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''Resident Evil: Damnation'' is the second full-length CGI film for the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' franchise, following 2008's ''[[Anime/ResidentEvilDegeneration Degeneration]]''. Unlike the live-action films, ''Damnation'' is firmly set within the games' continuity, and serves as a bridge between ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'' and ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.

A civil war is raging in the fictional Eastern Slav Republic, between the oligarchy that's seized control of the country and the freedom fighters that represent the lower class. The military sat out the war and grew powerful, and after a cease-fire was declared, the military broke it in order to seize natural resources discovered in the freedom fighters' territory. In an attempt to even the odds, the freedom fighters have begun using black-market bioweapons.

The U.S. government sends in [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 S. Kennedy]] to investigate, as both the U.S. and Russia are planning to intervene in the war. After entering the field, Leon is ordered to pull right back out, but after seeing the destruction the [=B.O.W.=]s are causing, he goes rogue in an effort to stop them.

''Damnation'' was released on DVD and Blu-ray in late September 2012, with a cinematic release in Shinjuku at the end of October. It was leaked a couple of weeks early on streaming video networks like the Xbox Live Marketplace, presumably in an attempt to capitalize on the release of ''Film/ResidentEvilRetribution''.

A second sequel, ''Anime/ResidentEvilVendetta'' was released late May 2017.
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!!''Resident Evil: Damnation'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* ActionGirl: Ada Wong makes a comeback. Given her history in the series, not much else has to be said except for how her martial art skills have improved since [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 the Illuminadoes incident]].
* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:What everyone's actions in the ultimately amounted to.]]
** [[spoiler:Leon defied orders to leave the country in order to put a stop to the bio-terror attacks, only to discover that the order came about because a massive surprise invasion was in the works to deal with the matter themselves.]]
** [[spoiler:Sasha and the other rebels became bioterrorists because their leaders, the elders, provided it to them. After Sasha infects himself with a plaga, dooming himself to eventually become a ganado for the cause, Svetlana gleefully reveals that she had convinced the Elders to betray the rebels in exchange for a share of the oil profits, and the bioweapons were all part of a scheme to wipe out the faction once and for all.]]
** [[spoiler:Ironically, Svetlana herself becomes a victim of this. Everything she did, she did to wipe out the rebels and make herself look like the hero who defeated a bio-terrorist organisation, thereby convincing the United Nations to allow her country to join them. This was all for naught from the very beginning, as an American spy discovered she was secretly producing bioweapons and reported it to his superiors, who proceed to invade the Eastern Slav Republic at the end of the movie, forcing her to leave the presidential office in disgrace.]]
* [[AllCGICartoon All-CGI Movie]]: Just like its predecessor, ''Damnation'' is rendered entirely in 3D CG.
* AmericaSavesTheDay: Downplayed, At the end, [[spoiler:Leon and Buddy are saved from the two Tyrants by American and Russian forces invading and blowing everything up.]]
* BadassBoast:
** [[spoiler:Svetlana]] delivers one to Ada when the latter realizes that the rumors of her being [[LadyOfWar a former instructor]] are true.
--->'''Ada:''' So... it's true what they said about you being a former instructor.\\
'''[[spoiler:Svetlana]]:''' Former? I still ''am'' an instructor.
** [[spoiler:Svetlana]] also hands out a boast to Leon when he is holding her hostage during the [[MexicanStandoff standoff under the palace.]]
--->'''[[spoiler:Svetlana]]:''' Do you have any idea who you are pointing your gun at?\\
'''Leon:''' Let me see... you're the Beekeeper?\\
'''[[spoiler:Svetlana]]:''' The Beekeeper?\\
'''Leon:''' The person who released the [[spoiler:Plaga]].\\
'''[[spoiler:Svetlana]]:''' Just as I thought. You haven't a clue. [[spoiler:[[TranquilFury I am the President... of this country.]]]]
