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journalist for a small TV-channel is doing a
segment on the local fire patrol when she's invited
to come along on a routine call in an apartment
complex where some domestic disputes have taken
place. However, the night soon takes a turn for the
worse as the entire complex is put under quarantine
as the tenants are turning into rabid flesh-eating
maniacs... and it's all captured on tape.
REC is a good horror movie, it is, not everyone will
agree with me on that but I thought that it was a
solid horror flick. However, it's not one of those
movies that benefits from a second viewing, it's a
movie that you'll only watch once and then leave in
your DVD shelf to collect dust. The only reason
I even gave the original such a high rating (4/5)
was because of the final five minutes, the rest of
the movie was pretty average in my opinion. Anyway,
watching Quarantine is exactly like re-watching
REC because this is not a remake, this is an exact
replication only with new actors and in English language.
Now, REC is still playing in many countries such as
Mexico, Poland, Germany etc and the remake's due
for release later this year in all of these countries.
REC was a major hit in most Spanish-speaking countries
and countries that dub so you kind of wonder, how
will the remake perform internationally seeing as
how they get the exact same movie in the same
language (since they will dub it into Spanish in
the Spanish territories and so on) only with new
actors? I know I'd probably feel ripped off. We're
not here to discuss that though, we're here to
discuss the remake. Well, there's honestly not a
whole lot to say really that hasn't all ready been
said in my review for REC. Quarantine is a solid
zombie flick shot Blair Witch-style and since it is
a shot-by-shot remake nothing's really changed and
I actually think that it's nice that the American
audience gets to see the exact same movie that
everyone else saw last year and not loose anything.
Still, since I've all ready seen the original, I can't
give this a 4/5 even if I love Jennifer Carpenter.
It's just not as entertaining the second time
around. It's honestly not worse nor better than the
original but it's not worth 4/5 since we just saw
the exact same movie last year. Fans of the original
might as well skip this one, in fact anyone who has
seen the original may want to stay clear of this
one but if you're too lazy to read subtitles or
think that subtitles ruin your movie experience (yes,
I know, it's the lamest excuse ever but many people
like to use it) Quarantine is worth checking out.
To be fair, it's a whole lot better than most remakes
out there and it stays true to the original (perhaps
because they were both made out of the exact same
script?). I'm not hating on it, I'm just not caring
much for it either, been there, seen that, I'm not
impressed nor disappointed.
Some zombie gore, a lot of neck munching and blood
splatter. Decent but difficult to make out what's
going on at times.
No soundtrack.
It's an exact copy of the original so it's perfect
for people who don't want to watch subtitled movies.
For us horror fans who do watch subtitled movies
however, this felt kind of pointless. It didn't add
anything to the story nor did it remove anything.
It's a clone, what can I say?
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