(2012-04-25 10:27:43)

Worst movie EVER

This movie was the most predicable and disappointing ever created. I'd rather watch paint dry!

lonely_setsuna

(2012-04-25 03:53:58)

Great Movie? Psh..Yeah Right!

So I went to this movie on a date with my boyfriend the second day itcame out. I had been waiting to see a good infected/zombie movie sinceI watched some a few weeks earlier. Yet, this movie made me sick.Literally. As for it being so great as everyone said, it was allbecause of the hype and that was all. It sucked.This movie is disappointing. For the first hour and ten minutes of themovie there was nothing but running back and forth from the third floorand down back to the lobby to find keys, weapons, and gather people inthe lobby. As for the infected,they are pretty much out of it inanother room as a cop is freaking out about being stuck in thebuilding. Along with the boring antics of doing nothing for most of themovie, their is also in question the constant, clichГѓВ© screaming of "OHMY GOD! WE'RE GOING TO DIE!!" Seriously. Talk about overused in moviesmuch? Were the directors that lame and clichГѓВ©d they had to overuselines? I seriously went home complaining of feeling horrible. My headwas killing me and I was massively dizzy. I mean Cloverfield didn'teven do that to me! and my boyfriend complained of a stomach ache andheadache. That must mean their lack of camera skills really did suck. Imean as for Jennifer Carpenter, her acting was rather well done for inthe case of infected people. However, I will give some...SOME props.For one, the infected idea. I mean rabies? I liked that idea. For two,was the gore. Well done with the cuts and attacks and the popping outof the bone? Gross but, well done! And three? Well...okay no more thantwo.As for my overall review, I say please PLEASE do not even botherwasting your money on this movie. If you really want to see this movie,just wait till it comes out and watch it on pay-per-view. That is ifyou want an hour and a half of you life drained from you that could beused to do better things. Seriously. Do not even bother. If you want agood infected/zombie movie, watch Resident Evil or Dawn of the Dead.

(2012-04-21 18:24:44)

Oh so bad.

I really want the 86 minutes of my life back that were wasted watching this movie. If I ever hear Jennifer Carpenter scream again, it will be too soon. Absolutely awful. And I'm a huge horror flick fan, love zombie movies, love vampire movies, liked Resident Evil, etc. Quarantine deserves a razzie in the horror category.

rickyrichardo2

(2012-04-21 07:45:12)

So far this years best horror flick

Quarantine starring Jennifer Carpenter is easily this years best horrormovie. Based on the very successful Spanish horror (Rec) which wasreleased only a year ago Quarantine has been loyal to the original butalso adding some own twists to spice things up. The story is very simple and straight to the point. Angela Vidal(Carpenter) is shooting a reality show about firefighters and followstwo guys when they get a call about a woman acting strange in a remotebuilding. Once Angela and her cameraman (played by a convincing SteveHarris) things start to get bloody. As the outside world finds out thatthe people inside the building have developed rabies, the authoritiesshut the building down and anyone trying to get out will be executed.Because this movie is shoot through the eyes of the cameraman itsometimes gets annoying and a bit hard to see what is actually goingon. However that doesn't stop the action and horror to be top notch.One really good thing about this movie is that the supporting cast ismainly played by people from different TV shows and there is no realstar in the movie which is really good because you don't no who isgoing to die next. There are easily 4,5 scenes that will make you jumpout of your seat and the last 5 minutes are absolutely frightening. Theisolation Angela feels is really horrible and Jennifer Carpenter doesan amazing and moving performance.This year has been a really bad year for horrors but with Quarantine2008 has finally had a successful and really scary movie and hopefully2009 will provide more movies like this.The movie is well worth the 10 euro I paid. Highly recommended!!!!

(2012-04-18 02:10:11)

REC REC REC!!!!

