Quarantine - a review!
I am on a bit of a horror binge today. I have seen the remake of It, and now I have finished Quarantine, the 2008 remake of the Spanish movie .The story is pretty straight forward: A journalist and a cameraman has been tasked with shadowing a LAFD crew for the night. They get a call to an apartment building, where something strange has occurred. It soon becomes clear, that this is no ordinary call, and that there is something bizarre and more sinister at play than they had been anticipating.
The movie is found-footage style, and I like that about this one. It gives it more of an authentic and terrifying feel to it. I enjoyed the way that the movie went from "Just a regular day" to "Oh my god, what's happening and how do we stop it from happening any further?"
The actors in this movie are doing a great job, and they really put on a great performance. Jennifer Carpenter has the leading role in this movie, and I enjoyed her performance as a reporter, who gets WAY in over her head, and ends up a nervous wreck. Steve Harris is her camera man Scott, who we rarely see, but has quite a big role to play, because we see the movie from his perspective.
Other actors include Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short, Rade Serbedzija and Andrew Fiscella.
If you are into found-footage style horror, with plenty of terror, you will love this film. Me, as a film lover, enjoyed the way it was shot. I also enjoyed the acting from Jennifer Carpenter.
Quarantine lands on a solid 9/10!