* BadassNormal: Leon is a master of this. Ada is also quite the badass. Svetlana is a [[spoiler:former fighting instructor, and holds her own in a battle with Ada, and Leon]] so she counts as well.
* BittersweetEnding:
** [[spoiler:In the end, the good guys triumph and peace reaches Eastern Slav once again, but at what cost? Tons of people are dead, including JD. Sasha is paralyzed from waist down though he's human again and has a new life to look forward to thanks to Leon. Svetlana is forced to step down from her presidency but that's kinda lenient considering all the shit she has done. And Leon's definitely pissed off and burnt out from his experiences there considering his higher-ups actually knew about the entire incident but pulled out last minute to join forces with the Russians to take back the country. Only all this still resulted a lot of casualties, and Leon suspects that America only came to save the day to protect themselves from the public backlash of having initially supported Svetlana. No wonder he looked so gruff in ''RE6''.]]
** [[spoiler:The whole conflict between Svetlana and the rebels began because of petroleum in the area the rebels lived. It's made abundantly clear the Americans and Russians used the B.O.W.s as an excuse to take said area for themselves, likely once more because of [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil6 Simmons and his family]]. This means Sasha and the rebels' fight and JD's death were all for nothing.]]
* BlockingStopsAllDamage: Leon manages to survive a Tyrant punching him by blocking the hit. While he is hurt by the hit, the tyrant proves to be strong enough to stop a tank.
* BodyHorror:
** Getting a [[spoiler:Plaga parasite stuffed down your throat]] is pure NightmareFuel. Especially what happens afterwards. And remember; the Lickers and the [[spoiler:Tyrants]] were human once.
** The Ganados heads still explode into a [[CombatTentacles whirling mass of blade-tipped tentacles]] like they did in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'', only this time in highly-detailed CGI. We even get to see it happening to someone in a slow, gradual manner before their heads explode. [[spoiler:[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Poor JD.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Near the end of the film, a Tyrant gets hit by the [=30mm=] cannon of an A-10 gunship. When the dust clears, we see that everything from the waist up has been obliterated, leaving only a bit of meat and the shredded remains of its spinal column and ribs.]]
* BoomHeadshot: Seeing as how a good portion of the bad guys are [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Ganados]], [[RemovingTheHeadOrDestroyingTheBrain this is par for the course]]. [[spoiler:Also how Leon and Buddy kill a Super Tyrant, with the [[{{BFG}} 100mm main cannon of a BMP-3]].]]
* CaptainErsatz: The way the [[spoiler:Plagas]] reproduce seems to be inspired by [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons Mind Flayers.]] But here, they latch onto the spinal cord rather than eating and displacing the host's brain. Also, Sacha is Ark Thompson with a different name; they even have the same haircut. Although this is a subversion, due to the fact that he and Leon are not friends.
* CatFight: Ada vs. [[spoiler:Svetlana.]]
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Leon mentions early on in the film that removing a Plagas ''at best'' results in paralysis. Buddy ends up paralyzed but alive at the end of the film after a fake-out MercyKill.]]
* ClothingDamage: During Ada's knife fight with [[spoiler:Svetlana]], the latter slashes Ada's shirt, [[{{Fanservice}} giving everyone a convenient look at Ada's bra and cleavage]].
* CombatStilettos: Ada spends most of the movie doing handsprings, backflips, and roundhouse kicks, and does it all in a pair of high heels. [[spoiler:The heels on her shoes actually are combat stilettos: she uses a spring-loaded knife in one of the heels to cut herself down from a rope.]]
* ContinuityNod: A few to ''[=RE2=]'', ''[=RE4=]'' and ''[=RE5=]'':
** Ada's fight with [[spoiler:Svetlana is sort of a nod to her fight with Annette Birkin. Although this one is more intense (and sexy).]]
** Leon noticing drops coming from a ceiling revealing two Lickers revealing themselves in the same way they did in ''[=RE2=]''.
** Leon coming prepared and bringing a [[spoiler:Rocket Launcher to kill the Tyrant. Too bad it doesn't work this time around.]]
