“Quarantine” is a remake of the highly successful Spanish
film “REC”, which follows a new reporter and her cameraman as they tag along
with a fire fighting crew for a typical night shift that soon goes horribly
wrong. I have only seen clips from a trailer about the original but I get the
distinct feeling that this remake followed the action pretty closely, so don’t
let the reviews that the original is better deter you from checking this one
out. I enjoyed it, found it pretty entertaining, and the ending makes sense.
Due to the nature of this found footage movie, the shaky-cam is very erratic;
this might be one of the more difficult movies to watch if this style bothers
you.
TV news reporter Angela and her cameraman are filming a ”slice
of life” segment about a local firefighting crew and what a typical night might
be for them. The two are given a tour of the fire station and get to the
camaraderie among the firefighters, in particular Jake and Fletcher. It’s not
before the first emergency call of the night comes in; a distress call at an
apartment building. The crew is joined by two cops and they proceed to check
out a unit on the second floor where the door is locked and screams had been
heard from inside. After breaking down the door, the police and others find an
old woman covered in blood. As they are trying to assess the situation, the
woman lunges at one of the officers and bites him violently in the neck. They
quickly take him out of the room and back to the entrance of the apartment
building only to find that the door has been locked from the outside. As the
immediate confusion grows, an announcement from outside is heard declaring that
the CDC has quarantined and sealed the building completely. They soon discover
that the old woman is infected with some kind of mutated form of rabies and
it’s only a matter of time before it begins to spread. Thus the terror truly
begins.
The movie stars Jennifer Carpenter as Angela and was
previously in the horror movie “The Exorcism of Emily Rose”. Jay Hernandez also
stars as Jake and is known for his roles in “Hostel” and “Hostel 2” as Paxton.
*Intense moment – An infected little girl attacks the
cameraman and he is forced to beat her off with the camera.
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