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Sherry!? I've been looking everywhere for you, Sherry. Brave little girl to leave your house in the middle of this mess. (draws his gun at Claire) On the ground, hands behind your head!
~ Brian Iron's first line in Resident Evil 2's remake.
Shut up! you couldn't possibly understand what's happened, those monsters from Umbrella have destroyed my beautiful town. How could they do that to me after everything I've done for them!
~ Brian Irons

Brian Irons is a major antagonist of Resident Evil 2, its 2019 remake and a minor antagonist in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.

Though a Raccoon Police Department police chief, Irons secretly accepted bribes from the Umbrella Corporation to cover up their illegal activities in the area. It's also revealed that he committed various other horrible crimes throughout his career even in his early life. Some of them include rape, serial murder, child and animal abuse, and in the remake, illegal experimentation.

In Japanese, he was voiced by Akio Hirose (who also voiced Jinmen in Devilman: Crybaby) in the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2. In English, he has been voiced by the late Gary Krawford (who also voiced Thanos in the Silver Surfer animated series) in the original version of Resident Evil 2, JB Blanc (who also voiced Kano in Mortal Kombat 11, Bane in Batman: The Enemy Within, Kuben Blisk in Titanfall, Tower of Sauron in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, and Enrico Maxwell in the Hellsing series) in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, and Sid Carton in the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2.

Biography[]

Brian Irons attended university in his early life. He was accused of two incidents involving violence and sexual assault, however those cases were dropped due to his academic excellence, thus he went to psychiatric examination instead. At some point, Irons joined the Raccoon City Police Department before becoming the chief of police around 1996.

Resident Evil[]

Around May 1998, Irons became increasingly distressed as the B.O.W.s created by Umbrella went rampant and breached out of Arklay Laboratory, resulting in casualties around the outskirts of Raccoon City. With both the local police department and Umbrella failing to contain the monstrous creations, the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) was tasked to investigate the bizarre murders.

After a harrowing encounter with the B.O.W. created by Umbrella Corporation, the survivors of S.T.A.R.S. attempted to uncover many of Umbrella's research although not all of them due to the Spencer Mansion's destruction, destroying most evidence. As a result, Dr. William Birkin ordered Irons to disband S.T.A.R.S. in order to prevent them from investigating any further, effectively replacing S.T.A.R.S. with the Raccoon City S.W.A.T.

Resident Evil 2[]

Brian Irons is the corrupt chief of the Raccoon City Police Department. Irons is bribed by Umbrella, in particular William Birkin, into keeping the company's secrets and allowing them to conduct experiments on living subjects, making him partially responsible for the T-Virus infecting Raccoon City. It is also heavily implied that he was a serial killer before the Raccoon City outbreak judging by the human skulls that are in his secret room in the police precinct. It is also revealed that he is the suspect in the rapes of two college kids.

Claire first encounters him in the police headquarters with the Mayor's daughter. Though at first he appears to be a benevolent police chief, it later turns out that he's been using the zombie outbreak to his advantage by doing whatever he wants without fear of repercussions, going as far as killing his fellow police officers as well as the mayor's daughter who he was supposed to protect, planning to keep her body as a taxidermy trophy for himself. Later, she is held into gunpoint by Irons as it is revealed he worked for Umbrella and looking for his briber's daughter, Sherry. Suddenly, the embryo that Birkin injected him earlier on bursts out of his body, killing him.

In an alternate path, his fate is largely similar in that he corners Claire. However, he is instead killed by Birkin directly, being dragged down into a manhole and then having him being ripped in half from the waist down, with his top half being thrown back to the top just as Claire was about to investigate.

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles[]

Irons appears in a cutscene where he attempts to stuff the Mayor's daughter's cadaver (it is heavily implied that he murdered her by this time). Suddenly, he is confronted by Claire and Leon, whom the latter recognizes as his coworker. Irons sees Sherry as he is searching for her. Just then, he is killed when an embryo comes out of his body.

Resident Evil 2 (Remake)[]

Irons appears in a parking lot, encountering Claire and Sherry holding them at gunpoint. He tells Sherry to tie Claire's hands and takes her with him or he will shoot Claire. Once Sherry does as she's told, Irons beats Claire before kidnapping Sherry. He closes the parking lot's gates before Claire could catch up to him after freeing herself from her binds. Later, Irons locks Sherry in a bedroom in a orphanage and calls Claire and demands her to meet him and bring Sherry's pendant she dropped in the parking lot.

When Sherry takes Irons' keys and attempts to escape from him, he catches her, but she retaliated by throwing a jar of formaldehyde acid, burning his face and giving him a burned-up scar. He locks the door to prevent Sherry from leaving as he antagonizes her while she tries to escape. While searching for Sherry, he goes to the bathroom to clean his face, not knowing Sherry took his keys which he left in the bathroom door's lock. However, he notices Sherry fleeing with the keys that she stole and unlocks the door to downstairs. Sherry uses the keys to unlock every door in the orphanage to get outside, but all were chained on the other side, forcing her to hide in Irons' room.

Irons finds Sherry, but Birkin implants a G embryo into into his mouth. Later, Claire arrives at the orphanage, where she encounters Irons, who blames her for taking too long to arrive before being killed instantly by the embryo that bursts out his chest.

