Resident Evil's Animated Films from Japan
Gushing that "true RESIDENT EVIL fans are about to be in heaven" with the newest animated film, RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION, Chris Sawin of EXAMINER.COM draws a clear line in the sand for Makoto Kamiya's animated versions of the horror franchise and against the live-action movies. Sawin believes the CGI animated alternatives bring back "the horror and survival which made each and every installment of the video game franchise so terrifying." Sawin is a fan who feels very strongly about these films.
Besides liking the lighting and sophisticated use of slow motion, Sawis geeks out with this praise: "What's great is that DAMNATION throws you into the first person perspective and makes you feel like anything can jump out at Leon and attack him at any moment. The renders as well as the computer animation are crisp and fluid at all times, especially the hosts of the Plaga, the Lickers, and the Tyrants."
As you fans know, the newest film of the live-action franchise, RESIDENT EVIL: RETRIBUTION, is still playing in theaters (we'll eventually have it, too, for home viewing). Director Paul W.S. Anderson (MORTAL KOMBAT) is back at the helm of this new film, and of course Milla Jovovich is back as Alice, fighting the deadly T-virus as usual -- her skin-tight uniform is especially effective in fighting the virus!
The film in theaters isn't getting great reviews, but Chris Sawin has a message for fans: "If you'd lost faith or had been purposely distancing yourself from the atrocity that is the live-action movies (and if that's the case no one could blame you), DAMNATION is the movie for you as is its predecessor DEGENERATION. These CG motion pictures are what everything RESIDENT EVIL fans wished the movies would have been. Smart, bloody, well-written, and incredibly creepy, RESIDENT EVIL: DAMNATION more than lives up to the RESIDENT EVIL name."
We have the entire library -- it's time for you to get evil!
RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE (2004)
RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION (2007)
RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION (2008)
RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE (2010)
still from RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION (2008)
