Resident Evil: Death Island · review
It is a good film with some well done action scenes that will leave most fans satisfied. After all, this time around the movie features every single one of the main characters of this legendary franchise getting together to take down this new threat. I'm glad to inform you that it mostly does justice to all of them other than Jill being a bit extra at times (in her mannerisms, not the action sequences) and Rebecca's introduction scene with Chris being a bit meh. Also, sadly most of the characters don't get that much time to shine as the movie's main character is Jill andthe story predominantly focuses on her.
Action:
The animation is great and all of the characters look superb. I do wish they kept Leon's jacket all the way through and that Jill had a new outfit but those are minor grievances as everything else looks on point. The film does justice to all of these superhuman characters by showcasing their amazing survivalist and acrobatic abilities, though I wish there was more of this. Resident Evil has always had the strongest characters in the genre and their strengths are on maximum display here. All the characters get their time to shine and they look really badass too, sadly Leon Kennedy who is my favorite gets little time to shine in the later half but I still loved to see him back.
Characters:
Let’s be real, the characters are the reason we are watching this movie. This is the first time many of them have interacted with each other for the first time and their interactions are great, I only wish there were more of them. As mentioned earlier all of them get to shine and share the screen with each other. This is basically an Avengers film for RE fans.
I am very happy to announce that Leon is finally over his depressed arc from RE Damnation, RE6 onwards, and is now back to his full charming non-depressed goofy self from RE4.
For all of them other than Chris Redfield, this is the latest version we are seeing of them as the movie takes place after RE6 and Rev 2. I loved to see them all return, it made me feel like a child finally reuniting with his favorites in the continuity. Thank God, the movie is canon, otherwise no idea when Capcom would have these characters make their apperance in a new game again.
Story:
The main story is meh, it literally only exists to get the characters to come across each other and present us with many spectacular showdowns. I don’t mind the story being ignorable cause it was never intended to be anything special, all of us are here for the interactions and action sequences, but most of all to see our favorites finally return.
Conclusion:
In the end, I highly recommend it, I really enjoyed it even if the action wasnt as good, and frequent, as I had hoped. It's the sequel to RE Vendetta and is fully canon, I loved seeing all of these characters back and together and the movie does all of these legendary videogame characters plenty of justice. I'm only taking off a score because Leon didn't get to shine that much and Jill was a bit out of character at times. 8/10.