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Matthew[1] "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.
Background
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.
His Mutation As 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.
Nemesis in the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse
In Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Matt was only shown through Alice's flashbacks, and it is then revealed that Matt Addison was actually Nemesis, a direct result to the Nemesis Program. He was the main antagonist of the movie. His actions near the end of the film imply that he may remember Alice from the Hive incident after being impaled by the jagged piece of metal. Before the nuclear strike at Raccoon City, he helps Alice fight against the Umbrella commandos. Nemesis was apparently killed when a shot-down helicopter crash-landed onto him.
In the in the non-canon 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 in the end and was the one who is truly helping Alice instead of Nemesis.
- Novelization information ends here.
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.
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References
- ↑ As heard in Resident Evil (film)
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