Streaming Standard: Resident Evil- Infinite Darkness

 With a new Resident Evil Film out, I might as well look at the last adaptation.
This one comes via Netflix and CGI so life-like that you might just ask- why not just make it Live-Action?

With a big Plot and a strong connection to the Games, how did it turn out?

Somewhere out there, a vast conspiracy is being unfurled.

It involves the T-Virus.
It involves Soldiers in a secret battle.
A man in a position of power is pulling the strings.

To what end?

That's what Claire Redfield is going to find out.

Elsewhere, Leon Kennedy is assigned to a case at the White House.  It helps get work when you save the President's Daughter.

He's just in time, it seems, as T-Virus-infected creatures show up to kill the President!

The pair cross during this, but are too busy to make small-talk.

One of them has to keep exploring the secrets behind some master plan by a Villain.

The other must track down a dangerous bio-weapon before it is too late.

Leon gets to the truth- which I won't SPOIL- and now has to face down a new version of T-Virus-infected Super Mutant.

Can our Heroes stop a dangerous creature, the person behind the dastardly Plot and, oh yeah, stop an actual War from breaking out?

To find out, stream the Show (which is basically just a Movie cut into 4 Parts for no reason).

A pretty fun, if melodramatic Feature...I mean, Show.  It won't be confused for high art.  It won't win any Awards for Writing or Acting.  It's a bit like watching a silly, old Pulp Film Story...just with state-of-the-art CGI.

With that said, it is pretty enjoyable.  It is a bit long for what it really needs to be.  If they trimmed the Plot down a bit and didn't show it out of order for no reason, it would be an easy recommendation.  It has good action.  It has fun moments.  It is big, bold and loud.  It just happens to be silly and self-serious enough to be enjoyable.

If you don't set your expectations too high and know a bit about the Game Series, it's an easy recommendation.  Watch it as one part, probably, since the Episodic Format is pretty pointless.  Now let's see that Title Card in Japanese...

As a fan of the big, dumb Resident Evil stories, I enjoyed it.  It's by no means perfect, of course.