Quarantine

QUARANTINE (2008) - Oct. 10, 2008
Though this remake is almost identical to its inspiration, REC, it still somehow manages to lose something in the translation. Where the original managed to maintain a fairly high level of tension throughout, this one is only sporadically suspenseful and contains some added stuff which only serves to unnecessarily pad out the runtime. The film also makes the questionable decision to spell out what's happening to the people in the apartment much more so than in the original, which significantly downgrades the creepiness factor. It's pretty clear right from the get-go that Quarantine really has nothing to add to the original -- it's at its best when it's most closely aping REC (such as the tense finale), which makes the whole thing feel completely redundant. **