Resident Evil: Vendetta

Although the live-action movie series based on the popular video game franchise set in a world engulfed in a zombie apocalypse supposedly ended with The Final Chapter, the CGI-animated features are apparently continuing. This third installment has Chris Redfield (voiced by Kevin Dorman), agent of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance, enlisting cynical colleague Leon S. Kennedy (Matthew Mercer) to help track down arms dealer Glenn Arias (John DeMita). Arias—seeking revenge against the government—plans to unleash a virus that will create a wave of super-savage zombies that are subject to his control. The heroic duo also aim to rescue Professor Rebecca Chambers (Erin Cahill), a scientist studying the virus, who Arias has taken prisoner and intends to marry. The plot is rudimentary and the characterizations are typically sketchy, but the action sequences are energetically mounted—especially a final face-off involving the heroes and a monstrous mutation. Optional. (F. Swietek)