Now, I know a lot of people who prefer the original Spanish version of the film, and I really can't blame them. Having just watched [REC], the original Spanish version last month I decided to do the American remake Quarantine. Compared to the Spanish version, the American remake differs almost enitirely in just language, virus explination and the fact that the delicious Jennifer Carpenter is in it. Not to say that Manuela Valesco isn't a dish, either.This film is another one of those films that plays the zombie genre a little differently. I've seen to been avoiding a lot of the more "normal" zombie films for this blog and I'm a little disapointed in not watching the classics.
The film opens with Jennifer Carpenter and a cameraman shooting in a fire department for a show that highlights what goes on in the city after the lights go out. They're taken out on call to an apartment building where a woman was heard screaming. We all know exactly what it is, but they don't.
The movie become far more about what happens to the people involved in the situation than it is the situation. For the first two acts of the film it's people verses people.
After a short while, the group of people inside of the building are quarantined by the government, the tennants, police and firefighters are trapped inside of a powder keg.
I don't want to keep going with this one and spoil all of the awesomeness that ensues. PLEASE watch this one or the original Spanish [REC]. They are both fantastic.
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