A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.
It's hard to maintain dread while the filmmakers are so obviously grinning at their own cleverness.
– Tasha Robinson,
AV Club,
6 Sep 2012
rotten:
Like vampires, this genre is getting deadly.
– Joe Neumaier,
New York Daily News,
6 Sep 2012
rotten:
With slapstick smothering the scares, "[REC 3]" is further marred by a plot in which the muted Catholicism of its antecedents is turned up to full blast.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
6 Sep 2012
fresh:
Plaza throws in more than enough ludicrous touches of his own to grab viewers by their arteries and never let go.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
7 Sep 2012
rotten:
"Zombieland" and possibly "Shaun of the Dead" aside, this isn't a genre with a lot of life in it.