I had to review this movie after reading tj_director distorted review.
Firstly,If you have not already watch REC. Never make assumptions or compare any movie with other movies you have never seen! Quarantine is a American clone from the original REC. Movies like Ringu (the ring) had a great base, western audiences may have connected with the story despite it being filmed within a different culture. I strongly feel a remake was plausible. Most Japanese-American remakes have become distinctive and popular in their own right.
However, my first problem with the Quarantine series, the script was reused, the movie was shot with the same feel, The set design was identical, the characters all looked the same etc etc etc. I find it hard to contrast the movies in anyway. Except the language. Quarantine offered no new insight however it did present what was great in REC to a American audience. I rate both movies highly
The difference between both REC and Quarantine is where the sequels begin to detour. REC 2 follows on from the events and gives insight into some unanswered questions whilst remaining humble to the original movie(s) aesthetics. Quarantine 2 shows the virus spread within a small airport terminal. Inside the terminal the movie shifts dynamic and centers on a terrorism storyline (which seems very common in movies of late) that contributed to ruining the movie and distorting how great the original movies were.
If you are a fan of REC 1,2 and Quarantine avoid this movie like a plague. It bares no resemblance to these horror movies except by name. It is a badly made B-movie. It features sparse amounts of zombies popping in frame like a really bad zombie-pantomime. The set design was reused resembling a scene in Sesame St. This has to be worst horror- movie of 2011, utterly disgusted it is a sequel to Quarantine.
Robert
Firstly,If you have not already watch REC. Never make assumptions or compare any movie with other movies you have never seen! Quarantine is a American clone from the original REC. Movies like Ringu (the ring) had a great base, western audiences may have connected with the story despite it being filmed within a different culture. I strongly feel a remake was plausible. Most Japanese-American remakes have become distinctive and popular in their own right.
However, my first problem with the Quarantine series, the script was reused, the movie was shot with the same feel, The set design was identical, the characters all looked the same etc etc etc. I find it hard to contrast the movies in anyway. Except the language. Quarantine offered no new insight however it did present what was great in REC to a American audience. I rate both movies highly
The difference between both REC and Quarantine is where the sequels begin to detour. REC 2 follows on from the events and gives insight into some unanswered questions whilst remaining humble to the original movie(s) aesthetics. Quarantine 2 shows the virus spread within a small airport terminal. Inside the terminal the movie shifts dynamic and centers on a terrorism storyline (which seems very common in movies of late) that contributed to ruining the movie and distorting how great the original movies were.
If you are a fan of REC 1,2 and Quarantine avoid this movie like a plague. It bares no resemblance to these horror movies except by name. It is a badly made B-movie. It features sparse amounts of zombies popping in frame like a really bad zombie-pantomime. The set design was reused resembling a scene in Sesame St. This has to be worst horror- movie of 2011, utterly disgusted it is a sequel to Quarantine.
Robert