Never say a series of movies is ending even though they say
this is the last one. Some have said that the REC series of films will continue
while at the same time I once read that this was it. Only the future will tell.
As long as they continue to be as entertaining as the first four I’d be happy
to see them carry on.
If you’ve missed the earlier entries in the series then by
all means rush out and buy them to add to your collection. While the third was
kind of weak the first two offer some of the scariest moments to be found in
horror films over the past decade or so. The original film began with a puff
piece TV news reporter filming a segment on a local fire department. The crew
get called out to help at a local apartment house and find themselves
confronted by what they at first think of as a rabies type outbreak. In reality
the victims are basically zombies come back to life with an insatiable appetite
for the living. The movie ended with the team and the apartment dwellers sealed
in the building by the government. By the end of the second film the reporter
and who was left were tranquilized and woke to find themselves on an oiler far
out to sea.
Bypassing the third installment for the most part, that’s
where this one picks up. The reporter and the last two firemen who arrived to
help are on board the ship as is the last living guest from the wedding party
in part 3. Onboard the ship are doctors attempting to discover just what it was
that infected everyone as well as a possible cure for the disease.
As the film progresses a sense of paranoia fills every
member of both the crew and those who have been brought to this ship. The
doctors continue to have a problem trying to discover just what it was that
began this infection. In the past films everything from a virus to demonic
possession was considered or offered as an explanation. Here though no common
thread between those who were brought on board can be found. Not only that but
where our heroine once displayed signs of the virus being in her now we find
none.
The doctors are later shown to be experimenting with
infected monkeys and when one escapes the film turns into something completely
different. Now as crew members are infected it becomes a fight for survival. At
the same time the question is posed as to just who can be trusted and who
can’t? Which of these passengers brought on board actually had the infection
incubating inside of them and who was just a person in the wrong place at the
wrong time?
Still using the point of view of a camera for the most part
here, the movie still offers some decent scares from start to finish. It also
gives us an explanation that tells us why this has been happening before the
film ends, one that also offers the possibility of more movies. Never leave a
franchise with a closed ending folks.
The suspense in the film might not equal that of the first
movie but it still keeps you on the edge of your seat here. The horror aspects
are on display as well in full force. On top of that the film is well made,
well written and well-acted. While watching it I found myself wanting to pull
out the previous three films and start a home movie marathon of my own to watch
them in order once again.
I know that this is one I’ll be adding to the shelf right
next to the previous three. They will all be played again at one time or
another. Perhaps when I find myself in need of a good scare. Or perhaps when a
niece or nephew stays over and I want to provide nightmares for them that their
parents will have to deal with. In any event, these movie offer the goods when
it comes to new horror. Fans will want to make them part of their collection.
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