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Quarantine (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Quarantine (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]
by John Erick Dowdle

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Actor: Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Jennifer Carpenter, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Harris
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Brand: CARPENTER,JENNIFER
Writer: John Erick Dowdle
Producer: Carlos Fernández
Producer: Doug Davison
Writer: Drew Dowdle
Writer: Jaume Balagueró
Writer: Luiso Berdejo
Writer: Paco Plaza
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 1.85:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-02-17
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Movie Reviews of Quarantine (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: Far better than I expected
Summary: 5 Stars

QUARANTINE

**** ½ Out of 5

Release Date- October 10th, 2008

Running Time- 89-Minutes

Rating- R

Screenplay- John Erick Dowdle & Drew Dowdle

Director- John Erick Dowdle

Starring- Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech, Columbus Short

Quarantine is a remake of the 2007 film REC, which I haven't seen since there is no region 1 release. I always try and see the originals before the remakes, but in this case I wasn't able to so I'll be reviewing Quarantine as its own movie since I cannot compare it to the original version.

The latest fad in Hollywood is the documentary look, which was made famous by The Blair Witch Project even though Cannibal Holocaust did that first. But with the recent movies like George Romero's Diary of the Dead and Cloverfield this look is now in. And another fad right now is making zombie movies where they aren't exactly zombies, which has also been done plenty of times with flicks like I Drink Your Blood and Romero's The Crazies. But since Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later a lot of filmmakers are doing movies that follow the zombie movie formula and the infected act like zombies, but they aren't actually zombies.

Going into Quarantine I really wasn't expecting much from it at all; and quite honestly it turned out a lot better than I thought it would. In my opinion Quarantine ranks as one of the best horror films of 2008 and the only movie I'd give the edge to is Eden Lake, but Quarantine comes close and like I said to me it's one of the best of 2008.

The screenplay by John Erick Dowdle & Drew Dowdle is the only real flaw of the movie. While not poorly written or anything the characters lack any depth and are barley developed. In many ways the characters really are nothing more than faceless victims. I suppose the viewer might be able to sympathize with some, but odds are you probably won't connect with the characters. Quarantine is one of those movies that odds are you won't remember the names of most if not all of the characters. The screenplay isn't bad or anything; the structure is overall well done and it works well, but the only real flaw was the lack of character development.

Director John Erick Dowdle manages to make up for any flaws with the script with the direction. His scenes are well paced and with the visual look he's able to create a movie that feels real. Quarantine in my opinion is quite intense; once we get to the apartment complex the suspense and tension kick in right away and John Erick Dowdle is able to sustain that for pretty much the entire running time. I'm not one to scare easy when you've seen as many horror films as I have it gets even harder and while I can't say I was ever really scared I did find several scenes to be downright creepy. I thought for sure Quarantine would run out of steam, but it never does and in my opinion always manages to stay suspenseful and creepy. Like I said I found this one quite intense, but towards the end I did find it to slightly drag, but it still keeps the suspense level high even if it does slightly drag.

Some people have complained about the shaky cam and in most cases I agree with those complaints, but I found it to work well here and I didn't mind it at all and the look of the film is great and eerie.

The performances were mostly strong despite the characters lacking any depth. Jennifer Carpenter delivers a terrific performance. The only other movie I have seen with her is The Exorcism of Emily Rose and I thought she was brilliant in that. Here in Quarantine her performance was a lot of fun early on before the horror started and when it did start she really nailed it. I may not have seen much of her work, but I'm 100% sold on her talents as an actress. Jay Hernandez an actor who I quite like makes the best out of his character and like Carpenter, brings more to the role than what was written.

Quarantine may not be the perfect horror movie, but it does succeed in what it aims for; I was quite surprised at how much I really enjoyed this one. Quarantine may not break any new ground in the horror genre, but it does get the job done and is quite creepy and suspenseful.

As for the Blu-ray; the features are the same as the DVD and are really lame also the features are in standard definition and not HD; due to the look of the film and due to all the scenes being set in the dark you don't get the full HD experience. That's not to say the transfer isn't good; the HD looks great, but don't expect to be blown away by it; the sound however I found to be strong.

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Summary of Quarantine (+ BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Genre: Horror
Rating: R
Release Date: 17-FEB-2009
Media Type: Blu-Ray

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