Baiohazâdo: Vendetta

Chris Redfield (Kevin Dorman's voice) of the BSAA enlists the help of government agent Leon S. Kennedy (Matthew Mercer's voice) and Professor Rebecca Chambers (Erin Cahill) of the Alexander Institute of Biotechnology to stop a vengeful death merchant threatening to spread a deadly virus across New York. All of them must unite to save America from a threat as dire as The Umbrella Corporation: a virus that can be triggered by simply being inhaled. And all of them use an entire arsenal of new and old but familiar weapons. They are the human race's last and only hope.

Spectacular, unstoppable and thrilling installment of the ¨Resident Evil series¨, adapted from the video games characters produced by Hiroyuki Kobayashi. Resident Evil movie to be in CGs (computer graphics), and also based directly off the games, and not an original script like the live-action movies were. It's a film for hardcore fans, it was great fun to be reunited with characters one played in the games. Most of the roles come from the video game series and are voiced by the same actors. The picture contains nonstop action, violent combats and spectacular images by means of computer generator. Much to its defense this production stayed more true to the atmosphere in the games that recent flicks, something every Resident Evil fan will recognize. As for those of you not familiar with the games I won't vouch for the movie, but you may have an agreeable time watching it anyway. Being a non-stop action gore-feast that provides for high-octane escapist entertainment with some eye-catching visuals and pulsing soundtrack. This exciting picture contains thrills, chills , action-filled with fierce fights against zombies and lots of gore and guts. The horror and action moments are fast moving and compactly realized. This outing takes more action, more approach , more violence and gore than previous and subsequent installments. The creepy images of wide range from the genuinely fantastic to the bizarre along with scary and amazing frames. It's predictable but we have seen some scenes in former films , but also its predictability is redeemed in part by the breathtaking action scenes. The CG animation looks slick enough, the camera angles are nicely directed, but the characters (and especially the movements and facial features of the protagonists) come across as fairly wooden and far from realistic. I remember being more impressed with the first Final fantasy (The spirits within) film when it came out.

This ¨Resident Evil¨ movie is created by its video game creator, Capcom. The live-action movies were created by Screen Gems and Sony Pictures. This is the first Resident Evil game-canon title to take place in real world city, like New York City. This is the third Resident Evil CGI film to feature Leon S. Kennedy as a main protagonist, while this is Chris Redfield's first. Leon first starred in Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008) along with Chris' sister Claire, and also in Resident evil: Damnation (2012) along with Ada Wong. This is also Rebecca Chambers' first CGI movie appearance. This film is more for fans of the game series, not really intended for those who loved the movies. The cinematic adaptations about ¨Resident Evil¨ in live-action are the following (Milla Jovovich is the only actor to appear in all five films): ¨Resident evil¨ by Paul W Anderson with Milla , Eric Mabius , Michelle Rodriguez , James Purefoy , Colin Salmon ; this is the best , dealing with a group of containment specialists are sent in and have to fight employees who have been contaminated , while A. I. computer instigates a series of defensive measures to contain the virus . It's followed by ¨Resident evil II : Apocalypse¨ by Alexander Witt with Jared Harris , Iain Glen , Oded Fehr , Sienna Guillory . Furthermore , ¨Resident evil III¨ by Russell Mulcahy with Ali Larter, Ashanti , Mike Epps , Oded Fehr and of course Milla Jovovich ; ¨Resident Evil : Afterlife¨ by Paul W Anderson with usual actors along with Kim Coates , Sergio Peris Mencheta , Boris Kodjoe and Wentworth Miller , and ¨Resident evil 5 : retribution¨ with Boris Kodjoe, Johann Urb ,Aryana Engineer , Kevin Durand , Robin Kasyanov and as always Milla Jovovich. And Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021) Director: Johannes Roberts with Kaya Scodelario, Robbie Amell, Donald Logue. Rating Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) : 6/10. From someone who is not familiar with the games maybe skip it.

The film seems like it had promise. It started out OK, even though everyone in the movie, including soldiers, are stupid enough to just stand there and look at the zombies until they get attacked by them. The villain had an interesting back story and seemed like he might have depth, but then he just gets comical towards the end. Near the end everything just gets even more silly, to the point of insulting your intelligence - even for a zombie movie! The heroes never run out of bullets and can get knocked across the room without as much as a limp. It's predictable and uninteresting. I was hoping the animated films might make up for the live action ones going downhill, but I've basically lost faith in this whole game franchise when it comes to films now.

I'm a huge Resident Evil fan, from the games to the movies and including the previous animated attempts. They didn't exactly set the world on fire but they were perfectly watchable efforts.

I was very excited to hear about this being released so perhaps my expectations were a tad high, and I can confirm they were not met.

The story very generic, the animation sub-par and the fight scenes were let's just say interesting. For some reason the creators thought they'd blend Resident Evil with The Matrix as the characters seem to be able to move neo-style to such extents I found myself cringing. These are average joes not ninja *Slaps creators wrists" bad creators, bad! Seriously why is Leon Kennedy doing bullet time triple back-flips with a dragon screw rotation while shooting zombies in the head and throwing knives and writing an essay and having a length conversation with his girlfriend before even landing? I mean okay that's a tad exaggerated but not as much as you'd imagine.

Vendetta isn't bad, it's just silly and anti-climatic compared to the previous films.

Are you aware and fond of the Resident evil games? The world it created? Maybe even the comic/graphic novels? If so, I am fairly certain you will like this animated effort too. Lots of horror, action and blood for sure. So you know nothing for the faint of hearted.

I have said before I am a bit of a sucker for certain movies. I really dig the way this was made. Are there better rendered CG movies out there? For sure, you can find the animation here less than good. I thought it was quite fine - but I was more engaged by the (cliche) story, with characters I played. So if you have a connection like many others who played the games, you may feel more enamoured by the effort on display here

Chris Redfield and his team are sent to rescue an asset. They find only zombies and nemesis Arias. Meanwhile, scientist Rebecca Chambers is working on a vaccine when she is attacked by zombies. Arias plans to launch the virus by gas tanker trucks in New York City.

The characters are standard but I do like them. The story is a bit jagged. It's the third in the animated series and would serve well with a "previous on" section. The evil plan is a little cartoonish. I'm always struck by how the big bad gets all of his minions to end the world. One hopes that people would stop working for Death Inc after witnessing what they witness or become whistleblowers. That's besides the point. The bigger point is the animation. They may have worked out the hair but the eyes still give it away. There is a lifelessness about them. It's not Polar Express but the eyes look a bit sleepy. They are still not living, breathing performances.