Quarantäne 2 – Terminal (2011)

Quarantäne 2 – Terminal: Directed by John Pogue. With Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Mattie Liptak, Ignacio Serricchio. A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

“Iu0026#39;ve seen both Rec and Quarantine, and enjoyed both of them immensely. Quarantine 2 was not a movie I had my heart on seeing, basically because I didnu0026#39;t think it could live up to the standard of its predecessor (or the Spanish original.) On that count, I was right. This isnu0026#39;t as good as the first movie. Having said that, one of my tests for any horror movie is whether it has the ability to scare you and make you jump. This one does that, so I have to call it a good movie. It has a lot of chills and jump out of your seat moments, my wife actually screamed at least twice that I recall. It works, in other words. That fright quality isnu0026#39;t as sustained as it is in the first movie, though. In fact, this is pretty slow off the top. A few people board an airplane and theyu0026#39;re not feeling too well. If youu0026#39;ve seen the first movie, then you know whatu0026#39;s happening (or, more to the point, whatu0026#39;s going to happen) so youu0026#39;re basically just waiting for it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne thing that I noted was that the events of this movie were taking place at the same time as the events of Quarantine. In fact, one of the airplane passengers is using the airplaneu0026#39;s wifi to watch a news broadcast about the quarantined building in Los Angeles. While the disease and its effects are pretty much the same, thereu0026#39;s more of an effort made here to get to the background and origins of the disease, which is really dealt with only in a few hints toward the end of Quarantine.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eQuarantine (and Rec) are filmed in a u0026quot;Blair Witchu0026quot; style – hand held cameras recording the action as it takes place. Quarantine 2 takes a more standard approach to movie-making. I think the hand held camera idea has been done to death, quite frankly, so I didnu0026#39;t miss it. Itu0026#39;s clear that the ending of this movie was also intended to set up another potential sequel. That was just a little too obvious. Basically, Iu0026#39;d say this isnu0026#39;t as good as the movies that spawned it, but as a horror movie itu0026#39;s still very effective. (7/10)”