Reboot film series[]

Irons appears as a supporting protagonist in the 2021 reboot film Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City and was portrayed by Donal Logue. Unlike his video game counterpart, Irons was the chief of the Raccoon Police Department that had a bad temper and cowardly attitude, and doesn't seem to be affiliated with the Umbrella Corporation at all in this continuity. Once the outbreak occurred, Irons attempted to flee the city, but was stopped by Umbrella Soldiers. While several civilians aggressively demanded to leave the city, the guards launched nerve gas and open fire onto the civilians, forcing Irons to head back and unite with Leon and Claire. They head to the orphanage where the building acts as a secret passageway for Umbrella that leads to the Spencer Mansion. But once they got there, Irons is killed by a Licker.

Personality[]

I'm not letting anyone leave my town! Everyone's gonna die!
~ Brian Irons threatening Claire.
'That bastard is the Police Chief?
~ Claire after reading the Raccoon Monthly in the 2nd game's remake.

Incredibly depraved and wrathful, Brian Irons is a selfish and utterly inhumane psychopath. He is extremely cruel, monstrous, vile, sadistic, perverted and insane. Irons believes that he himself is not a bad man, as he's gone insane due to the apocalypse. This does appear to be somewhat accurate as he is shown to be very paranoid of almost everything, but this doesn't even come close to excuse his horrific actions. In the end, while the apocalypse did seem to worsen his insanity, he also took full advantage of it in order to pursue his depraved desires, as well as kill anyone who would threaten his schemes.

On top of all this, Brian Irons is a sexual predator who has committed acts of rape towards young women and girls. While this seemed to be acknowledged by some before the outbreak, his reputation prevented these rumors from being criminally investigated, which also highlights his manipulative side.

Even when he was younger, Irons showed early signs of his psychopathy by hunting down and killing a wild rabbit, and is later shown "experimenting" with the animal's corpse and remains. Irons would eventually begin preying on women and girls.

In the Resident Evil 2 remake, Irons doesn't even fake being kind or polite, and it is clear from his first appearance that he has bad intentions. He also snaps at Sherry several times and curses at her while chasing the girl through the orphanage, with him also likely intending to hurt her as punishment for trying to escape him. Regardless of version, Irons is a sadistic monster who lacks any basic humanity.

Quotes[]

Where you going, Sherry? I told you to stay put. You need to learn to listen.
~ Irons discovers Sherry in his taxidermy room.
Time to teach some manners.
~ Irons approaching Sherry.
You little bitch! You're gonna pay for this! (grunts in pain) You little shit!
~ Irons after Sherry throws formaldehyde acid at his face.
YOU ARE GONNA BE SO FUCKING SORRY!
~ An enraged Irons chases after Sherry.
You stupid bitch, that's a dead end!
~ Irons taunts Sherry.
It's all over now! Door's locked!
~ Irons traps Sherry as he begins to search for her.
Where are you?! Show yourself!
~ Irons looks for Sherry.
I know you're in here! The longer it takes me to find you, the worse it's gonna be!
~ Irons looking for Sherry.
Little bitch's gotta be here, somewhere!
~ Irons talking to himself while looking for Sherry.
This is your last fucking chance! Show yourself, NOW!
~ An enraged Irons looks for Sherry.
AHH, F**K! IT BURNS!
~ Irons in pain before going into the bathroom to try to wash his burns.
Where the f**k is my key?!
~ Irons realizes his key is missing from the bathroom door.
I see you!
~ Irons spotting Sherry.
Nice try, Sherry!
~ Irons to Sherry after it's revealed he chained the main doors shut.
I'm coming in, Sherry!
~ Irons busting down a locked door to reach Sherry.
Get over here, you little bitch!
~ Irons chasing Sherry.
Game over, Sherry!
~ Irons catching Sherry.
The game, is, over! Now you're in trouble!
~ Irons corners Sherry before he is attacked by a mutated William.
Your fault! Took too long! Damn you, William!
~ Irons last words to Claire before he is killed by a G parasite errupting from his stomach.

Trivia[]

  • In an act of censorship, the English localization of Darkside Chronicles establishes in a file Brian Irons as having a wife, and he has a criminal past regarding domestic violence. The Japanese script for the same file instead describes his criminal past as being two cases of rape or sexual assault. The same file was also censored in Umbrella Chronicles as well.
  • In the scene where Brian Irons relays everything he knows about the G-Virus while threatening Claire in his taxidermy room, the localization erroneously inferred that the T-00 (referred to as "that monster that is tearing apart the precinct") was created by the G-Virus and that it was the ultimate bio-weapon when Brian Irons was explaining its properties to Claire. In the original script, he instead commented that the virus has the ability to rapidly advance human evolution without even mentioning the T-00.
  • Brian Irons made a cameo appearance in the Mini-Game, The Mercenaries - Operation: Mad Jackal in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. You meet him at the end of the mini game when you manage to get into the Warehouse Save Room, the end point of the mini-game where he beckons a woman to deliver a briefcase that presumably contained the player's payment. His face is hidden by shadows when the player meets him, though.
  • He is one of the most hated characters in the Resident Evil series for his horrific actions. Fans hate him for not only being vile, but for also being an unpleasant person in general.
  • Originally, Brian Irons was to be an ally character. After Resident Evil 2 was rewritten, he was changed into a villain.
  • Brian Irons can be compared with Albert Wesker. Like Wesker, he was secretly working for Umbrella. Unlike Wesker, however, Irons works with them mostly out of greed and sadism.
  • Brian Irons reappears in the remake, where one playable segment requires the player to elude him as he attempts to recapture Sherry. He is also even worse in this version as he helped performed experiments that resulted in deaths of many children. That said, it's unknown whether he is a rapist despite some of his actions having sexual undertones.
  • In the King's Foundation series, it shows more of Irons' past. His psychopathic behavior began when he was a young child, seen running around in the fields, catching animals and killing them so he can do "experiments" on them.

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