Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)

Resident Evil: Vendetta is the kind of animated action-horror that doesn’t tiptoe around its title: it barrels forward with gleefully outrageous set pieces, crisp anime-inflected visuals, and a sense of scale that makes the apocalypse feel loud, immediate, and strangely fun. The movie’s real hook is its momentum—gunfights, monster mayhem, and tactical teamwork are staged with a stylish clarity that keeps you leaning in even when the story is running on pure pulp. Chris, Leon, and Rebecca bring a satisfying mix of grit, weary resolve, and scientific smarts, giving the carnage just enough human spine to matter without slowing the ride. It’s absolutely not for the squeamish (the R rating earns its keep), and newcomers may feel like they’ve walked into a long-running nightmare mid-scream, but if you want a slick, fan-serving thrill machine that treats “spectacle” as a love language, this one delivers.

Resident Evil: Vendetta is clearly trying to be a slick, fan-service-heavy action-horror ride that stitches together Chris, Leon, and Rebecca for one more bioweapon catastrophe. The problem is the storytelling feels like a thin excuse to hop between set pieces, with clunky pacing, predictable turns, and dialogue that can land a bit stiff even with a solid cast. If you’re hoping for genuine horror tension, character depth, or a plot that holds up under scrutiny, this one will likely feel loud, repetitive, and oddly tedious between the bursts of mayhem. But if you can accept it as an R-rated animated shooter fantasy—lots of gore, big monster moments, and occasional visual flair—you may still get your money’s worth.