The Resident Evil live-action franchise may have been the bigger hit, but the CG-animated Resident Evil movies out of Japan are actually closer in spirit to the games than the films are. That doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re better. Sometimes, they’re like watching a Resident Evil game that you can’t play.

Verdict

Resident Evil: Vendetta falls far short of the heights that the game series has achieved. It may be closer in tone to the games than the live-action films are, but the lack of interaction, the weak story, and the barely defined personalities of its heroes and villains make this film feel like an empty shell. The occasionally cool-looking moments aren’t enough to make up for the tedious pace and horrible script. The voice actors did the best that they could with the material, but there’s no vaccine for this movie.