Resident Evil: Degeneration was a pretty good movie. I wouldn’t quite say it deserves the 9.1 rating it got on IMDB, but it’s close. This is the new anime version of Resident Evil. I think I preferred the actual actors over anime, but whatever.

Movie starts in an airport. One of the original survivors of Racoon City (Claire) meets up with Rani and Rani’s aunt. About 15 minutes into the movie all hell breaks lose as the senator tries to leave using a public route. His body guards are then attacked by a zombie. More zombies come, flesh feast begins. They’re now trapped inside. Leon comes in to save the people, including the senator and Claire who are still trapped inside the airport. They get out alive, aside from one of the S.R.T. members being killed, and it goes into the informational part of the movie. We learn the WilPharma created a vaccine for the T virus as the trucks pull up loaded with them.

Few minutes go by, trucks blow up – Inside job. Claire and the head research developer go to WilPharma HQ to get something. HQ blows up – new G virus released. S.R.T. members brother exposed and mutates. Attacks and kills a dozen or so military personell. Leon comes in and saves the day. Movie goes to the “inside man”, who’s trying to sell the data and what-not for the T and G virus strains. Watch the movie to find out the rest.

This movie only got a 6/10 from me. It was a good movie, but a bit too drawn out. The script was spoken as if you were in a game, but not the newer ones, more like Resident Evil 1.. Slow and you could tell they were reading a script most of the time. Action was good, and the animation was great. Lots of booms and bangs.

-Nito