Quarantine
I actually saw this thing last week, but now started to talk about the film. Quarantine is actually a remake of a Spanish Horror film called REC. You can go on youtube, search REC and should find the film with subtitles on the second page. REC is filmed with the shaky camera technique, and if you even so think it is a Cloverfield ripoff you are wrong! This film was released in Spain two months before Cloverfield was world-wide. I had to correct someone who refused to see it thinking it was a ripoff on Cloverfield. No, Quarantine is a remake of REC which was around before Cloverfield. Diary of the Dead was around before Cloverfield as well. Cloverfield was just popular and recent.
Moving on, Quarantine is about a female reporter for a night show and a cameraman who spend the night shift with firemen. When things are starting to get boring at the station, they get a call that an elderly woman has trapped herself inside her apartment. They meet up with the police at the apartment and force entry into the apartment. But something is not quite right with the woman. She's bleeding profusely and not responding to the calls of the police. The cameraman turns on his light which frightens the woman and goes into a panic. She then bites one of the police officers. They try to get him out of the apartment, but the military has closed off the building. Why would they do that? What could they possibly be trying to keep in the apartment that badly?
The film had some real intense moments. The shaky camera technique makes this feel more like an actual event than Cloverfield did. Despite that the characters do some incredibly stupid things, it still has a frightening atmosphere. Quarantine actually shows how serious the military is compared to REC. The acting, while good, is just a bit more campy compared to REC. If you would like to see a good zombie film this Halloween, this is for you.
My experience might have been better if I went alone or with my mom. I went to see this with a friend who was just laughing at every moment! That's annoying! Sure, there was stupidity in the characters and the main character does get somewhat annoying at the end (but reasonably so), it still was not that funny. I somewhat berated her for it after the movie. I did have fun with her and I wished some more of my friends could go (both of us were done with classes while others weren't and were not that interested in seeing a horror film), but I doubt I will watch another horror film with her, unless I go with someone else and don't sit next to this girl. Mommy would have been scared, all she needs is mild entertainment. I kind of want to make her watch an Uwe Boll film, just to see if I should think that lowly of her taste in films.
Moving on, Quarantine is about a female reporter for a night show and a cameraman who spend the night shift with firemen. When things are starting to get boring at the station, they get a call that an elderly woman has trapped herself inside her apartment. They meet up with the police at the apartment and force entry into the apartment. But something is not quite right with the woman. She's bleeding profusely and not responding to the calls of the police. The cameraman turns on his light which frightens the woman and goes into a panic. She then bites one of the police officers. They try to get him out of the apartment, but the military has closed off the building. Why would they do that? What could they possibly be trying to keep in the apartment that badly?
The film had some real intense moments. The shaky camera technique makes this feel more like an actual event than Cloverfield did. Despite that the characters do some incredibly stupid things, it still has a frightening atmosphere. Quarantine actually shows how serious the military is compared to REC. The acting, while good, is just a bit more campy compared to REC. If you would like to see a good zombie film this Halloween, this is for you.
My experience might have been better if I went alone or with my mom. I went to see this with a friend who was just laughing at every moment! That's annoying! Sure, there was stupidity in the characters and the main character does get somewhat annoying at the end (but reasonably so), it still was not that funny. I somewhat berated her for it after the movie. I did have fun with her and I wished some more of my friends could go (both of us were done with classes while others weren't and were not that interested in seeing a horror film), but I doubt I will watch another horror film with her, unless I go with someone else and don't sit next to this girl. Mommy would have been scared, all she needs is mild entertainment. I kind of want to make her watch an Uwe Boll film, just to see if I should think that lowly of her taste in films.