** Two of the Ganados have their head explode, revealing the tentacled Plaga abominations within, just like in ''[=RE4=]''.
** The way we saw the first [[spoiler:onscreen victim of the Plaga get infected is similar to ''5''[='=]s.]]
** Ada obviously took Leon's advice in regards to [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 knives and close encounters.]] Too bad it didn't do her any good against [[spoiler:Svetlana.]]
** Once again, Leon gets captured, tied down and loses a cool article of clothing (in this case, a tactical vest).
** Also, Ada gets captured by the bad guys. [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Unlike the last time]], she's smart enough to keep a hidden blade handy to cut herself free.
** A near-dead soldier grabs Leon's ankle, just as how [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 a downed female zombie did to Leon 15 years earlier.]]
* CoolVsAwesome: Lickers vs Tyrants.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Most fights against the Lickers end up this way, with the local militia at best getting one or two kills onscreen. [[spoiler:Reversed when the Tyrants are unleashed.]]
** [[spoiler:Said Tyrants get wiped off the face of the Earth in seconds by A-10 gunships]].
* CrazyPrepared: When Ada is captured by the enemy and tied to a pole by her hands, she reveals a hidden blade inside one of her high heels and uses it to cut herself loose, all while berating her captors for not even bothering to "pat her down."
* DeadpanSnarker: By this time, it's pretty obvious Leon uses humor to get through the increasingly horrifying life-or-death situations he finds himself in. He does know when to rein it back, though.
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: The way Ada asks Leon about when they might "carry on from where [they] left off that night" leaves it ambiguous as to how far they got, but it clearly hasn't [[UnresolvedSexualTension resolved]] anything between them.
* DisneyDeath: A Licker is on the receiving end of one. Subverted with the two Tyrants inside the elevator.
* DyingAsYourself: Several infected characters attempt to do this, or have others do it for them before they turn.
* EarlyBirdCameo: At the very end of the film [[spoiler:when Ada gives the Plagas sample to her client, said client is Derek C. Simmons hidden in shadow who has her wanted status removed due to his high position in power. This would foreshadow his existence for ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil6''.]]
* EliteMooks:
** The Lickers.
** The guards in riot gear who protect the underground facility as well.
* {{Expy}}: [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--fB0VlhGWA4/UINo7Fc2yLI/AAAAAAAACRk/wuL2tNDJIts/s1600/Resident+Evil+Damnation+Leon+Alexander+Buddy+Fight+(20).png Buddy]] bears an ''uncanny'' resemblance to the [[http://cdn.dualshockers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Final_Fantasy_XIV.png poster boy]] for ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
* {{Fanservice}}: The aforementioned clothing damage scene, as well as a ShirtlessScene for Svetlana, ostensibly to show off several scars she has on her body. How she got them is never revealed.
* ForeShadowing: When JD asks Leon about a cure for the plaga, he says that about the only thing anyone can do is sever their spinal cord. However, he also says that they'll at best, be crippled, or at worst, die. [[spoiler:He does this to Buddy at the end. Although he loses the use of his legs, he seems to be cured of the plaga he injected himself with earlier.]]
* FromBadToWorse: As if the civil war wasn't bad enough, Lickers being controlled by a human start fighting with government troops in the underground lair, two Tyrants also show up. They [[CurbStompBattle promptly destroy]] every Licker that attempts to fight them.
* GovernmentConspiracy: U.S. and Russia's involvement in Eastern Slav Republic's conflict is very dubious. [[spoiler:Turns out that the Eastern Slav government aren't just fighting B.O.W.s. They are actively producing them for black market sale. Svetlana also makes a secret deal with the leaders of the rebels to share in the profits, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness only to kill them when they cease being useful]] and to look good in front of the international community. When the Americans and Russians found out, they backed out of the conflict and came back as a joint invasion to put an end to the war, possibly to protect themselves from the public backlash that would ensure from supporting the Eastern Slav government in the first place.]]
