Resident Evil: Vendetta [DVD]

A “Shout-out” and “Thank you” to Director Takanori Tsujimoto, Stage G films, Kadokawa films and Marza Animation Planet Productions for an excellent CGI Movie that demonstrates cutting edge detail of CGI display of human skin textures, eye moisture, veins beneath the skin, hair, sweat, city roads textures, buildings, walls, windows, the smallest detail of rust on a spoon or fork, the way clothing behaves on the human body and various clothing textures, including all other environmental textures has such realistic impact on you, the you utterly forget that you are watching a CGI Movie!The Premise: A small trio of highly skilled individuals work together to defeat an intentional outbreak of the virus that turns people into zombies.*This movie is left open for yet another sequel.My Thoughts: CGI Movies are great for Sci-fi movies like Starship Troopers, and “HALO,” along with the Resident Evil series. More of these types of Sci-Fi CGI Movies are to follow from other franchises. These are (triple-AAA) productions, with amazing realistic detail and absolutely great storylines. This movie is very good, with all its zombie gore, action, character development, and massive carnage and blood. The para-military/special forces factor, including hardcore fighting sequences and gun battles really elevates this movie to a level of total splendor. I thought it very odd and funny that “pretty-boy” Agent Kennedy could fight all these bloody battles with zombies and ride that motorcycle all over the place…and yet his hair is NEVER out of place…really???The Facts:1. Running Time: 1hr. 37 min.2. Widescreen HD3. Sound 5.1 DTS-HD4. Beautiful and Realistic CGI Effects.5. No dry or boring areas this movie has a lot of action.6. Excellent Story with a climatic ending, left open for a possible sequel.7. Excellent Character Development.8. The Movie is Gruesome, Shocking, Bloody, Gory with lots of Carnage.Thank you!

I have loved "Resident Evil" since I was twelve years old. (I'm now twenty-seven and a women if that information helps you decide on whether or not to buy this.)So let me be clear: this is not a good movie by any means. But it is very much "RE" being "RE" and that makes it worth the buy if you want a good laugh and comfort movie through a franchise leaning into its cheese.

First off, let me say I'm a big RE video game fan, and always hated the sacreligious live action movies. I enjoyed the last two Resident Evil CG movies, Degeneration and Damnation. I thought Degeneration was good, but the pacing seemed slightly off and the story wasn't particularly good. Damnation was better overall, but none of the action scenes stood out as being quite as cool as the Leon parkour sequence in Degeneration. This one I would say is the best out of the 3. I feel the pacing is better, starting with suspense and small action scenes and building to some over-the-top, 10/10, nailed the landing flawlessly levels of perfection. The character arcs and chemistry between Leon, Chris, and Rebecca were all solid too, and I thought the supporting cast and antagonist, while maybe not incredibly well fleshed out, were lively and gave the leads some good room for interaction.The starting sequence in the manor had some genuinely creepy imagery, and the ending action scenes had me grinning the entire time. Amazing choreography, hype as all get out moments of willpower from Chris and Leon, and some genuine tension. A worthwhile film, and a film I think might be easier for newcomers to get into than either Degeneration or Damnation.All I can say is I'm giddy for the possibility of another CG film. With Resident Evil 7 not exactly bringing the RE characters I love so much, I'm glad to see there is an outlet for me to see more of my characters in a few tense horror scenes and a lot of excellent action scenes.