Biohazard (1996) (VG)

User Rating:

9.2/10   

Directors:

Misumisa Hosoko
Shinji Mikami

Release Date:

29 March 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

Evil is Only a Word. The Reality is Much Worse.

Plot:

Something bizarre is happening in Raccoon City. People are being eaten with no clue why. S.T.A.R.S....

Plot Keywords:

Forest | Mansion | Colt Magnum | Self Sacrifice | Aquarium

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Inezh	...	Jill Valentine
Charlie	...	Chris Redfield
Barry Gjerde	...	Barry Burton (as Grégory)
Eric	...	Albert Wesker
Jason	...	Joseph Frost
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Clay Alarcon	...	(voice)
Dean Harrington	...	(voice)
Lynn Harris	...	Rebecca Chambers (voice: English version)
Una Kavanagh	...	Jill Valentine
Linda	...	Rebecca Chambers
Ward E. Sexton	...	Narrator (voice)
Reiko Takagi	...	Rebecca Chambers (voice: Japanese version)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:M | Norway:18 | UK:15 | UK:18 (PC version) (uncut) | USA:M

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

Along with the remake, this is the only "Biohazard"/"Resident Evil" to feature a "best-case-scenario" ending which does not elude to a possible sequel or spin-off and suggests that "everything is finally over". The reason for this is possibly because the company was uncertain how well the game would be received, so this game could stand on its own story-wise if it failed economically.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the kitchen cut scene where the zombie walks down the stairs, the door is Grey yet, when through that door, it’s brown.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Chris Redfield: [voiceover] Alpha Team is flying around the forest zone situated in North-west Raccoon City, where we are searching for the helicopter of our compatriots, Bravo Team, who disappeared during the middle of our mission. Bizarre murder cases have recently occurred in Raccoon City. There are outlandish reports of families being attacked by a group of about ten people. Victims... were apparently eaten. Bravo Team went to the hideout of the group, and disappeared.
Jill: [voiceover] Look Chris!
Chris Redfield: [voiceover] It was Bravo Team's helicopter. Nobody was in it, but strangely most of the equipment was still there. However, we soon discovered why.

Movie Connections:

References Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Soundtrack:

Moonlight Sonata

play that moonlight sonata like you MEAN it!

The best ever franchise debut and perhaps the best ever selling game on the playstation. Resident Evil is plot driven - but the special forces you command (Chris or Jill) still hold character: the story holds up extremely well and the subsequent movie producers and directors should be shot or at least eaten alive by bio-infected gimp zombies for their crappy introduction to the world of raccoon city. The opening FMV's create the tension between the unexplained body count and the S.T.A.R.S team sent in to investigate: BOOM! the chopper goes down- you find a hand; a severed hand still clutching the gun in a field; something ripped it off, the magazine is still in, whatever it was it is fast...extremely fast "WAHHH!!!!!!!!" the roar of infected HOUNDS pierces the night air and you pitch a running- gun battle to an isolated mansion. Closing the double large oak doors in just enough time; your team is safe. OR ARE THEY. CHRIS/JILL/BARRY/WESKER you are unwelcome guests at the mansion of RESIDENT EVIL. The definitive SURVIVAL HORROR video game that defines the console world like the Exorcist for movies. (but this is better) Triumphant escape from the labyrinth of corridors and puzzles or a slow agonising death to befall you and your comrades: Gameotography is excellent: the realist pre rendered scenery is beautiful to behold and the bloodletting is superb. One word: please delete the movies from our minds and start the TRILOGY off with the proper introduction for it is the best.