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| caption = Theatrical release poster
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| director = [[Eiichirō Hasumi]]
| director = [[Eiichirō Hasumi]]
| screenplay = [[Makoto Fukami]]
| writer = [[Makoto Fukami]]
| screenplay =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Resident Evil]]''|[[Capcom]]}}
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Resident Evil]]''|[[Capcom]]}}
| producer = Hiroyasu Shinohara
| producer = Hiroyasu Shinohara<br>Kei Miyamoto
| starring =
| starring =
| cinematography = Yun M. Watanabe
| cinematography = Yun M. Watanabe
| editing = Mitsuo Nishio
| editing = Mitsuo Nishio
| music = Rei Kondoh
| music = Rei Kondoh
| studio = Quebico<br/>[[TMS Entertainment]]<br/>[[Stage 6 Films]]
| studio = Quebico<br/>[[TMS Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Kadokawa Daiei Studio|Kadokawa]]<br/>[[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Kadokawa Daiei Studio|Kadokawa]]
| released = {{Film date|2023|06|22}} (Singapore)<ref name="Singapore" /><br>{{Film date|2023|07|07}} (Japan)<ref name="BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3757653/the-gangs-all-here-in-new-resident-evil-death-island-poster-image/|title=The Gang's All Here in New 'Resident Evil: Death Island' Poster, Image|last=Wilson|first=Mike|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2023|06|22}} (Singapore)<ref name="Singapore" /><br>{{Film date|2023|07|07}} (Japan)<ref name="BD">{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3757653/the-gangs-all-here-in-new-resident-evil-death-island-poster-image/|title=The Gang's All Here in New 'Resident Evil: Death Island' Poster, Image|last=Wilson|first=Mike|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|date=April 10, 2023|access-date=April 10, 2023}}</ref>
| runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Kevin|title=Resident Evil: Death Island; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital July 25, 2023 From Sony|url=https://screen-connections.com/2023/06/05/resident-evil-death-island-4k-uhd-sb-blu-ray-dvd-digital-release-details/|work=Screen Connections|date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
| runtime = 91 minutes<ref>{{cite news|last=Lovell|first=Kevin|title=Resident Evil: Death Island; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital July 25, 2023 From Sony|url=https://screen-connections.com/2023/06/05/resident-evil-death-island-4k-uhd-sb-blu-ray-dvd-digital-release-details/|work=Screen Connections|date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
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| gross = $61,511{{efn|$43,161 from the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, New Zealand and Turkey;<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Evil: Death Island (2022)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt26674627/|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref> and $18,350 from Australia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Death-Island-(2023-Japan)#tab=international|work=The Numbers|access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>}}
| gross = $61,511{{efn|$43,161 from the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, New Zealand and Turkey;<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Evil: Death Island (2022)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt26674627/|work=Box Office Mojo|access-date=20 July 2023}}</ref> and $18,350 from Australia.<ref>{{cite news|title=Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Resident-Evil-Death-Island-(2023-Japan)#tab=international|work=The Numbers|access-date=27 July 2023}}</ref>}}
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'''''Resident Evil: Death Island'''''{{efn|Known as {{nihongo|'''''Biohazard: Death Island'''''|バイオハザード：デスアイランド| Baiohazādo: Desuairando|lead=yes}} in Japan}} is a 2023 Japanese [[adult animation|adult]] [[computer-animated]] [[Action film|action]] [[biopunk]] [[horror film]] set in the same universe as the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' video games. It is the fifth installment and fourth film in the [[List of Resident Evil media#Animated films|animated ''Resident Evil'' series]], following the 2017 film ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'' and the 2021 miniseries ''[[Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness]]''.
'''''Resident Evil: Death Island'''''{{efn|Known as {{nihongo|'''''Biohazard: Death Island'''''|バイオハザード：デスアイランド| Baiohazādo: Desuairando|lead=yes}} in Japan}} is a 2023 English-language Japanese [[adult animation|adult]] [[computer-animated]] [[Action film|action]] [[biopunk]] [[horror film]] set in the same universe as the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' video games. It is the fifth installment and fourth film in the [[List of Resident Evil media#Animated films|animated ''Resident Evil'' series]], following the 2017 film ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'' and the 2021 miniseries ''[[Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness]]'', and follows several ''Resident Evil'' protagonists as they investigate possible [[T-virus]] [[bioterrorism]] in [[San Francisco]].


