Like "The Ring" it is SUPERIOR to the original movie it was based upon.

times, remember to breath! Don't miss out on a truly unique look at fear itself. I do not recommend this movie to anyone under 17 its rated R for a reason people.

excited about the job. She was funny. Was living her dream of being a fire fighter by documenting the job. There was sexual tension between her and the fire fighters. She was a fun interviewer. If I had to choose between an English or Spanish version of "While you're Asleep", there wouldn't even be a decision to make. The Spanish chick was boring and the show wouldn't have made it through half a season.The fire fighters in the Spanish version also did not have any character. They didn't even have a heroic presence like the men in the remake. They had no sense of humor. Gods, I don't know how to even put this other than: They had no character and I felt nothing for them. Their deaths were as meaningless as the deaths of all the other players who only had a few seconds of screen time.That's probably enough about the character... or lack thereof.Now, about the horror.The English version was many times more brutal. The action was more intense. The special effects were more impressive. Take for example the camera man beating the woman to death with his camera and we get to see the whole thing through the camera's eye. Or of the rabid woman who gets tossed over the balcony and falls three floors twisting and spinning till she splats on the linoleum. There wasn't a single moment of horror in the Spanish film that impressed me. There was nothing that I hadn't seen before 100 times in any other cheesy flesh-eating-zombie-flick.In the remake, the sickness seemed more realistic, and gradual, with the foaming mouths and that general "on the brink of death look". The sick little girl, in the Spanish film, almost vampire-like, transformed instantly and bit her mother. Supposedly "dead" people became alive again, giving the Spanish film more of a zombie horror feel instead of a movie about a biological hazard. What's up with that?At any rate... by my standards, Quarantine was far better a film than REC. I'm glad they decided to do a remake for the English crowd. I would have watched the Spanish version and passed it off as nothing special, just like 99% of all the other sh*tty horror out there. Quarantine, however beat the odds and made it to that coveted 1% that I hold so dear in my heart.

Carpenter didn't do a great job but not horrible. I think that the ending is not what people are going to want. The movie was very intense the whole time. It didn't really have any slow moments once the action started. If you liker movies with the shaky camera then go see this movie. If you don't like the shaky cameras then go see this any way because it isn't that bad at all. The camera stayed pretty steady for the most part. Overall this was a very great fun horror movie that will make you scream and jump a whole lot.

something that'll scare you - or at least entertain you for an hour and a half. Don't pay any attention to the people who give bad reviews of this - they either hate it because it's a remake or scream "unoriginal!!!" because it's z zombie movie where people are trapped in a building.I only have two real cons on the movie, neither of which should turn you away from it. First off, a lot of the movie was in the dark, making it hard to see at times. When done currently, it adds suspense. When done poorly, it just makes viewers have a hard time seeing what's going on. Secondly, Angela, the main character, got really annoying as the movie wore on. She "lost her marbles," whimpering and shaking and crying. Constantly. The acting was believable, but it was seriously overplayed. It sometimes sounded like she was having sex from the way she was going "Oh, ah. Oh, oh, oh God." All in all, it was a good movie. Something I'd watch again? Maybe in a few months. Not anytime soon, though. For now, I'm going to sleep with the lights on. All of them. Including my flashlights.

pressure on actors. Whatever some here comment that they did not like the play of leading actress, I think she was very good, surprisingly good for quite unknown actress. Perhaps many thought that those hysteria scenes were exaggerated, but I'm sure that people in similar situations act exactly so disconnectedly. It seems that Jay Hernandez is slowly gaining his future popularity and I have nothing against it, he has quite good potential.

sometimes I like when movies force you to stay up all night replaying the scenes in your head trying to figure out "why?". But with Quarantine, you still think about the movie after it ends, just in a different way. I love scary movies and jump at every chance to see a possible real horror flick. I'd have to say that Quarantine was one of those good horror flicks. Just don't only listen to the people who are saying Quarantine isn't as good as its' original, because it doesn't have to be.

uneventful evening slowly erupts into an explosive fearfest that kicks away all the stops as it pushes relentlessly towards an undeniably foreseen but still-claustrophobic-and-freaky conclusion.Carpenter's portrayal of the amateurish-but-ambitious-journalist turned scared-out-of-her-skull caged victim is nothing short of spectacular. In the end, it is her performance that stays with you even after the credits begin to roll.Typically, I grow pretty tired of the "first person" shot films, but in Quarantine, Harris' Scott utilizes his news camera believably, not only as that of a news cameraman but also as the tool to escape. At no time did I find myself saying out loud "Yeah, right! Like he is going to still be filming..." There is enough unseen footage and plot questions left at the end to cash in on some serious DVD extras which this film will no doubt contain when it is released on disk.If you have seen the Spanish "REC" as I have and think that Quarantine will be just another American remake like so many of the J-Horror flicks like I did, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at how many times you'll jump and fidget watching Quarantine nonetheless. I know I was.