QUARANTINE (18) Horror. Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernadez, Johnathon Schaech.
JOHN Erick Dowdle's remake of the chilling Spanish horror film [REC] arrives just seven months after the original, closely following the template of Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's picture.
Some of the dialogue is identical; key scenes unfold shot for shot.
Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) is despatched to a Los Angeles fire station with her regular cameraman Scott (Steve Harris) to make a behind the scenes segment on daily life for these brave men and women.
The TV crew shadows Jake (Jay Hernandez) and Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech) throughout the night, excitedly jumping in the fire truck to answer a routine 911 call from an apartment block.
No sooner are the fire fighters, Angela and Scott, inside the building than agents from the DCD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) seal off the exits, preventing anyone from getting in or out.
The trapped residents quickly learn that they are in the midst of an outbreak of a deadly contagion, which transforms normally mild-mannered people into flesh-crazed predators.
As the virus spreads in the hothouse environment of the stairwells and apartments, Angela and Scott continue to film their hellish experience, determined that the outside world should know the shocking truth about the outbreak and its effects.
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