The film premiered in Singapore on June 22, 2023 before its theatrical release in Japan on July 7, 2023.
The film premiered in Singapore on June 22, 2023, before its theatrical release in Japan on July 7, 2023. It received mixed reviews, with many praising it for it bringing the main cast of characters together, soundtrack, action scenes, and the return of Jill Valentine, but was criticized for its plot, characters, pacing, some of its visuals, and Jill's design.


==Plot==
==Plot==
In 1998, as the [[Raccoon City]] incident begins, the [[Umbrella Corporation]] hires a private military firm to help evacuate high-ranking Umbrella executives and government officials. The firm deploys Unit 6, but the majority are bitten by zombies. Surviving members JJ and Dylan Blake contact headquarters to seek extraction and medical assistance. However, they are instructed to quarantine and ultimately eliminate their fellow comrades. This directive leaves JJ in disbelief and sparks intense anger in Dylan. The pair argue until the infected soldiers attack them and bite JJ. A disheartened Dylan subsequently kills him.
In 1998, as the [[Raccoon City]] incident begins, the [[Umbrella Corporation]] hires a private military firm to help evacuate high-ranking Umbrella executives and government officials. The firm deploys Unit 6, but the majority are bitten by zombies; surviving members JJ and Dylan Blake contact headquarters to seek extraction and medical assistance, but are instructed to quarantine and ultimately eliminate their fellow comrades, leaving JJ in disbelief and angering Dylan. The pair argue until the infected soldiers attack them and bite JJ, forcing Dylan to kill him.


Seventeen years later in 2015, after the events of ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://game.capcom.com/residentevil/ja/news-2908.html|title=発売を3月24日に控えた『バイオハザード RE:4』 その主人公である「レオン」の魅力に迫る作品をラインナップ！|website=Capcom.com|date=8 February 2023|language=Japanese}}</ref> in San Francisco, California, Field Operations Support (FOS) agent [[Ingrid Hunnigan]] tasks Division of Security Operations (DSO) agent [[Leon S. Kennedy]] with taking [[DARPA]] researcher and robotics engineer Doctor Antonio Taylor into custody for selling classified information to foreign powers. During the briefing, Leon learns Taylor was last seen being kidnapped by an unknown group while being hunted by a San Francisco Police Department S.W.A.T. team as the group drives by him. Leon attempts to intercept the kidnappers, but is thwarted by Maria Gomez, a criminal who survived their last encounter the year prior.{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'' (2017).}} Meanwhile, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) advisor [[Rebecca Chambers]] informs Agent [[Chris Redfield]] of twelve cases wherein people had died after being mysteriously infected by an advanced strain of the T-virus and were found with needle marks on their bodies. Chris visits his partner [[Jill Valentine]], hoping to stop her from taking part in the operation due to her time under [[Albert Wesker]]'s mind control and subsequent mental health issues,{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' (2009).}} but she refuses.
Seventeen years later in 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://game.capcom.com/residentevil/ja/news-2908.html|title=発売を3月24日に控えた『バイオハザード RE:4』 その主人公である「レオン」の魅力に迫る作品をラインナップ！|website=Capcom.com|date=8 February 2023|language=Japanese}}</ref> Field Operations Support (FOS) Agent [[Ingrid Hunnigan]] tasks Division of Security Operations (DSO) agent [[Leon S. Kennedy]] with apprehending [[DARPA]] researcher and robotics engineer Doctor Antonio Taylor in [[San Francisco]] for selling classified information to foreign powers. During the briefing, Leon learns Taylor was being hunted by the [[San Francisco Police Department]], but was kidnapped by unidentified assailants in a van. Recognizing the van as it passes him, Leon tries to intercept them, but is thwarted by Maria Gomez, a criminal who survived their last encounter the year prior.{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Resident Evil: Vendetta]]'' (2017).}} Meanwhile, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) advisor [[Rebecca Chambers]] informs Agent [[Chris Redfield]] of twelve deaths from an advanced strain of the T-virus, seemingly forcibly injected into the victims. Chris visits his partner [[Jill Valentine]], hoping to stop her from taking part in the operation due to her time under [[Albert Wesker]]'s mind control and subsequent mental health issues,{{efn|As depicted in ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'' (2009).}} but she refuses.


