Bryan was mutating as Umbrella scientists were finishing the T-virus cure in Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil, but would he have changed as fast if they hadn’t attacked him? #residentevil Umbrella scientists were so focused on finishing the cure, they didn’t notice him mutating until he began to stagger toward them. It was frightening to see, but he hadn’t completely turned into a monster yet. He simply wanted the scientists to inject him, but instead they threw lab equipment at him and sprayed him with a fire extinguisher. Eventually after one too many hits, the mutation seemed to take hold and he finally attacked them. If the scientists had kept their cool and used the cure on him, they probably would have been okay. It’s not certain the cure could completely reverse his mutations, but at the very least it would’ve stopped any more from happening. Attacking Bryan seems to have triggered a survival response from his mutation that overpowered his good nature.

T-Virus turns you into a monster, while G-Virus keeps making you into a new monster.

First, Brian’s mutation was clearly different from ordinary T-Virus zombies that simply lose their humanity. After he was infected, a huge eye grew from his body, which looks exactly like a typical G-Virus mutation. G-Virus hosts can keep evolving and mutating over time. Second, Brian kept something most other Raccoon City zombies seem to lose: memory and rational thinking. Even after mutating, he could track targets, judge situations, and use his surroundings instead of attacking. Looking blindly, more importantly, the movie takes place in Raccoon City in 1998 on the same night as the outbreak. Brian may actually be Nyx, and his story could become important to future survivors like Leon and Claire.