I finally got around to watching Resident Evil: Vendetta and I have to say it wasn't all that bad. I honestly think that the CGI for about 99% of the movie is actually phenomenal; at times I could easily have mistaken it for a irl movie, I also love Matt Mercer as Leon as he's a very diverse voice actor and knows how to play him as the brooding and boy type that's also comical and selfless. Erin Cahill also does a superb job with Rebecca, she has some much emotion in her voice alone that it carries well into her character models performance (also I'm slightly biased as I'm a big Power Rangers fan and I love her in the Time Force season); Although that's not without saying that I have some critiques with the movie, firstly I think the story is pretty... meh? It's kind of painfully obvious where all three acts start and end, the actual plot isn't terrible it's just kind of the same recycled thing we've seen a couple times in the franchise and it had a few interesting moments but ultimately fell quite flat and stale. There's also a lot of things that really bothered me too like: Firstly, Why did practically every single Leon shot have to have at least 5 seconds of slow motion? It'd have been fine if they used it once or twice but damn it's almost comical how much they used it, he also had very over the top fighting styles ESPECIALLY on the motorway scene with the Cerberus' he did way too many outrageous stunts on the motorcycle, Secondly, What was the point of the Diego and Maria? They were presented like huge important characters that were so formidable and crucial to the story but were both defeated in seconds? Third, Maybe I missed something crucial but why did Chris act like he knew the child zombie (who could talk for some reason?) we didn't get any more information after that, the same for the women in the courtyard, again I may be missing something but I had no idea who either of them were?¿ And Fourth and Lastly, Did anyone else think it was completely weird how several casualties were just looked over? Like the women in the bar wasn't even glanced at, Leon literally caused two civilian cars to crash and explode via the Cerberus, Nadia literally blew up two buildings when using the weapon on Tyrant(?) form Arias, which kind of looked occupied.
Overall it was a decent movie which I guess I enjoyed (mostly) for the visuals and that's why I'd give it a strong 6/10.
Overall it was a decent movie which I guess I enjoyed (mostly) for the visuals and that's why I'd give it a strong 6/10.