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Genres:
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Drama /
Horror /
Mystery /
Sci-Fi /
Thriller
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Director:
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John Erick Dowdle
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Actors:
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Steve Harris,
Joey King,
Bernard White,
Elaine Kagan,
Jermaine Jackson,
Sharon Ferguson,
Jennifer Carpenter,
Jay Hernandez,
Johnathon Schaech,
Columbus Short,
Andrew Fiscella,
Rade Serbedzija,
Greg Germann,
Dania Ramirez,
Marin Hinkle
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Duration:
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89 min.
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Rating:
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(6.2/10)236
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Plot Summary:
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Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Appoint. After a custom 911 address takes them to a unpretentious apartment construction, they find the Old Bill officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from individual of the apartment units. They when all is said learn that a woman living in the building has been infected alongside something unheard-of. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they prove to outpouring with the inf... ormation crew in haul, at best to distinguish that the CDC has quarantined the structure. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access clothed been sever-off, and officials are not relaying report to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only documentation of what took occupation is the news troupe's videotape.
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Quarantine
Michael Ordo??aThe movie is based on the acclaimed Spanish film [REC]" (unseen by this reviewer) and apparently hews quite closely to the original's plot except for the new film's far-less-interesting explanation of the deadly quandary. Quarantine starts promisingly, with Jennifer Carpenter displaying ample charm as a TV journalist trailing a firefighting crew. She and her cameraman accompany the crew to an apartment building in which a woman has been screaming and behaving strangely. It's no great reveal to describe the rest of the film as a slow-developing zombie movie with a culprit disease that, when initially identified, might elicit laughter.
The performances are generally pretty good, particularly those of Jay Hernandez (Crazy/Beautiful) as a levelheaded ...
You Must Watch the Original
This dulled-down Americanized remake of the original Spanish film 'Rec' is quite a characterless travesty. You must watch the original, it's genius.
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