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After finding my nerves to get torn apart by the first 2 films in the Rec series,I was disappointed to find the third to be a painfully unfunny Comedy.Getting set to do my 1000th IMDb review,I decided that it was time to see the ending of the Rec series.
The plot:
Waking up after being taken out of an apartment block filled with zombies, Ángela Vidal finds herself with the handful of other survivors on a ship.Trying to make sense of the new location, Ángela discovers that the ship has been taken over by the military,who are keeping it safe in order for the scientist to find a cure for the zombie outbreak at a secure location. Feeling safe due to being miles from land, Ángela and everyone else on the ship soon discover that the zombie outbreak can cross the pond.
View on the film:
Wrapping up the series,the screenplay by co-writer/(along with Manu Díez) director Jaume Balagueró keeps the action locked on the ship,which along with allowing the threads from the series to be joined up,also gives the title an uneasy atmosphere,as the rough waves are joined by ravenous zombies. Sketching out a clear outline to the cause of the zombie outbreak in the first 3 films,the writers horribly destroy everything that was at the very centre of the terror in the films,by changing the threat into something much less complex and easier to defeat,and also packing the film with extremely ill-judge,childish comedy (stir fried monkey!)
Completely getting rid of the franchises trademark "Found Footage" appearance for the final,director Balagueró & cinematographer Pablo Rosso give the title a slick,glossy shine,which fully shows all the tight corridors in the (partly) shot on location ship,and the look of terror sinking deep into Ángela's (played by a very good, returning to the series Manuela Velasco) eyes.Despite having a real location, Balagueró completely drains the film of any claustrophobia or horror by opening up the long corridors of the ship in a wide, crisp presentation,that leads to the unfolding zombie nightmare feeling oddly "safe",which along with some of the ships timber being used for some shockingly poor CGI animal zombies (!) leads to this being a (Rec)ording that should have been stopped a long time ago.
The plot:
Waking up after being taken out of an apartment block filled with zombies, Ángela Vidal finds herself with the handful of other survivors on a ship.Trying to make sense of the new location, Ángela discovers that the ship has been taken over by the military,who are keeping it safe in order for the scientist to find a cure for the zombie outbreak at a secure location. Feeling safe due to being miles from land, Ángela and everyone else on the ship soon discover that the zombie outbreak can cross the pond.
View on the film:
Wrapping up the series,the screenplay by co-writer/(along with Manu Díez) director Jaume Balagueró keeps the action locked on the ship,which along with allowing the threads from the series to be joined up,also gives the title an uneasy atmosphere,as the rough waves are joined by ravenous zombies. Sketching out a clear outline to the cause of the zombie outbreak in the first 3 films,the writers horribly destroy everything that was at the very centre of the terror in the films,by changing the threat into something much less complex and easier to defeat,and also packing the film with extremely ill-judge,childish comedy (stir fried monkey!)
Completely getting rid of the franchises trademark "Found Footage" appearance for the final,director Balagueró & cinematographer Pablo Rosso give the title a slick,glossy shine,which fully shows all the tight corridors in the (partly) shot on location ship,and the look of terror sinking deep into Ángela's (played by a very good, returning to the series Manuela Velasco) eyes.Despite having a real location, Balagueró completely drains the film of any claustrophobia or horror by opening up the long corridors of the ship in a wide, crisp presentation,that leads to the unfolding zombie nightmare feeling oddly "safe",which along with some of the ships timber being used for some shockingly poor CGI animal zombies (!) leads to this being a (Rec)ording that should have been stopped a long time ago.