Chris and Jill meet with Rebecca and Chris's sister [[Claire Redfield]] to discuss their findings, during which Claire reveals she discovered an orca infected with the same T-virus strain as the victims from Chris's case swimming near the [[Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary]], which had also happened recently to several missing whales. Discovering the human victims all visited [[Alcatraz Island]] before they died, Jill and the Redfields travel there posing as tourists, but get separated amidst a zombie outbreak. While exploring the sewers, Jill encounters Leon and joins him in fending off a new form of [[Zombies in Resident Evil|Lickers]] before eventually reaching the armory, where they find blueprints for mosquito-like drones used to infect people with the virus, before they are captured by Dylan and thrown into a prison cell with Taylor and the Redfields. Believing there is no justice in the world, Dylan uses the drones to infect the Redfields and Leon, sparing Jill so she can witness her friends die like how he was forced to watch his team die in Raccoon City. He then reveals that he has taken over arms dealer Glenn Arias' crime syndicate and joined forces with Maria, who seeks revenge for her father Diego's death, before fatally shooting Taylor and escaping to use his drones on the world. As he dies, Taylor gives Claire a code for controlling the drones. While Jill pursues Dylan, she encounters Rebecca, who prepared a vaccine for the group and came to help them, before curing the Redfields and Leon, with the latter going after Maria and killing her after a brutal confrontation.
Chris and Jill meet with Rebecca and Chris's sister [[Claire Redfield]] to discuss their findings, during which Claire notes her discovery of an orca infected with the same advanced T-virus strain swimming near the [[Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary]], which had also happened to several missing whales. Discovering that all of the human victims had visited [[Alcatraz Island]] before they died, Jill and the Redfields travel there posing as tourists, but are separated when it is stricken by a sudden zombie outbreak. While exploring the sewers, Jill encounters Leon and joins him in fending off a new form of [[Zombies in Resident Evil|Lickers]] before eventually reaching the armory, where they find blueprints for mosquito-like [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drones]] used to [[Bioterrorism|infect people with the virus]]. However, they are captured by Dylan and thrown into a prison cell with Taylor and the Redfields. Believing there is no justice in the world, Dylan uses the drones to infect the Redfields and Leon, sparing Jill so she can witness her friends die like how he was forced to watch his team die in Raccoon City. He then reveals that he has taken over arms dealer Glenn Arias' crime syndicate and joined forces with Maria, who seeks revenge for her father Diego's death, before fatally shooting Taylor and escaping to use his drones around the world. As he dies, Taylor gives Claire a code for controlling the drones. While Jill pursues Dylan, she encounters Rebecca, who prepares a vaccine for the group and cures them. Leon pursues Maria and kills her after a brutal confrontation.


The Redfields, Jill, Leon, and Rebecca regroup to fight Dylan, who merges himself with a bio-organic weapon and overpowers the group. Claire and Rebecca take control of Dylan's drones and program them to infect him, weakening him enough for Jill, Leon, and Chris to kill him with explosives and a rocket launcher. As the group awaits BSAA rescue helicopters, Chris praises Jill's heroism.
The Redfields, Jill, Leon, and Rebecca regroup to fight Dylan in the final battle, who merges himself with a bio-organic weapon and overpowers the group. Claire and Rebecca take control of Dylan's drones and program them to infect him and weakening him enough for Jill, Leon, and Chris to kill him with [[explosive weapon]]ry. As the group awaits BSAA rescue helicopters, Chris praises Jill's heroism.


