Infectiously frightening film
“Quarantine” follows reporter Angela (Jennifer Carpenter, “Battle in Seattle”) and her cameraman Scott (Steve Harris, “Protect and Serve”) ride along with the fire department to a routine call that suddenly morphs into the story of her life, which thrusts her from telling the story to becoming part of the story.
Angela and her cameraman Scott decide to do a story on the night shift firefighters who work while the rest of the world sleeps. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they respond to horrific screams heard from one of the building‘s elderly tenants. The few tenants trapped inside, two firemen, a police officer, and Angela and Scott desperately try to escape only to find that the building is under quarantine. By the time the quarantine is over, only the news footage is left to tell their ghastly tale.
“Quarantine” is the brainchild of “Blair Witch Project” and “28 Days Later.” The camera angle throughout the whole movie is shot through Scott’s camera and gets a bit shaky and whiplash-inducing at times. Zombies also run amuck and start infecting those trapped in the quarantined apartment complex and in classic horror movie fashion start picking off characters one by one.
Zombies, crazed dogs and paranoia come together to give “Quarantine” a decent plotline. Although sometimes the horror genre of the film goes over the top with crazed zombies, often getting laughs from the audience in its feverish pursuit of screams. There are a lot of tense moments sprinkled throughout the film but near the end the plot falls to screaming, panic and shaky camera angles.
“Quarantine” definitely makes people jump with random zombie leaps for effect.
This movie is definitely a good date movie because it gives one an excuse to sit closer, but the ending leaves a feeling of untied loose ends. While it may be a typical horror flick packed with suspense, it falls short of true scares.
‘Quarantine’
Release Date: Oct. 10
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Starring: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Jay Hernandez
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Rating: R for bloody violent and disturbing content, terror and language
Grade: B
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