* GunshipRescue: Just when it looks like Buddy and Leon are about to die at the hands of [[spoiler:a pair of Super Tyrants, two A-10 Thunderbolt II's of the U.S. Air Force]] swoop in and save the day.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe:
** One of the [[spoiler:Tyrants]] rips a Licker in half with his bare hands.
** [[spoiler:Also, a Tyrant gets shredded in half by an A-10 Warthog's Avenger main gun]].
* HeroTrackingFailure: When the government troops fire on Leon in the underground facility. Hilariously they hit their own men, although it's justified as they had him completely surrounded at the time, so were in the line of fire of other soldiers when the room went dark.
* HiveMind: Every [[spoiler:Plagas infected]] is controlled by a [[spoiler:Dominant-strain Plaga.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: The [[spoiler:T-013 Tyrant]] is certainly humanoid. [[spoiler:Until his power limiter became damaged, and he mutated. A little less humanoid, but still with a human face.]]
* IdiotBall: The Eastern Slav Republic government receives a consultant from the BSAA, offering advice on their current bioterrorism problem. They let her right in and allow her access to the President herself as well as her council. It takes them a full day to realize that her credentials aren't legit and that she's an infiltrator. All this during a ''civil war in which the President herself is under constant threat of assassination''. Add to this the fact that they don't put a security detail on her to prevent her from discovering their own sizable B.O.W. armament. The narrative makes a big deal out of Svetlana's bad ass credentials, and yet she and her staff are shown to be blitheringly incompetent by this oversight.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The soldiers who fight the Lickers cannot hit even one. The armored soldiers in the facility do a modest bit better (even if ArmorIsUseless), but they're packing SR-2M sub-machineguns, which are rather small alongside Leon's Kalashnikov.
* ImplacableMan: [[spoiler:The Tyrants.]]
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Leon carries a flask full of booze. Buddy and JD also help themselves to Leon's booze.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Svetlana [[WildMassGuessing (possibly to keep her quiet)]], and arguably Buddy.]]
* LadyOfWar: Svetlana, the President of the Eastern Slav Republic, looks like a standard-issue Western politician. [[spoiler:She's a former combat instructor and can effortlessly hold her own in a fistfight with Ada and Leon.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: The [[spoiler:Tyrants.]]
* LifeOrLimbDecision: It's mentioned with how deeply the Plaga embeds in the central nervous system, a host's only options to avoid becoming a Ganado are suicide or removal, which will at best result in paralysis. [[spoiler:Buddy tries to choose death but, after Leon's intervention, is seen in a wheelchair in the final scene.]]
* LightningBruiser: In contrast to their [[MightyGlacier usual portrayal in the games]], the Tyrant variants in the film are this. Oh, [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Mr. X]] isn't all that bad, Mr. Kennedy? Here: have Mr. X ''at a dead run''.
* LoveTheProductHateTheProducer: JD lives and fights against the government of an East Slav Republic, but voices extreme love for American Fast Food and Movies to the point of Foreign Culture Fetish. When asked by Leon, JD admits he hates America and its government but absolutely adores the stuff it produces.
* KungShui: Ada punts a table at [[spoiler:Svetlana.]] She later knocks a pitcher full of water at [[spoiler:her.]]
* MadeOfIron: Leon must be made of this. [[spoiler:He gets smacked around by a Tyrant, and smashed against a pillar, and he just gets up and keeps going.]]
* MagicSkirt: Semi-averted with Ada. Played straight with [[spoiler:Svetlana]].
* MissionControl: Ingrid Hunnigan is once again Leon's handler.
* {{Mooks}}: The Ganado.
* MythologyGag:
** Listen carefully during the first scene in the church: the background music is the save room music from either the classic games or ''Resident Evil 4'' in particular.
** The Tyrants look a lot like the established T-103 line of Tyrants that includes Mr. X from ''Resident Evil 2'', the Tyrant from ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilCodeVeronica Code: Veronica]]'', and others.
