And here I stumbled upon the 2021 Netflix animated CGI series "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" by sheer random luck. Yeah, I didn't even know that they had made this. So of course, I gobbled it up in one sitting when I stumbled upon it on Netflix.
"Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" is watchable, and that was about it. Yeah, the contents to the first season, which consists of a staggering four episodes, it just bland and mediocre. And if you have seen the 2012 "Biohazard: Damnation" or the 2017 "Resident Evil: Vendetta" animated CGI movies, then you know what you are in for here with "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness".
The storyline told in "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" is essentially the same as in every other foray into the "Resident Evil" universe. There is an outbreak of infected people and of course Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield happen to be involved. And then there is the obligatory larger and more menacing mutation of course.
So yeah, "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" was pretty much textbook how-to-cash-in-on-the-Resident-Evil-franchise-and-make-a-CGI-movie here, for better or worse.
Now, I am not saying that "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" was bad. No, no, not at all. What I am saying, though, is that it is bland and mediocre.
Sure, the CGI in "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" is through the roof. I was really impressed with the level of detail and the whole appearance of it all. It just looks phenomenal. And it is really pure eye-candy here for us viewers.
However, pretty CGI can only do so much for lukewarm and mediocre storyline, you know. And this is where "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" failed. Because the storyline was just too generic and predictable.
And I must admit that I am rather fed up with always seeing Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield in this CGI animated movies. Sure, I get they are fan favorites, but come on. Every single time there is an outbreak of the T-virus somewhere in the world, two seconds later we have Leon and/or Claire on the screen.
Sure, "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" is watchable, but it was essentially just another run-of-the-mill foray into the franchise. So don't expect anything groundbreaking here.
My rating of "Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness" lands on a mediocre five out of ten stars. I loved the CGI, oh yes I did. But the contents of the story was just too mundane and have been seen over and over throughout the course of the "Resident Evil" entries put out there in movie or animated movie format. Sure, I will keep watching it, if the show continues beyond this bland first season, as it is a zombie series after all and set in the "Resident Evil" universe.
