Quarantine (2008)
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Reviews Counted:76
Fresh:45
Rotten:31
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Quarantine uses effective atmosphere and consistent scares to stand above the crop of recent horror films.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Nov 27, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $31,691,811
Synopsis: A faithful adaptation of the 2007 Spanish film REC, QUARANTINE chronicles the outbreak of a rabies-like disease in a Los Angeles apartment building and the struggle of the unaffected residents to... [More]
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Columbus Short, Greg Germann
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Reviews for Quarantine
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 1/5 |
The camera bounces along, its path blocked frequently by the back of some fleeing figure, so that you're never quite sure where you are, where you're going or what you're looking at... Full Review |
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It's one of those rare movies where you can't quite ascertain as to whether the filmmakers are trying to create scares or laughs. Full Review |
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 3/5 |
Delivers a pleasingly high quota of decent jolts as the body count mounts and the TV airhead becomes increasingly hysterical. Full Review |
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2/5 |
The Spanish film worked better than John Erick Dowdle's remake, which is, if possible, even more chaotically filmed to the point that you often haven't got the slightest idea what's happening -- you just know that it's nasty. Full Review |
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Jennifer Carpenter is terrific as the news reporter who gets swallowed up in her own story, and leads an excellent cast, all of whom bring a veracity to this remake in the hands of the talented Dowdle brothers Full Review |
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B |
'Quarantine' is a solid horror movie and one of the better to be released this year. The last 15 minutes is hardcore suspense that redeem any cheap movie making flaws. Full Review |
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50/100 |
Develops into a legitimately unnerving experience. Full Review |
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3/4 |
...one could surely do far worse as far as horror remakes go. Full Review |
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A respectable, if uninspired, adaptation of... [REC], a Blair Witch-style variation on zombie movie cliches that might seem fresher had it not opened after veteran George Romero's grimly pared-down Diary of the Dead. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Real no frills filmmaking. Anything that gets in the way of the main idea is stripped to the bone. This includes certain niceties like character, humor, and even story. Full Review |
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B- |
Not as frightening as it should be, but still better than the average Hollywood scare-a-thon. Full Review |
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60/100 |
We are saddled with the limitations of the 'found' film premise - seemingly endless screaming and scrabbling around in the dark, filmed from just a single angle. Full Review |
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An eye-popping both metaphorical and literal genocidal rat race scare scenario made especially haunting when it kicks in, with its post-9/11 domestic terror lurking around every corner, hyper-paranoid sensibility. Full Review |
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2/4 |
An affair that aims low and succeeds well in such. Full Review |
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The premise isn't bad; I like the fact this hysteria happens in and around people's homes, because it's an excuse for the filmmakers to uncover secrets normally kept behind closed doors. A pity there are no great revelations here. Full Review |
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3/5 |
As a visceral, camera-shuddery ride into foamy-mouthed zombie hell, it’s efficient enough — but if you’ve already seen [Rec], steer clear... Full Review |
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1/6 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Just like its forebear, this is bluntly effective exercise in first-person horror. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Quarantine is a lucrative steal by Dowdle. The Spanish original is arguably the best vérité fright movie since The Blair Witch Project. The American version is not quite in the same league. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Good news for those who missed the Spanish zombie horror [REC] when it opened here a few months back. Here comes the inevitable fast-tracked Hollywood remake, which covers the same ground without the burden of all those subtitled hysterics. Full Review |
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