A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
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.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
13 Oct 2008
rotten:
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.
– Tony Wong,
Toronto Star,
13 Oct 2008
rotten:
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.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
13 Oct 2008
fresh:
Even those who despise remakes will have to admit that director John Erick Dowdle's furious retread is scary as hell.
– Jim Ridley,
L.A. Weekly,
16 Oct 2008
rotten:
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.