Rotten
An American remake of the Spanish horror movie '[Rec]' that adopts the same basic recipe, but removes any hint of flavour or texture, reducing cutting-edge Catalan cuisine to bland, bite-sized McNuggets.
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
Quarantine
On March 11, 2008, the government sealed off an apartment complex in Los Angeles. The residents were never seen again. No details. No witnesses. No evidence. Until now.
2008 · 1h 29m · R
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
John Erick Dowdle
Overview
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Director and cast
- John Erick Dowdle Director
- Jennifer Carpenter as Angela Vidal
- Steve Harris as Scott Percival
- Jay Hernandez as Jake
- Johnathon Schaech as George Fletcher
- Columbus Short as Danny Wilensky
- Andrew Fiscella as James McCreedy
- Rade Šerbedžija as Yuri Ivanov
- Greg Germann as Lawrence
- Bernard White as Bernard
- Dania Ramirez as Sadie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
56%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Even those who despise remakes will have to admit that director John Erick Dowdle's furious retread is scary as hell.
Jim Ridley, L.A. Weekly
Rotten
Quarantine feels awfully familiar, and it grows less convincing with each passing moment. At its worst, it abandons realism entirely and flirts with gory kitsch.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
Quarantine is based on the 2007 Spanish thriller [REC]. Like any imitation, the quality's not as good, but this is about cheap thrills, of which there are not enough.
Tony Wong, Toronto Star
Fresh
Give Quarantine credit: Without resorting to computer-generated monsters or supernatural explanations, it uses consistent logic and confinement to find new ways of being scary.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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