Review: Quarantine

Horror remake Quarantine was just recently released here in The P.I., so I made my way over to Rockwell to go see it. I had seen the original Spanish version of the movie beforehand, so I had some pretty high expectations for this one since I thought the original was actually pretty good.

The movie is basically about a group of people who are isolated in an apartment building because authorities believe that the people inside are infected with some kind of virus. The virus acts very similar to a rage virus, making whoever is infected filled with aggression and no sense of reasoning. Locked in the building, the residents, including a fire fighter and cop must fight to survive while trying to uncover the secret behind this sudden outbreak.



The first thing I noticed about this film is how similar the look and feel was to Rec. It almost felt like some of the shots were taken right out of the original. And to me, that was actually a good thing cuz I think that the reason why most Hollywood remakes fail is simply because Hollywood tries too hard and makes it too "Hollywood." This film however, was a lot tighter than the original, and its pace was a lot faster. It was one freaky moment after the other, while the original had some breaks in between. This film also added some new scenes, I think this was done to add more scary scenes into the film because it was placed into the part of the film where the original had dragged a little. The story was somewhat altered, but still maintained the true essence of the original. But, I did feel like they should've explained the virus more cuz I felt like they really didn't shed light on that matter when the movie ended. In Rec, the original film, they explain that the virus had originated from the penthouse room, whose owner was an agent of the Vatican who was charged with researching and isolating a suspected virus believed to be the biological cause of demonic possession, which was later confirmed to exist in a young girl who was supposedly possessed. The agent kidnapped and brought the girl to the penthouse to conduct his research and to possibly cure her; unfortunately, during the work the virus managed to mutate and become contagious. This was completely left out of the Hollywood version, and we are left to believe that the virus is a mutated form of rabies that was spread by a dog.



Bottom Line:

Bottom line, I thought this film was better than Rec as a whole. They avoid the dragging scenes that Rec had by adding additional scenes that make this film a lot tighter and faster-paced. They are also able to make the scenes scarier. I don't know how they did it actually. Maybe it was the was the camera way held or maybe the sounds they used, but whatever it is, this movie felt just a little scarier than the original. Would I go see this again, or purchase the DVD? I probably wouldn't see it again in the theaters, but I would definitely consider picking up its DVD when it's released!

I give this film a 4 out of 5 stars!!

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