Resident Evil 5 (2009) on Netflix
Resident Evil 5 takes place in 2009, roughly ten years after the events of the original Resident Evil, and six years after the fall of Umbrella.
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Plot summary
Resident Evil 5 takes place in 2009, roughly ten years after the events of the original Resident Evil, and six years after the fall of Umbrella. Chris Redfield, former S.T.A.R.S member and survivor of the Spencer Estate incident, is now a founding member and agent for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance who's job is to investigate and prevent biological outbreaks like the T-Virus outbreak that destroyed Raccoon City. Chris is deployed to Kijuju, Africa, to join Sheva Alomar in the apprehension of Ricardo Irving, who is attempting to smuggle and sell bio-organic weapons on the black market in Africa.
The two attempt to rendezvous with the BSAA's Alpha Team, who were attempting to intercept Ricardo Irving. However, the situation quickly escalates as their local contact (Reynard Fisher) is executed and the pair are forced to fight literal crowds of Majini.
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Resident Evil 5 (2009)
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- Resident Evil 5's 2007 E3 trailer drew criticism for showing a white protagonist killing black enemies in a small African village; Newsweek editor N'Gai Croal said the imagery "dovetailed with classic racist imagery". Takeuchi said the producers were completely surprised by the complaints.
- Karen Dyer's circus training helped her win the role of Sheva Alomar, as Capcom wanted someone who could handle the physical skills her motion capture required. She performed her own stunts and worked on the game for over a year, sometimes 14 hours a day.
- A cutscene reported to show black men dragging off a screaming white woman was submitted to the British Board of Film Classification for evaluation. Its head of communications, Sue Clark, said the man pulling the woman was not black and that "in this case, there is no issue around racism."
