Review of [REC] 4: Apocalypse

"Rec"'s final chapter is really disappointing. The first two films of the saga were interesting especially for the fact that mockumentary was the technique and the narrative strength of the story; in Rec 3 we see that this particular expedient is progressively abandoned, and all of the effectiveness of the film is lost. Rec 3 is the worst among the four movies, and the fourth chapter manages to create an horror movie better built and without too much meaningless splatter. But the result is still disappointing: bad acting; unfocused moral positions of the characters; too easy final. And, mainly, the total loss of the mockumentary, that was all that made the series, at first, interesting.