Trivia: Leon Kennedy, a popular character from the games, was originally intended to be in the film but was dropped. He later appeared in the fifth film.
Trivia: Wentworth Miller's first line in this film is "I know a way out of here." Almost identical to his famous line in Prison Break. (00:40:30)
Answer: Wesker needed to consume fresh DNA to help control the T-virus. He was eating people who had been captured. This scared the crew enough to abandon ship.
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