Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
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Several iconic Resident Evil protagonists must team up to stop a new strain of the T-virus from being unleashed in San Francisco.
The story
In 1998, during the Raccoon City incident, a private military firm's Unit 6 is tasked with evacuating high-ranking officials but is overwhelmed by zombies. Seventeen years later, in 2015, Agent Leon S. Kennedy is tasked with apprehending a robotics engineer in San Francisco who is being hunted by the police. Simultaneously, Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine learn of a new, advanced strain of the T-virus. The group, joined by Rebecca Chambers and Claire Redfield, discovers that victims were linked to Alcatraz Island. They travel there posing as tourists, only to be caught in a sudden zombie outbreak.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In 1998, Unit 6 is deployed to evacuate Umbrella executives during the Raccoon City incident, but most are bitten; survivors JJ and Dylan Blake are forced to eliminate their comrades, leaving JJ to be killed by the infected. In 2015, Leon S. Kennedy attempts to intercept a van carrying Dr. Antonio Taylor, but is thwarted by Maria Gomez. Meanwhile, Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Rebecca Chambers, and Claire Redfield investigate a new T-virus strain linked to Alcatraz Island. While exploring the island, they are separated by a zombie outbreak. Jill finds Leon in the sewers, and they discover blueprints for mosquito-like drones. They are captured by Dylan Blake, who uses the drones to infect the Redfields and Leon, sparing Jill to witness their deaths. Dylan reveals he has taken over Glenn Arias' crime syndicate and joined forces with Maria. Before dying, Taylor gives Claire a code to control the drones. Jill encounters Rebecca, who prepares a vaccine to cure the group. Leon kills Maria. In the final battle, the group fights Dylan, who merges with a bio-organic weapon. Claire and Rebecca use the drones to weaken Dylan, allowing Jill, Leon, and Chris to kill him with explosives.
- Original title
- バイオハザード：デスアイランド
- First release year
- 2023
- Runtime (minutes)
- 91
- Production countries
- Japan
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Eiichirō Hasumi
- Writers
- Makoto Fukami · writer
- Genres
- adult animated; action; horror; science fiction
- Themes
- Survival; Bioterrorism; Revenge
- Tone and mood
- Action-packed; Horror; Dark
- Premise and plot tags
- Video Game Adaptation; Zombie Apocalypse; Team-up
- Source material / true-story basis
- Resident Evil video games
- Franchise connections
- Resident Evil
- Reception
- The film received mixed to positive reviews, with some critics praising its action and character meeting while others found it less potent than other entries in the series.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 71%; IGN · score: 6 · scale: 10; Paste · score: 4.5 · scale: 10
- Production trivia
- The film was announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on February 2, 2023.; A manga adaptation of Death Island was announced by Capcom in May 2023.; Little Armory announced 1/12 scale models of small arms used by the main characters.
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