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Quarantine (2008)
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Cast
as Angela Vidal
as Scott Percival
as Jake
as George Fletcher
as Danny Wilensky
as James McCreedy
as Yuri Ivanov
as Lawrence
as Nadif
as Bernard
as Sadie
as Wanda Marimon
as Kathy
as Briana
as Jwahir
as Randy
as Elise Jackson
as Ms. Espinoza
as Bob Orton
as Wounded Woman
as Armed Guard
as Armed Guard
as Chief of Police
as News Reporter
as Hazmat Guard
as Hazmat Guard
as Thin Infected Man
as Repelling Guard
as Rebelling Guard
as Firefighter
as Firefighter
as Puppeteer
as Infected Child
as Video Guy
as Griffin
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Critic Reviews for Quarantine
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Shame on the filmmakers for reducing one of the main characters to an incessantly whimpering, hyperventilating embodiment of fingernails on a chalkboard for what feels like the final third of the film.
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.
Even those who despise remakes will have to admit that director John Erick Dowdle's furious retread is scary as hell.
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.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Quarantine
A really great horror film, made apparently just months after the Spanish original Rec. What I don't understand is so many people saying this is not as good? It's almost the same film scene for scene, but with a different cast and set in LA. Only changes from the original are a few more attacks and the origin of the virus was changed slightly. The only real problem if you have seen the original first is you know what is coming and when viewing second time round it's not so scary. Otherwise almost a carbon copy of the original but in English. Watch out for Rec2!
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Mediocre remake of Rec, which is far superior in every way, Quarantine is a poorly constructed film that uses everything from the original film to create its terror. Like every other horror fan, I have a love / hate relationship with remakes. Some are good, some not so good. Some lack anything that would it interesting viewing, others are pretty good even though they're not all that memorable. With Quarantine we have a remake that just doesn't deliver. The cast aren't that great, many deliver mundane performances, especially Jennifer Carpenter, who unlike her role in Dexter, doesn't do anything interesting with her character. This is yet another pointless remake to a great film. Hell, that sentence seems to be used a lot to describe remakes, but it is very true. Rec was a stunning found footage film, a great piece of horror that brought genuine chills to a franchise obsessed with remaking everything. Quarantine is a mediocre remake at best, the film is a bit entertaining, but as a fan of Rec, I don't think that this film stands out and doesn't deliver the thrills that the original gave its viewers. Quarantine is a film to watch only if you're totally bored. If you want the total effect of a memorable and watchable horror film, then give Rec a view. If you're looking for genuine scares watching this remake, you may be disappointed as the script suffers from the usual jump scares cliché, and in the end it doesn't make Quarantine a worthy film to watch. Add to that a mediocre cast, and you've got another forgettable remake on your hands. Watch Rec instead.
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Quarantine Quotes
| Angela Vidal: | They are not gonna come and get us!!! THEY ARE NOT gonna come and get us!!! |
| Angela Vidal: | They are not gonna come and get us! THEY ARE NOT gonna come and get us! |
| Angela Vidal: | THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT! THE LIGHT! |