Un burdo plagio de REC, ni comparaciГѓВіn a esa pelГѓВ­cula, esta...da risa...estos gringos siempre creen que pueden mejorar las versiones originales y NUNCA lo hacen!!!...mala, muy mala, no pierdan su tiempo viГѓВ©ndola!!

sabreuechi

(2012-04-17 14:46:11)

Horrible Movie...

OK I have to say that this movie is really horrible. First of all, thecameraman in this movie is horrible at his job. He can't even focus onthe situation as a professional.. and why is he always zoomed in soclose? His lack of camera operating skills drove me sick and it madethe movie UNBEARABLE. He is by far a professional.. Second of all, Ican't stand the high level of stupidity in this movie. If you see alittle girl rip a chunk of meat off her mother's face, why would youeven go close to her saying that you would help her? Not only that,HOLD HER!?!? Did the characters NOT learn from what happened with theold lady that bit the first cop and blood was gushing out of his neck?I'm sorry that's just really stupid.. You see the very same symptoms ofthe victims, why can't they put two and two together!?!? Obviouslythese people don't watch enough television. They are very similar toZOMBIES. You see a guy split open his shin from a terrible high fallget up from his cot and walking on his own with no problem, isn't thata bit creepy??? But instead they just grabbed him and put him back onthe cot.. wow... If I see that, I wouldn't even go near him... and Iwould grab any weapon I can find. These people trapped in the buildingdidn't even grab anything. They just run around like they got theirheads cut off and scream and act like fools/idiots. Another thing. Ireally am VERY tired of seeing zombie movies where cops or whoever haveguns shoot the body instead of the head... SHOOT THE HEAD!!!!!!!!Especially cops with experience with guns! That just kills me! Thefemale news lady (main character) annoys me.. All she does is cry,whine, act like a moron, and freak out. Her personality irritates me!She acts like a ditz as well.. If you see someone kill a zombie in anapartment, why would you just STAND THERE AND STAY THERE!?!? Her cryingand screaming is the most unbearable part of the movie. I'm sorry butthis movie was a waste of money and time! Don't bother seeing it. Waitfor it on DVD for rental. Don't even bother buying the movie.Cloverfield is the best movie yet.

Paul Andrews

(2012-04-14 12:21:05)

Surprisingly quite suspenseful & good US remake.

