Resident Evil 2 (2016 Film)

Resident Evil 2 is a 2016 psychological horror film It was directed by Matt Reeves as the second installment in the Resident Evil film series, its story takes place one year after the events of the first film,Resident Evil. It is set in Raccoon City, a Midwestern American mountain community whose residents have been transformed into zombies by the t-Virus, a biological weapon developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. In their escape from the city, the two protagonists, Leon S. Kennedy (Chris Evans) and Claire Redfield (Emma Watson), encounter other survivors, and are confronted by William Birkin (Jason Isaacs), the mutated creator of the even more powerful G-virus, a variation of the t-Virus.

Resident Evil 2 was well received by critics, who praised its atmosphere, setting, acting and audio. Its controls, voice acting and inventory system were criticized, however, and certain reviewers disliked its puzzles.

Plot
The film is set one year after the events of the first Resident Evil, in the Midwestern American mountain community of Raccoon City. Nearly all of its citizens have been transformed into zombies by an outbreak of the t-Virus, a new type of biological weapon secretly developed by the pharmaceutical company Umbrella. The film's two protagonists are Leon S. Kennedy (Chris Evans), a rookie police officer on his first day in the local force, and Claire Redfield (Emma Watson), a college student looking for her brother Chris. Having just arrived in the city, Leon and Claire make their way to the Raccoon Police Department, seeking protection from the mutated population. There, they discover that most of the policemen have been killed already, and that Chris has left town to investigate the Umbrella headquarters in Europe. With no remaining motivation to stay, the two split up to look for other survivors and flee the city. While searching for an escape route, Claire meets a little girl named Sherry (Isabella Acres), who is on the run from an unknown creature, and Leon encounters Ada Wong (Kelly Hu), who claims to be looking for her boyfriend John, an Umbrella researcher.

It is revealed that Leon's superior officer, Raccoon City police chief Brian Irons (Brian Cox), had been bribed by Umbrella to hide evidence of the company's experiments in the outskirts of the city. He also concealed their development of the new G-virus, an agent capable of mutating a human into the ultimate bioweapon. Irons tries to murder Claire, but she gets the upper hand and kills him in the police department. Thereupon, Claire and Sherry escape through the sewers and become separated. After splitting up with Leon, Ada comes upon Sherry, and picks up a golden pendant the girl loses while running away. Further into the sewers, Ada reluctantly teams up with Leon again, after he insists on his duty to protect her. They encounter a middle-aged woman who fires at Ada, but Leon dives between them and takes a bullet himself. Ada ignores the unconscious Leon and follows the woman, who reveals herself to be Sherry's mother Annette (Susan Sarandon) and the wife of William Birkin (Jason Isaacs), the Umbrella scientist who created the G-virus. In an attempt to protect his life's work from special agents sent by the Umbrella headquarters, he injected himself with the virus, which turned him into the malformed creature that is now chasing Sherry.[ Annette recognizes her daughter's pendant and attempts to take it from Ada. A fight ensues, during which Annette is thrown over a railing. Ada learns that the golden locket contains a sample of the G-virus, and later – taken over by her emotions – returns to Leon, tending to his bullet wound.

Meanwhile, Claire is reunited with Sherry, and discovers that the mutated Birkin has implanted his daughter with an embryo to produce offspring. Leon, Ada, Claire and Sherry advance through an abandoned factory connected to Umbrella's secret underground research facility. An attack by Birkin leaves Ada heavily wounded, and Leon explores the laboratory to find something to treat her wounds. He is interrupted by Annette, who explains to him that Ada's relationship with John was only a means of getting information about Umbrella: Ada is a spy sent to steal the G-virus for an unknown organization. Just as Annette is about to shoot Leon, a T-103 appears and she is forced to retreat. Ada returns to save Leon, and defeats the Tyrant seemingly at the cost of her own life. She confesses her love to Leon, who leaves behind her motionless body. Meanwhile, Annette tries to escape with another sample of the G-virus, but is fatally wounded by her mutated husband. However, before she dies, she tells Claire how to create a vaccine that will stop the mutations caused by the embryo within Sherry. After preparing the cure, Leon and Claire reunite at an emergency escape train, and inject Sherry with the vaccine, which saves her life. Birkin – now mutated into a large agglomeration of flesh and teeth – follows them, but is destroyed when a self-destruct system causes the train to explode. After escaping from the city with Sherry, Leon intends to take down Umbrella, while Claire continues to search for her brother. Ada is shown to have survived and to have made away with the G-virus in the pendant. A Post credit scene depicts the successful G-virus retrieval mission of HUNK (Ray Park), one of the special agents sent by Umbrella.

Cast
Chris Evans - Officer Leon S. Kennedy

Emma Watson - Claire Redfield

Kelly Hu - Ada Wong

Isabella Acres - Sherry Birkin

Susan Saranadon - Annette Birkin

Jason Isaacs - Dr. William Birkin

Brian Cox - Comissioner Brian Irons

Ray Park - HUNK