All Resident Evil animated movies in chronological order
Did you come across a preview for the upcoming Resident Evil: Death Island that got you all hyped? Well, we have great news, then. It turns out Capcom has already made many other Resident Evil animated movies in the past…
…And most of them are so beyond bonkers that even fans of the games wouldn’t believe it.
The first attempt at a Resident Evil animated project is Biohazard 4D-Executer, a name only an exec completely drunk on that sweet ’00s juice would pick. You can tell Capcom doesn’t care much for it because you can find it on many Youtube channels in its entirety. The CGI 20-minute short feels more like an experiment than a full-blown attempt. It doesn’t really prime for its animation and you could say it barely rivals the cutscenes from Resident Evil 3. It did, however, mark the beginning of a weird era.
Strong points: Historically important. This is the patient zero of Resident Evil movies. This is the one we have to go back in time to prevent from happening if we don’t want to see Milla Jovovich running on walls to roundhouse-kick zombie dogs. Also, it’s a relatively original tale in the world of Resident Evil that won’t bother anyone for too long.
Incubate still isn’t Capcom’s first Resident Evil animated feature film, but it’s yet another interesting experiment. Following up on the massive success of Resident Evil 4, Capcom released this straight-to-DVD compilation of RE4 cutscenes featuring added explainers of what happened in that village prior to the arrival of Leon S. Kennedy.
Strong points: The animation rivals that of its contemporary RE game, but only because it’s straight-up a bunch of RE4 cutscenes.
The 2008 release Resident Evil: Degeneration marks the start of Capcom’s attempt at taking over the
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