Quarantine starts as a reporter named Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter)for the television show 'Night Shift' is assigned to spend a night withthe Los Angeles fire department as part of a story, along with hercameraman Scott Percival (Steve Harris) they are paired up withfirefighters Jake (Jay Hernandez) & George (Johnathon Schaech) who arecalled out to an emergency. Angela & Scott shadow them to a four storeyapartment block where strange noises have been heard in one of theapartments belonging to an elderly woman named Espinoza, breaking thedoor down the fire & police crews discover her standing there, bloodstained & frothing at the mouth. Espinoza attacks one of the cops &bites his neck, in a panic the other's try to leave the building forproper help but find that the authorities outside have seal all exits &declared the apartment block a quarantine zone. Those still trappedinside soon find out that a mutant strain of rabies is turning peoplein flesh-eating zombies...Written & directed by brother's John Erick Dowdle & Drew Dowdle this isthe US remake of a Spanish film called Rec (2007) which seems to have alot of fans whom seem to dislike this remake, judging by a lot of thenegative comments & reviews this dislike seems to stem almost entirelyfrom the fact that Quarantine is a remake without acknowledginganything else. I will admit straight away that I have never seen Rec socannot compare the two, maybe because I haven't seen it means I have noexpectation whatsoever & therefore ended up enjoying Quarantinesubstantially more than I expected to. I think the script is prettygood, there's a little bit of humour & character development at thestart before the main story kicks in but once it does kick in thescript is fairly blunt with people forgetting things like manners orreciting some lengthy back-story which is actually pretty believable inthe situation. I mean if you found yourself trapped inside an infectedbuilding would you waste time telling some distant insignificant storyfrom your past? Would you really care if no-one else there liked you?The script gives us just about enough information to care when all hellstarts to break loose, people start arguing & the relationship's startto fall apart. There's clichГѓВ©d romance, no happy ending for anyone &just about enough ambiguity to keep things mysterious with just enoughpieces of the puzzle revealed for the audience to fit together & makesense of what's going on. At just under 90 minutes in length the foundfootage nature of the narrative is nicely done & it moves along at agood pace with the film becoming more frantic & darker as itprogresses, Quarantine is a sort of mix of The Blair Witch Project(1999) & 28 Days Later... (2002) in both story & style.Despite not usually liking the shaky hand-held camcorder way ofshooting a film I thought it worked well in Quarantine, even though itcan get a bit shaky & blurred at times I always knew what was going onunlike a lot of films which mix shaky camera footage & fast editingwhich is a real no no in my book as it just ends up annoying. Theattack scenes are quick & effective, there's some decent gore here witha splattered Rat, various bites & gushing blood, a drill in someone'shead & a guy trying to walk on a broken leg with his bones sticking outof the flesh in what must have been very painful. I felt the directordid a great job in building up the tension & suspense here, the shakycamera-work also gets across the sort of panic, confusion & fear thatwould have been present.With a supposed budget of about $12,000,000 this looks fine with goodproduction values & effects, unusually there is no musical score atall. Largely filmed in Los Angeles in California. Production companyVerrtigo Films seem to specialise in US remakes of foreign horror withfilms like The Grudge (2004), Dark Water (2005), The Departed (2006),The Eye (2008), Shutter (2008), The Echo (2008) & The Uninvited (2009).The acting is pretty strong here, Jennifer Carpenter is not only niceto look at but she is quite good as she slowly loses it & by the endbecomes a complete wreck.Quarantine turned out a whole lot better than I had expected, it's apretty effective little scare film that I thought delivered the goods.Not a masterpiece but a good solid horror film anyway, followed byQuarantine 2: Terminal (2011).

Josh Larsen

(2012-04-14 04:53:34)

...feels as if someone had videotaped their trip through a haunted house run by the local Jaycees.

(2012-04-07 08:14:39)

Like a Visit to a Haunted House...

If you remember growing up and the feeling and experience of going to the haunted houses put on by the local Jaycees, etc., this movie will remind you of that. Well done!Not expecting much, I tried this watch and was pleasantly surprised. The first 1/2 hour sets up the show as a reality program with camera man and reporter(ette). Although slow and tedious, it complements the remaining portion well enough.The frights begin soon thereafter and gradually ratchet up as the show progresses. The reporter actress carries the acting portion well, especially in the last 10 minutes, without saying a word.The "reality show" camera work was at first annoying. As the action began, I understood the effects the director/writer intended. Vision is limited and thus, the intensity and shock-factor increased. Again, I was surprised to be able to enjoy it.And a bonus: the idea of the reason for the "quarantine" is almost plausible. That was nice...This show was cleverly designed to illicit frights, hibbi-jibbies, shocks, etc., and uses most standard devices (rage, teeth, kids, old ladies, etc.) to do so in an effective way. It's not so much a "plot/character driven" film. For what it was designed to be, I must give it 5 stars.If you enjoy creepy/scary shows, you should have fun with this like I did.

(2012-04-06 21:25:36)

Intense

This review is from: Quarantine (DVD) Quarantine is yet another new entry in the "virus creates zombies" subgenre of horror films, but its not bad; its pretty intense stuff: A young female reporter and her cameraman tag along with a group of firemen one night to handle a call at an apartment building. Unfortunately, several of the building's tenants become infected with some bizarre form of virus that drives each one mad.....and the reporter, cameraman, firemen, cops, everyone, are trapped inside the building by the Center for Disease Control, for fear of contagion. Talk about having a bad night, huh? Very atmospheric and dark....i cant wait to get a copy of the original Spanish film its based on, "REC".