** [[invoked]] The fact that the three Super Tyrants are dispatched with a tank and by attack jets could be a GeniusBonus one: in ''[[VideoGame/ResidentEvilTheUmbrellaChronicles The Umbrella Chronicles]]'', one of the files notes that Tyrants (specifically the Tyrant-Armored Lethal Organic System) are much less effective against armored vehicles and aerial vehicles.
** The scene of Leon wandering around in the underground tunnels with a flashlight for a few minutes before he comes across J.D. looks like the gameplay footage of an early, scrapped version of ''Resident Evil 4''.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Leon, who is out of ammo, tries to take on two [[spoiler:Super Tyrants]] with only a knife rather than run away and leave Buddy, who can't run unaided, even though Buddy left him for dead earlier and has been an ally for just minutes. [[spoiler:Thankfully, a couple of fighter jets [[BigDamnHeroes blast the Tyrants]] before Leon and Buddy can [[CurbStompBattle get smashed to a pulp]].]] Still borders on HonorBeforeReason, though.
* OhCrap:
** Both Leon and Buddy when the Tyrants are unleashed upon them.
** You can just imagine the look on Leon's face when the Super Tyrant not only dodges the first RPG, but actually [[NoSell catches the second one]] and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck sends it towards Leon as a makeshift mortar.]]
** Ada has one when [[spoiler:Svetlana]] steps in and takes the fight to her.
** Svetlana has one when she is notified that the Americans and Russians have invaded the country.
* OminousWalk: [[spoiler:The Tyrants' default movement.]]
* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:The Tyrants when their limiters are damaged/removed.]]
* OurZombiesAreDifferent:
** The Ganados are of the Type PS variety.
** Lickers are a [[BodyHorror heavily mutated]] Type P.
* OutOfTheInferno: [[spoiler:The Tyrants. Twice. One also had its PowerLimiter suit removed because of this.]]
* PowerDegeneration: The Lickers in the ESR are under humans' direct control. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Plagas]] have been used to provide a master-slave relationship, allowing a human to inject a parasite and control the Lickers via direct ultrasonic commands. Unfortunately, doing so will eventually turn the human into a Ganado.]]
* PowerLimiter: The suits worn by the Tyrants initially. However, [[OhCrap once it comes off...]]
* PreMortemOneLiner: Leon delivers a real snarky one to the Tyrant before blowing its head off.
-->'''Leon:''' This might hurt a little.
* PunchCatch: During their fight, Ada appears to successfully punch Svetlana in the face. Svetlana's head snaps to the side... and then the camera pans to reveal that she actually caught Ada's fist.
* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler:ESR President Svetlana Belikova]] holds her own against ''Resident Evil'' mainstays Leon S. Kennedy and Ada Wong without breaking a sweat. [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3SnakeEater The Boss]] would be very proud.
* RasputinianDeath: One of the [[spoiler:Tyrants]] is repeatedly shot, swarmed by Lickers, blown up by exploding fuel tanks, blown up with an exploding fuel truck, shot with an RPG, and finally [[spoiler:run over and shot at point-blank range by a tank]]. Then run over again for good measure.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Buddy, and whoever else has the Master Plagas.
* RedShirt: [[spoiler:The Lickers again, fighting the Tyrants to save Leon. The audience won't believe how relieved they are seeing a wave of Lickers coming Leon's way. Unfortunately, they get easily killed by the Tyrants.]]
* {{Ruritania}}: As with most of the recent ''Resident Evil'' games, ''Damnation'' is set in a fictional country. This time, it's somewhere in war-torn Eastern Europe. With a dose of NoCommunitiesWereHarmed as Capcom confirmed that the Eastern Slav Republic is a counterpart of Ukraine.
* SceneryCensor: One shot during Ada's cartwheel is blocked by a gun that is kicked up towards the ceiling.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Basically Leon's entire reason for disobeying his order to pull out.
