Quarantine is pretty much an exact copy, a much inferior copy, of [REC], so you aren't missing much of the story. You should see and own [REC] imo, but waiting shouldn't hurt your enjoyment of [REC2].

Well that was a disappointment. I didn't feel any tension with the first group. Hated the second group. The ending was contrived as hell. In fact, the second film relies too heavily on contrivances. A shame since I loved [REC] and was looking forward to seeing a trilogy. [REC] 2 killed any interest I had for [REC] 3.

Haven't seen rec or Quarantine but really, I don't think you had to see either in order to enjoy or understand rec2.

It's basically a mishmash of other genres and films but it did lack any real scares and the action was tame IMO for the setup of a fully-loaded SWAT team entering the building.



I'll probably see where rec3 goes but I think they can't pull off the first-person perspective for an entire film with the grand scale of what an urban/global outbreak would have.

Yup. That looks like where it's going. But it was a rather lazy twist and didn't really jive with everything else. To be honest, it felt like they were making it up as they went along with no real logic to hold it together. And a lot of character decisions were beyond contrived.

I watched it on-demand last night. The film was so fast and frenzied that I had a heck of a time following at the beginning.

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I don't agree with that at all.The sequel failed to engage me, but I did like the strong sense of continuity between the films. They could have very easily gone the lazy route and featured a different outbreak in a different building, or somesuch.

hey I appreciate the offer, but that's OK... probably snag it cheap somewhere eventually myself. thanks again tho

I know where you're coming from but there were a lot of clues at the end of the first movie (as well as early in this one) that it was

I love that they went the continuity route but they failed to do anything interesting with it. It also doesn't help that all the characters mostly blur together. In [REC] all the characters felt distinct and real. Here they just all felt the same and more like props for set pieces than actual people.

I don't think that disproves it


I completely agree; I'm not sure if it was a budget thing or just lazy direction/writing.

For anyone interested in watching Rec 2, it is currently available for viewing on Time Warner Cable On Demand for $7 in HD.

I had seen Quarantine first. Then this week, I watched both Rec and Rec2. Both were great -- although I think I was more impressed with the sequel and the way it maintained its originality instead of going for cheap thrills. Glad to hear we'll be getting two more installments.

Any update on the status of the third film? An earlier article mentioned a Fall 2011 date.

I liked quarantine better then [rec] but liked [rec]2 better than both quarantine & rec - with that out of the way.....

This flick scared the shit out of me more than a couple of times. To be honest...I didn't think they were going to have another angle to play on meaning I thought this was just going to be a movie about a never ending flow of people who were infected.

But what made it work so well was not just a new spin on what was going on but also just how well made of a film it is.

I don't buy the

Great flick - not quite sure what some of you are so upset about.

I find the videocam POV annoying as hell. I wasn't going to watch [REC]2 but my friend had a copy so I borrowed it. Well it was just as annoying as the first one.