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Quarantine (2008)

Reviewed by Clark Collis | Oct 16, 2008

Clark Collis

Clark Collis is a senior writer for EW

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Release Date: Oct 10, 2008; Rated: R; Length: 86 Minutes; Genre: Horror; With: Jennifer Carpenter and Steve Harris

Image credit: John Bramley

QUARANTINE Jennifer Carpenter

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In this remake of the 2007 Spanish horror movie REC, a TV reporter (Jennifer Carpenter) accompanies firefighters on a routine nighttime call. They are soon surrounded by, or turn into, hungry-for-human-flesh plague victims. Quarantine director John Erick Dowdle and co-writing brother Drew wisely stick close to the told-from-the-cameraman's point-of-view template of the terrific original, though they add a few fine flourishes. For instance, we discover that while the camera may not lie, it can make a virus-ridden zombie lie down — if you bludgeon a fiend in the face with it enough times. B+

Originally posted Oct 10, 2008 Published in issue #1017 Oct 24, 2008 Order article reprints

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