ctomvelu-1

(2012-04-05 01:54:38)

Gimmicky but effective

A ditzy female TV reporter in Los Angeles and her cameraman pay a visitto a firehouse and end up on a call to an apartment building where athat very quickly turns her into a ravenous, screaming, flesh-eatingzombie, one right out of a Dario Argento or George Romero movie. Thecity and CDC seal the building, as more and more of the building'sinhabitants rapidly transform into zombies. It then becomes a chaoticsearch among the few survivors to find a way out of the building.Unfortunately, there is a gimmick, which only works part of the time:the entire movie is seen through the TV cameraman's lens. No musicalsoundtrack, which ads to the documentary feel. Decent gore, althoughthis is not a true greyhound movie as the gore is done in relativelyquick cuts. Good zombie makeup. The ultimate answer to the mutatedrabies virus that has doomed the building lies in an attic apartment,and it makes for a pretty bad discovery. Be forewarned: This is not amovie for anyone expecting a happy ending or a single moment of relief.It's intense and extremely clever in its presentation, but verydepressing. And at times, it an be downright harrowing. Keep the littleones out of the room while watching this. It probably should have goneout unrated, as it transcends an "R" rating..

(2012-04-04 20:50:39)

It's loud

If your surround speakers are close to you (mine are on either side of the sofa) all you will hear are annoying helicopter and ambulance sounds that drown out the dialog!And why did they ruin the ending with the trailer!!!???

(2012-03-30 18:05:26)

A New Take On Infection Horror

I personally really enjoy a good horror flick every now and again. My favorite sub-genre would be the zombie/infection kind.Saying that my review may be a little bias towards a more positive review. The movie reminds me a lot of 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later although the events that transpire during the film take place during the initial outbreak not after everything goes to hell in a handbag. The idea of being locked into a building with infected people wanting to kill you when saftey is literally right beyond a plastic sheet covering the windows is panic inducing. There is adequate character devolpment but nothing that really endears the characters to you. The main draw is the first person perspective throughout virtually the entire feature that although there is a cameraman controlling what you're looking at you get a pretty good feel of what it'd be like to be there. Some of the high speed motion shots can be a little jarring and seem to be a bit overdone. One also can wonder how the camera could survive the onslaught that ensues roughly midway through the movie.From a technical standpoint. The transfer is quite good. There is very little artifacting or pixelation issues. The black levels come through very well. It has a bit more polish than Cloverfield which is shot the same way. As far as the audio track is concerned, the action sequences are loud and easy to hear. The cracks and groans in tense situations is good. The speaking in the audio track can be downright miserable at times which is why I deduced a star from my review. Words can be easily lost in the commotion which is understandable considering the situation of the movie but I'd like to know what the characters are saying. I'd recommend watching the film with the subtitles turned on to pick up the broken dialogue when characters whisper.Overall a good show, and I'd definitely recommend it.

(2012-03-30 11:54:58)

It's slobberin' time!!

This movie was so cool. If you like cloverfield and resident evil then just mash the two together and you have one hell of a film. So much emotion and drama and some nifty up close action with the camera. This is the best hand held camera movie by far. I really wanna see the original REC now, go check this one out.

rbrb

(2012-03-21 22:25:42)

Hysterical Hysteria!

A good one this movie, which had me entertained more or lessthroughout."A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a buildingquarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus whichturns humans into bloodthirsty killers."And what makes this movie even more compelling is the whole story isfilmed through the lens of the cameraman doing a documentary typereport, which adds significant realism to the film.The picture is often genuinely scary and horrific, there are nounnecessary sub-plots, and all the actors are convincing andenthusiastic in their roles including the lead female despite herincreasing hysteria as the film reaches its climax. The story itself isnot so far fetched either and is both reasoned and contains a ring oftruth as to what could happen.It is the type of film that might have a cult following in more waysthan one,and in my opinion deserves high marks:8/10.

