Resident Evil: Degeneration
Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield confront a T-Virus outbreak in an airport while uncovering the bioweapon conspiracy behind it.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- tense
- gruesome
- propulsive
- horror marathon
- video game adaptation night
What critics said
Critics generally found it a competent but thin, videogame-like CGI action horror that mainly serves established Resident Evil fans.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The T-Virus, biological weapons, infection, and genetic mutation drive the airport crisis and its conspiracy.
Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield continue their established Resident Evil identities in a story presented as part of the game's canon.
Digital Frontier's feature-length CGI production emphasizes rendered character animation, infected creatures, and large-scale set pieces.
The remnant T-Virus is unleashed in an airport, turning a public transportation space into the film's principal outbreak battleground.
Films like Resident Evil: Degeneration, and why
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Shared zombie outbreak premise, biopunk science fiction, militarized action, and survival horror atmosphere.
Doom
Shared videogame-derived horror, biological experimentation, infected creatures, and action-driven containment scenario.
Appleseed Ex Machina
Shared animated science fiction horror, epidemic panic, graphic creature violence, and corporate conspiracy themes.
28 Weeks Later
Shared zombie survival horror, urban outbreak escalation, and hardened protagonists confronting a bioweapon crisis.
Movie Details
- Director
- Makoto Kamiya
- Release Date
- 2008-02-13
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (1205)
Cast
- Paul Mercier
- Alyson Court
- Laura Bailey
- Roger Craig Smith
- Crispin Freeman
- Michael Sorich
- Salli Saffioti
- Michelle Ruff
- Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
- Steve Blum
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Resident Evil: Degeneration about?
- Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield confront a T-Virus outbreak in an airport while uncovering the bioweapon conspiracy behind it.
- What is Resident Evil: Degeneration like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Resident Evil: Degeneration as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Resident Evil: Degeneration violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Resident Evil: Degeneration as graphic.
- What did critics think of Resident Evil: Degeneration?
- Critics generally found it a competent but thin, videogame-like CGI action horror that mainly serves established Resident Evil fans.
- Which films are like Resident Evil: Degeneration?
- Films with a similar feel include Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Doom, Appleseed Ex Machina, and 28 Weeks Later.
- How long is Resident Evil: Degeneration?
- Resident Evil: Degeneration runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch Resident Evil: Degeneration?
- In United States, Resident Evil: Degeneration streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
