Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)

Director:

Hideki Kamiya

Writer:

Noboru Sugimura (scenario)

Release Date:

21 January 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

If the suspense doesn't kill you, something else will!

Plot:

The deadly virus escapes into the streets of Racoon City.

Plot Keywords:

Resident Evil | Little Girl | Sequel | Virus | Raccoon City

Cast

Paul Haddad	...	Leon Kennedy (voice)
Alyson Court	...	Claire Redfield (voice)
Sally Cahill	...	Ada Wong (voice)
Lisa Yamanaka	...	Sherry Birkin (voice)
Jennifer Dale	...	Dr. Annette Birkin (voice)
Rod Wilson	...	Ben Bertolucci (voice)
Gary Krawford	...	Chief Brian Irons / Robert Kendo (voice)
Diego Matamoros	...	Dr. William Birkin (voice)

Also Known As:

Resident Evil 2 (USA)
Resident Evil 2 Platinum (USA)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Argentina:M | Norway:18 | UK:15 | USA:M | Germany:18 (heavily cut)

Company:

Capcom Company

Trivia:

In a B game, a report can be found in Rebecca's desk that details the events of Resident Evil 0 (released several years later). This however is not for all versions, this was stated in a file available in only the Nintendo 64 version of the game.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the Claire A Scenario Claire sees Leon on the security monitor and Leon isn't bandaged from the gunshot wound he received from Annette,

Quotes:

Ada Wong: [as Leon is running on a catwalk, Ada appears behind him] Leon... I've been waiting for you, Leon...
[points gun at him]
Leon Kennedy: What are you doing?
Ada Wong: You know what this is about... so just hand over the G-Virus...
Leon Kennedy: I don't believe this... Annette was right... about everything!
Ada Wong: [walks forward] That's why I told you to leave without me, but you wouldn't listen! Now hand it over! Don't make me shoot you.
Leon Kennedy: You can't do that.
Ada Wong: [pause, and Ada lowers the gun]
Ada Wong: [screams as Annette shoots her from behind, and she begins to fall off the railing of the bridge]
Leon Kennedy: [Runs and grabs her hand, stopping her from falling to her death] Ada! Ada, I've got you! Don't give up!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008)

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