capture actor
Lori Rom	....	motion capture actor
Thom Williams	....	motion capture coordinator

Production Companies

• Capcom Company
• Resident Evil CG Film Partners
• Sony Pictures Entertainment

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• LK-TEL (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• Magnitude 8 Post  recording facility: English ADR recording
• ZRO Limit Productions  English ADR recording

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 | New Zealand:R16

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:

Continuity: When the central garden at Wilpharma is incinerated, Leon and Angela escape through a drainage system and are fully submerged in water. A few seconds later, their hair and clothing seem perfectly dry.

Quotes:

Leon S. Kennedy: I'm gonna scrub this virus from the face of the Earth.

Movie Connections:

References Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)

Finally a fair movie based on the game series

Of course that, like Final Fantasy: Advent Children, RE: Degeneration was also made for the fans and for those ones who are familiar to the stories behind the happenings over the game series.

RE: Degeneration is an "episode" after the happenings of RE 2 and RE 4, so if you've already played these ones you will notice some familiarities, but if you haven't, what you already know by the crap movie trilogy is kinda useful. Anyway, its a lot enjoyable.

Even being a CG movie, it has a lot of action and the movie follows the same steps of each game of the series, so it has references of the games all the time like: the different big and rich scenarios that are more than just scenarios but part of the story and also enemies of the characters; the new characters being presented, each one of them having their very own importance in the story; the zombies that pops everywhere and also the final boss, that gets bigger and bigger on each new episode of the game series.

Of course that, the best thing about this movie is the great come back of some of the most loved characters of the series like the best and smartest special agent Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield, a sweet girl that has the strength and courage of a lion. Both Leon and Claire are portrait here exactly like they are in the games.

The CG movie is also very faithful to the games, I mean... even the CG are similar to the games CG, giving the feeling that at any moment the game will starts or you will have to press a command at any moment, and that's very thrilling for the fans.

Well, that's it... that's sad for me to say - as a movie lover and also a RE fan that has been playing the series since 1996 - that the best Resident Evil movie is a CG movie, and that is a shame for the movie trilogy and everyone involved in it. The Resident Evil trilogy is a reputation destroyer for the game series and RE: Degeneration finally comes to deliver what the fans were missing: something new but faithful to the games.