Booban

(2012-03-21 07:54:58)

Great movie! The fear kept on comin'

I just kept getting scared and it wouldn't stop! You really wonderwhats going on in the beginning but its great that the movie could justswitch into a horror like that. Just a few too many minutes spent onthe first part of the movie.This is a story about how a zombie outbreak could first start out in acity environment.Everything was well done about the movie, acting and plot and build up.Not too much frustration with people doing stupid things, the mainactress is a wreck at the end of it, something you normally just wantto bash out of them, but in this movie you fully understand why!A horror to remember, highly recommended to scare your friends.

(2012-03-16 23:08:43)

Just another bad remake.

This is just one more bad remake showing the lack of ideas in the US movies of nowadays. Making thumping noises and moving the camera frantically do not makes the remakes any better; on the contrary, it only makes them so so boring and plain!! As for all other remakes, and even more for this one, I do recommend to stick to the original, in this case, the fabulous Spanish movie "Rec", of which the original filmmakers are already preparing a sequel. Don't miss "Rec", just forget about "Quarantine".

kevin_crighton

(2012-03-16 13:12:00)

A decent remake, but Rec better...

Angela Vidal and her cameraman are making a documentary about the firebrigade. Joining up with a couple of them, called out to an apartmentbuilding, they soon discover something horrific is going on....Quarantine is a an American remake of Rec. This means it has two majorproblems to overcome. First, Rec was to me the scariest movie I've seenin a cinema for almost 18 years (the last, was The Exorcist III)! Thesecond, is that it IS an American horror movie remake. Now, the trackrecord for this has been awful. Consider the evidence - The Ring, TheGrudge, One Missed Call, The Wicker Man to name some. Hell, they can'teven remake American movies! The Hitcher, When A Stranger Calls (Istill shudder about that one!), Prom Night, Halloween. So this moviestarts with two major points against it.However, despite a couple of minor issues, and one major one, it's notthat bad.The reason it works, is that the director John Erick Dowdle has takenthe scares from the original and simply re-done them. In fact the movieis almost a shot for shot remake of Rec! The fact that despite havingseen Rec, the scares still work is a testament to not only how scarythe original was, but also how well they've been re-done.As I said, there are a couple of minor faults. Some of the make-upeffects, don't quite work. The other minor fault is that the cast,while good aren't as convincing as the original cast were. Case inpoint, Jennifer Carpenter as Angela. At the start she's fine, but bythe end she's a bit over the top in hysterical and terrified modecompared to Manuela Velasco.But the major fault, and this one is harder to overlook is that they'vechanged what is actually going on. In this movie, it's suggested thatit's a strand of rabies that has caused the outbreak. In the original,it's never really revealed what is causing it, although events towardsthe end suggest a possible supernatural cause. But because they'vechanged it here, it means the final scenes don't work as well, anddon't really fit. And the final shot, which was revealed in the trailerby the way, again doesn't work in the remake.The movie is slightly longer than the original, spending more time withthe fireman at the station before the events begin, and has a littlemore emphasis on what is going on outside also, but these littlechanges don't affect the movie that much.How you view this movie will depend on the original, Rec. If you've notseen the original then it is a pretty effective scary movie, especiallythe last 15 minutes. However if you've seen Rec, then this movie offersnothing new, and isn't as good overall.

Lucius Gore

(2012-03-12 14:23:38)

In some ways 'Quarantine' is better than 'Rec,' not only xeroxing all its shocks but managing to add more.

(2012-03-11 19:15:29)

Gave me the creeps!

This review is from: Quarantine (DVD) If you have not seen this movie yet, then don't listen to the negative hype surrounding it. This is not another Blair Witch Project or Cloverfield copy. This movie is genuinely unsettling. I am a horror film fanatic and not easily impressed. That being said, this movie projects a growing sense of dread and does not let up, even at the end credits.