==Voice cast==
==Voice cast==
'''English voice cast'''
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* [[Matthew Mercer]] as [[Leon S. Kennedy]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Liu |first=Stephanie |date=13 April 2023 |title=Matthew Mercer Will Return as Leon in Resident Evil Death Island |url=https://www.siliconera.com/matthew-mercer-will-return-as-leon-in-resident-evil-death-island/ |work=Siliconera.com}}</ref>
* Nicole Tompkins as [[Jill Valentine]]<ref name="Dex">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Sam|title=Resident Evil: Death Island, setting, plot & characters|url=https://www.dexerto.com/resident-evil/resident-evil-death-island-setting-plot-characters-2120379/|work=Dexerto|date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
* Nicole Tompkins as [[Jill Valentine]]<ref name="Dex">{{cite news|last=Smith|first=Sam|title=Resident Evil: Death Island, setting, plot & characters|url=https://www.dexerto.com/resident-evil/resident-evil-death-island-setting-plot-characters-2120379/|work=Dexerto|date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
* Kevin Dorman as [[Chris Redfield]]<ref name="Cast">{{cite news|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Resident Evil: Death Island CG Animated Film's Trailer Reveals July 7 Debut in Japan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-11/resident-evil-death-island-cg-animated-film-trailer-reveals-july-7-debut-in-japan/.19699|work=Animenewsnetwork|date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
* Kevin Dorman as [[Chris Redfield]]<ref name="Cast">{{cite news|last=Cayanan|first=Joanna|title=Resident Evil: Death Island CG Animated Film's Trailer Reveals July 7 Debut in Japan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-11/resident-evil-death-island-cg-animated-film-trailer-reveals-july-7-debut-in-japan/.19699|work=Animenewsnetwork|date=11 April 2023}}</ref>
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* Stephanie Panisello as [[Claire Redfield]]<ref name="Dex" />
⚫
* [[Matthew Mercer]] as [[Leon S. Kennedy]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Liu|first=Stephanie|title=Matthew Mercer Will Return as Leon in Resident Evil Death Island|url=https://www.siliconera.com/matthew-mercer-will-return-as-leon-in-resident-evil-death-island/|work=Siliconera.com|date=13 April 2023}}</ref>
* Stephanie Panisello as [[Claire Redfield]]<ref name="Dex"/>
* [[Erin Cahill]] as [[Rebecca Chambers]]<ref name="Cast" />
* [[Erin Cahill]] as [[Rebecca Chambers]]<ref name="Cast"/>
* [[Daman Mills]] as Dylan Blake<ref name="ANN" />
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* [[Salli Saffioti]] as [[Ingrid Hunnigan]]<ref name="Dex"/>
* [[Cristina Vee]] as Maria Gomez<ref name="ANN">{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Death Island (movie) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=27095 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Cristina Vee]] as Maria Gomez<ref name="ANN">{{cite web |title=Resident Evil: Death Island (movie) |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=27095 |publisher=[[Anime News Network]] |access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>
* [[Daman Mills]] as Dylan Blake<ref name="ANN"/>
* [[Salli Saffioti]] as [[Ingrid Hunnigan]]<ref name="Dex" />
* Frank Todaro as Antonio Taylor<ref name="ANN"/>
* Frank Todaro as Antonio Taylor<ref name="ANN" />
* [[Lucien Dodge]] as JJ<ref name="ANN"/>
* [[Lucien Dodge]] as JJ<ref name="ANN" />
'''Japanese voice cast'''

* [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] as Leon S. Kennedy
* [[Atsuko Yuya]] as Jill Valentine
* [[Hiroki Tōchi]] as Chris Redfield
* [[Yūko Kaida]] as Claire Redfield
* [[Ami Koshimizu]] as Rebecca Chambers
* [[Takehito Koyasu]] as Dylan Blake
* [[Sayaka Ohara]] as Maria Gomez
* [[Yū Sugimoto]] as Ingrid Hunnigan
* [[Yōji Ueda]] as Antonio Taylor
* [[Toshiki Masuda]] as JJ


==Production and release==
==Production and release==
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On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 63% of 8 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Evil: Death Island|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_death_island|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 63% of 8 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.<ref>{{cite web|title=Resident Evil: Death Island|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/resident_evil_death_island|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>


''[[IGN]]'' gave the film a 6 out of 10, and wrote "A strong sense of action and movement, but lacking on that whole talking thing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jul 26 |first=Johnny Loftus |date=2023-07-26 |title=Resident Evil: Death Island Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-death-island-review |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=IGN}}</ref>
''[[IGN]]'' gave the film a 6 out of 10, and wrote "A strong sense of action and movement, but lacking on that whole talking thing."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jul 26 |first=Johnny Loftus |date=2023-07-26 |title=Resident Evil: Death Island Review |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/resident-evil-death-island-review |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=IGN}}</ref> [[Bloody Disgusting]] gave it three out of five, writing that "''Death Island'' is a solid meeting of both game and film characters, and in several respects, it outshines the last three outings. The film may not ultimately have any effect on the game series, but it is a sign that the animated ''Resident Evil'' franchise is finally starting to get its act together."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lê |first=Paul |date=2023-07-26 |title='Resident Evil: Death Island' Review – An All-Star and Affecting Entry in the Animated Franchise |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3770743/resident-evil-death-island-review-an-all-star-and-affecting-entry-in-the-animated-franchise/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref> ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' rated it 4.5/10, stating "Over the years'', Resident Evil'' has cultivated many distinct strains of action-horror. Unfortunately, ''Death Island'' makes for one of its least-potent variants."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resident Evil: Death Island Fails To Reanimate the Series' Action-Horror Thrills |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/resident-evil/resident-evil-death-island-review |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Paste Magazine}}</ref>

