Matt Addison

Matthew "Matt" Addison was the brother of Lisa Addison, posing as a Raccoon City Police officer in an attempt to infiltrate the mansion and The Hive. He accompanies Alice, Spence Parks and the commandos into the Hive in order to ascertain what went wrong with the Red Queen. It wasn't until later he reveals that he and his sister were activists trying to expose Umbrella's illegal experimentation to the world. Though he escaped the Hive, he later went on to become the Nemesis after an infected cut from a Licker mutated his genetic structure.

Biography
Matt is first introduced when he grabs Alice inside the mansion. He claims to be a police officer working for the R.P.D. when he is apprehended by one of the masked Umbrella Corporation commandos during a mission into The Hive. However, it is later revealed that the I.D. was a fake, only being used to gain access into The Hive. The mission was to investigate the Red Queen's actions after sealing the facility and killing everyone within. Both Alice and Matt are taken into the underground complex.

The Hive
Matt is handcuffed and watched over by Rain and J.D., while the other team members continue into the Red Queen's chamber. After successfully deactivating the Red Queen, all the doors in the facility open, releasing a horde of zombies. After the discovery of a survivor Rain stumbles upon, Matt states that the blood from the woman is coagulated, and that this process does not occur until after death.

The team is then slowly surrounded by legions of the undead Umbrella employees. Rain, J.D., and Chad Kaplan proceed to dispose of them. Several bullets hit one of the surrounding tanks, which causes an explosion. Matt spots the keys and uncuffs himself to escape and continue his search for his missing sister, Lisa Addison. Matt is joined by Alice, to whom he explains his mission was to expose Umbrella's dark secrets. He explains that his sister was working in the research facility in order to smuggle out a sample of the t-virus. He also reveals she had a contact within the Hive, who has access to security codes. Matt is later attacked by his now zombified sister, which is then killed by Alice, saving Matt's life.

Escape
Realizing that the mission has now become a survival fight, the team attempt to escape the complex via train. Before successfully escaping, the train is attacked by an Advanced Licker, which scratched Matt on his arm and killed Kaplan. After the monster is killed, Matt and Alice escape the complex. Matt's arm begins to mutate due to an infection from the T-virus.

Before Alice has a chance to administer the Anti-Virus, Umbrella scientists seize both Alice and Matt. Dr. Isaacs and William Birkin's orders that Matt be placed into the Nemesis program.

Mutation into the Nemesis

 * NOTE: The following section contains information that appears in the Resident Evil novelizations, which have been classified as non-canon from the primary movieverse.

When Matt and Alice are captured by Umbrella just outside the hive entrance Matt began experiencing mutations to his left arm caused by the injury he sustained from the Advanced Licker which scratched him. Dr Sam Isaacs an umbrella researcher notices Matts mutations and orders he be placed in the Nemesis Program. During the first stage of Mutation Matts cells began to breakdown, whilst the T-virus fused with Matts DNA his body begain to mutate at an incredible rate. This caused his body to experience extreme increases of growth in height, muscle span and bone structure. Because of this Matts entire body became extremely disfigured and unrecognisable. The researchers cut away most of Matts face either as a means to make the Nemesis look more menacing or simply because it was unnecessary to keep parts of its anatomy which were not needed.

During the mutation process Matt was alive and was still capable of independent thought despite the affects that the T-virus had done on his body. Once the last stages of mutation were completed Dr Isaacs and his researchers injected Matt with the NE a parasite which takes control of the Hosts brain and prevents it from thinking for itself. This was to ensure that the Nemesis would follow orders and perform specific tasks programed into its brain by umbrella. Once the parasite was injected it took over Matts brain preventing him from having any independent thought or awareness. Once this was complete the umbrella researchers needed to surgically install an inhibitor that would allow them to give the Nemesis specific tasks as well as monitor its activities.

It would also act as a failsafe if the Nemesis became uncontrollable. In order to do this they had to open up Matts skull and place the inhibitor inside his brain, this is why he has surgical staples holding his scalp together. Now that the Nemesis program was complete the researchers decided to cover its body with a protective coat resembling leather and most likely containing kevlar to protect its body from high caliber weapons, explosions and extreme amounts of heat. Nemesis was also programmed to use two specific weapons that were custom designed for him, an M134 Minigun and a custom built rocket launcher. Due to the size of Nemesis it is easily capable of breaking a fully grown man in two without even putting half its strength into it for this reason it was also programed to use physical attacks to eliminate targets.

As the Nemesis, Matt was programmed by Umbrella to target and kill the surviving S.T.A.R.S. and combat "Project Alice". He presumably could not remember his life prior to the mutation until he squared off against Alice in a fight orchestrated by Cain. After being impaled by the jagged piece of metal by Alice, his actions afterward imply that he remembered her from the Hive incident. Before the nuclear strike on Raccoon City, he helps Alice, Jill Valentine and the others fight against the Umbrella commandos. Nemesis was killed during the battle when a helicopter he shot down crash-landed onto him. His remains were destroyed along with the Raccoon City by the nuclear strike.

In the novelization of the film, he is only incapacitated under the weight of the helicopter. He doesn't actually die until the nuclear strike occurs. The novel also suggests that the Nemesis functioned like another form of consciousness in Matt's body, one that had more control over himself than he did. However, he regained control of the dominant personality in the end and helped Alice.


 * Novelization information ends here.

Skills and Abilities
Prior to his mutation as the Nemesis, Matt appeared to have basic knowledge of firearms.

After mutating into the Nemesis he displays a large amount of durability being able to withstand several gunshots from a high caliber sniper rifle without flinching. He also demonstrated some abilities in melee being able to fight well against Alice.

Further notes

 * Aside from archival footage from the first film featuring shots of Eric Mabius, Milla Jovovich is the only person to reprise a role in Apocalypse.