* ShaggyDogStory: [[spoiler:In the end, it was revealed that the American and Russian government were aware that Svetlana was secretly manufacturing B.O.W.s behind their backs, therefore, by the beginning of the story, they were already secretly planning a coordinated military intervention against the Eastern Slav Republic to overthrow Svetlana's government and put an end to the civil war. This means that aside from saving Buddy's life at the cost of crippling his legs, everything would have happened almost exactly the same even without his intervention.]]
* ShooOutTheClowns: While Leon is still a constant source of deadpan comedy, [[spoiler: JD]] is killed off halfway through the movie.
* ShootTheFuelTank: Leon tries this to [[spoiler:kill the attacking Tyrant. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero It just damages its limiter.]]]] He actually does it correctly by shooting tracer rounds into the fuel that is leaking out and causing it to catch on fire.
* ShoutOut: Leon's CIA contact uses the codename "Scarecrow". After finding him, he makes several allusions to ''[[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz The Wizard of Oz]]'', including calling a Licker a "cowardly lion".
* ShownTheirWork: An impressive amount of research must have went into this film.
** For starters, almost all of the weapons depicted would likely be encountered in Eastern Europe, [[http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Resident_Evil:_Damnation despite several having been rarely or never shown in a film before]] and are modeled to an impressive level of detail.
** The opening credits make heavy use of [[BilingualBonus Cyrilic]], which is also consistently seen on signs and billboards throughout the film.
** Leon empties his gun's magazine and properly reloads it with tracer rounds to set off [[ShootTheFuelTank a tanker truck]] [[StuffBlowingUp explosion]].
** [[spoiler:The Russian troops at the end of the film are using accurately-depicted weapons, camouflage and vehicles]]. Normally, even big-budget Hollywood films get at least one of these wrong. And this is coming from a company that, a decade and a half previously, made reference to "[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 The United States Federal Police Department]]" and "[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis The Federal Council]]."
* [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown Stomp on Them While They Are Down:]] The Tyrants squash a couple of Lickers under their boots with gruesome results.
* TankGoodness: Kozachenko commandeers a tank to fight off the [[spoiler:Super Tyrant.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
** The way [[spoiler:the Tyrant]] kills some of the Lickers. It sometimes makes you feel sorry for them.
** About two dozen or so of [[spoiler:Svetlana's elite troops]] open up with sub-machine guns on a single Licker. [[MadeofIron It still manages to take a swipe at the mook who checks to see if it's dead.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Buddy is seen with JD's flask in the ending.
* TranquilFury: Svetlana while telling Leon exactly [[PresidentEvil who and what she is]]. She's clearly angry, but maintains her cool while doing so.
* UseTheirOwnWeaponAgainstThem: During her fight with [[spoiler:Svetlana]], Ada grabs knife from a display case to use as a weapon. Svetlana easily evades Ada's attacks and grabs the knife from her, using it to [[ClothingDamage slash at Ada's top]].
* TheWorfEffect:
** Svetlana demonstrates this by [[spoiler:easily defeating Ada Wong, whom is often portrayed as one of the strongest and most calculating characters in ''Resident Evil''.]]
** Lickers pose a challenge to infantry and ordinary people like Leon. However, Lickers easily get curb-stomped by [[spoiler:Tyrants]] to show that Leon has harder threats to deal with.
* VillainousRescue:
** Leon is saved a couple of times from the Tyrants by the Lickers controlled by Buddy.
--->'''Leon:''' Never thought I'd be saved by B.O.W.'s.
** [[spoiler:Svetlana stating that she has disposed of the Elders, thus making sure none remains in the post-war Eastern Slav Republic.]]
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Alluded to. JD tries telling Leon that he wouldn't understand why the rebels are doing what they are doing. Leon cuts him off and says that they won't see eye to eye on the issue.
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:Kozachenko sends wave after wave of Lickers after his pursuing tyrant. [[TheJuggernaut They barely slow it down.]]]]
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