[[Bloody Disgusting]] gave it three out of five, writing that "''Death Island'' is a solid meeting of both game and film characters, and in several respects, it outshines the last three outings. The film may not ultimately have any effect on the game series, but it is a sign that the animated ''Resident Evil'' franchise is finally starting to get its act together."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lê |first=Paul |date=2023-07-26 |title=‘Resident Evil: Death Island’ Review – An All-Star and Affecting Entry in the Animated Franchise |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3770743/resident-evil-death-island-review-an-all-star-and-affecting-entry-in-the-animated-franchise/ |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Bloody Disgusting}}</ref>

''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' rated it 4.5/10, stating "Over the years'', Resident Evil'' has cultivated many distinct strains of action-horror. Unfortunately, ''Death Island'' makes for one of its least-potent variants."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resident Evil: Death Island Fails To Reanimate the Series' Action-Horror Thrills |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/resident-evil/resident-evil-death-island-review |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Paste Magazine}}</ref>


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 14:06, 31 August 2024

Resident Evil: Death Island
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEiichirō Hasumi
Written byMakoto Fukami
Based onResident Evil
by Capcom
Produced byHiroyasu Shinohara
Kei Miyamoto
CinematographyYun M. Watanabe
Edited byMitsuo Nishio
Music byRei Kondoh
Production
companies
Distributed byKadokawa
Release dates
  • June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
(Singapore)[1]
  • July 7, 2023 (2023-07-07)
(Japan)[2]
Running time
91 minutes[3]
CountryJapan
LanguageEnglish
Box office$61,511[a]

Resident Evil: Death Island[b] is a 2023 English-language Japanese adult computer-animated action biopunk horror film set in the same universe as the Resident Evil video games. It is the fifth installment and fourth film in the animated Resident Evil series, following the 2017 film Resident Evil: Vendetta and the 2021 miniseries Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and follows several Resident Evil protagonists as they investigate possible T-virus bioterrorism in San Francisco.

The film premiered in Singapore on June 22, 2023, before its theatrical release in Japan on July 7, 2023. It received mixed reviews, with many praising it for it bringing the main cast of characters together, soundtrack, action scenes, and the return of Jill Valentine, but was criticized for its plot, characters, pacing, some of its visuals, and Jill's design.

Plot

In 1998, as the Raccoon City incident begins, the Umbrella Corporation hires a private military firm to help evacuate high-ranking Umbrella executives and government officials. The firm deploys Unit 6, but the majority are bitten by zombies; surviving members JJ and Dylan Blake contact headquarters to seek extraction and medical assistance, but are instructed to quarantine and ultimately eliminate their fellow comrades, leaving JJ in disbelief and angering Dylan. The pair argue until the infected soldiers attack them and bite JJ, forcing Dylan to kill him.

Seventeen years later in 2015,[6] Field Operations Support (FOS) Agent Ingrid Hunnigan tasks Division of Security Operations (DSO) agent Leon S. Kennedy with apprehending DARPA researcher and robotics engineer Doctor Antonio Taylor in San Francisco for selling classified information to foreign powers. During the briefing, Leon learns Taylor was being hunted by the San Francisco Police Department, but was kidnapped by unidentified assailants in a van. Recognizing the van as it passes him, Leon tries to intercept them, but is thwarted by Maria Gomez, a criminal who survived their last encounter the year prior.[c] Meanwhile, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA) advisor Rebecca Chambers informs Agent Chris Redfield of twelve deaths from an advanced strain of the T-virus, seemingly forcibly injected into the victims. Chris visits his partner Jill Valentine, hoping to stop her from taking part in the operation due to her time under Albert Wesker's mind control and subsequent mental health issues,[d] but she refuses.

