Biohazard 4D: Executer

A non-canonical 20 minutes animated short film in the Resident Evil franchise. I can't believe they spent approx. $1.4 million for this short with less than half an hour runtime.

After the major disappointment which consisted of Paul Anderson's Resident Evil(s), it just so happened that I got around to see this small piece of animated film-making. I might not have seen it as it should've been seen, in an appropriate theater, but I still judge it's got more to say than Anderson's two films put together. Especially when it comes down to Resident Evil.

The plot outline says pretty much all there is to say about the things that happen in the short without giving too much a way. The disturbing encounters with all sorts of mutated animals prove to be fairly deadly for the special ops who - despite getting quite a glimpse of the sense of utmost terror - continuously strive to find the researcher.

I must say that at some points the gore crept deeply beneath my skin and it caused a most creepy feeling within. The great musical score keeps the tension high as the ops struggle to escape the hell they've entered and it's not over until the very last minute. Scary creatures, reasonably fine animation (a la RE 2), a gruesomely fun twist and some great atmospheric thrills make this Executer a worthy watch for any fan of the macabre - and most especially for Resident Evil fans.

The first adaptation of the Resident Evil video game saga, quite short, but accomplished. It has a simple animation very similar to that of video games and is quite faithful, so it can be appreciated in different aspects. We have a zombie apocalypse with monsters and mutations and good horror scenes. Despite its quality, it is quite appreciable what they wanted to do. This animated short film is an excellent sci-fi horror thriller that deserved a longer duration, but the few minutes it offers are enough to offer some terrifying and enjoyable moments. My final rating for this short film is 9/10.

It's a type of "what if" scenario and the makers of the short went with the "what if the creature from John Carpenter's 1982 movie "The Thing" existed in the Resident Evil franchise", so this is basically what the animated short movie actually represents by the looks of it. To be honest: i'm glad that it's not considered a canon, because it would probably hurt the franchise a lot and after seeing what the Executer Virus really does in the short movie - it's impossible for me to imagine where the franchise will go if they used that idea for future installments.

The biggest problem that i had with the short was the animation. It's so terrible, even for the time it was released looks horrendous. There are animated movies that were released before Biohazard 4D: Executer like Toy Story, Toy Story 2 and A Bug's Life that looked way better, even those that are starting to show their age and the old Resident Evil games (like Resident Evil 2, 3: Nemesis and Code: Veronica) that have great CG cutscenes that to this day i'm still impressed by them.

I was surprised that it doesn't shy away by showing some crazy gore and disturbing imagery and i'm certain that everyone will enjoy them very much. It had some cool moments and some of the aspects like the shot composition, the editing and the sound are very well done, which made it a enjoyable experience, but the story, characters, dialogue, acting and the music makes it a very flawed short. Even though it's very flawed, i guarantee that i'll watch it again and again in the near future.

Alright watch, but predictable and nothing really spectacular until the end. I like my movies awesome all around, in the beginning, in the middle and in the end. Not JUST the end. Disappointing.

The story...well...was there any at all?? Meh. Not really, it was just 5 guys getting to someplace, and well...nothing really.

The whole movie just seemed like an excuse to throw around some gore (read: a bit of blood). The only redeeming quality in this movie is the end. And even the end was just 10 seconds of awesomeness and that's it. Too much rice and not enough meat, is how I would describe this short.

It was alright. 6*