Chris and Jill meet with Rebecca and Chris's sister Claire Redfield to discuss their findings, during which Claire notes her discovery of an orca infected with the same advanced T-virus strain swimming near the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, which had also happened to several missing whales. Discovering that all of the human victims had visited Alcatraz Island before they died, Jill and the Redfields travel there posing as tourists, but are separated when it is stricken by a sudden zombie outbreak. While exploring the sewers, Jill encounters Leon and joins him in fending off a new form of Lickers before eventually reaching the armory, where they find blueprints for mosquito-like drones used to infect people with the virus. However, they are captured by Dylan and thrown into a prison cell with Taylor and the Redfields. Believing there is no justice in the world, Dylan uses the drones to infect the Redfields and Leon, sparing Jill so she can witness her friends die like how he was forced to watch his team die in Raccoon City. He then reveals that he has taken over arms dealer Glenn Arias' crime syndicate and joined forces with Maria, who seeks revenge for her father Diego's death, before fatally shooting Taylor and escaping to use his drones around the world. As he dies, Taylor gives Claire a code for controlling the drones. While Jill pursues Dylan, she encounters Rebecca, who prepares a vaccine for the group and cures them. Leon pursues Maria and kills her after a brutal confrontation.

The Redfields, Jill, Leon, and Rebecca regroup to fight Dylan in the final battle, who merges himself with a bio-organic weapon and overpowers the group. Claire and Rebecca take control of Dylan's drones and program them to infect him and weakening him enough for Jill, Leon, and Chris to kill him with explosive weaponry. As the group awaits BSAA rescue helicopters, Chris praises Jill's heroism.

Voice cast

English voice cast

Japanese voice cast

Production and release

On February 2, 2023, the film was announced by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, with IGN posting an exclusive trailer for the film[11] and reported that the film will release in mid-2023, is directed by Eiichirō Hasumi and is written by Makoto Fukami.[11] Sony Pictures Home Entertainment distributed the film worldwide, excluding Japan.[12]

The film was released theatrically first in Singapore on June 22, 2023,[1] in Taiwan[13] and Malaysia on June 29,[14] and Greece on July 6,[15] before its release in Japan on July 7.[2] The film also released theatrically in Mexico on July 13, 2023.[16] In all other regions, it was released via video on demand along with DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K Blu-ray on July 25, 2023.[17]

Manga

In May 2023, Capcom announced a manga adaptation of Death Island, which will be serialized monthly on Kadokawa Corporation's Comic Hu, via Nico Nico Seiga. It is drawn by ZINO Kodakujii.[18][19]

Promotion

On April 18, 2023, Little Armory announced that they would produce 1/12 scale models of small arms used by Chris, Jill and Leon (M60, AA12, and M870).[20]

On April 19, 2023, Seiko, in collaboration with Capcom, announced two Resident Evil watches inspired by the film. The two watches will be based on designs inspired by Chris and Leon, released in May, limited to 600 copies worldwide.[21]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 63% of 8 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.[22]

IGN gave the film a 6 out of 10, and wrote "A strong sense of action and movement, but lacking on that whole talking thing."[23] Bloody Disgusting gave it three out of five, writing that "Death Island is a solid meeting of both game and film characters, and in several respects, it outshines the last three outings. The film may not ultimately have any effect on the game series, but it is a sign that the animated Resident Evil franchise is finally starting to get its act together."[24] Paste rated it 4.5/10, stating "Over the years, Resident Evil has cultivated many distinct strains of action-horror. Unfortunately, Death Island makes for one of its least-potent variants."[25]

Notes

  1. ^ $43,161 from the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, New Zealand and Turkey;[4] and $18,350 from Australia.[5]
  2. ^ Known as Biohazard: Death Island (Japanese: バイオハザード：デスアイランド, Hepburn: Baiohazādo: Desuairando) in Japan
  3. ^ As depicted in Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017).
  4. ^ As depicted in Resident Evil 5 (2009).

References

  1. ^ a b Antonio Pineda, Rafael (June 16, 2023). "Resident Evil: Death Island CG Animated Film Opens in Singapore on June 22". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Mike (April 10, 2023). "The Gang's All Here in New 'Resident Evil: Death Island' Poster, Image". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Lovell, Kevin (June 5, 2023). "Resident Evil: Death Island; Arrives On 4K Ultra HD Steelbook, Blu-ray, DVD & Digital July 25, 2023 From Sony". Screen Connections.
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