Directed by:
Jaume BalagueróCinematography:
Pablo RossoComposer:
Arnau BatallerCast:
Manuela Velasco, Héctor Colomé, Paco Manzanedo, Ismael Fritschi, María Alfonsa Rosso, Críspulo Cabezas, Emilio Buale, Javier Laorden, Mariano Venancio (more)Plots(1)
Several hours have passed since the terrible events that ravaged the old building in Barcelona. After the chaos of the first few moments, the army decided to intervene and an elite group of soldiers infiltrated the building in order to plant detonators and put an end to this nightmare once and for all.
The mission is a success; quick and precise. Angela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman just hours before, manages to make it out alive. But what they don't know is that she hasn't made it out of the building alone; within her she carries the seed of the strange infection.
She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days.
A perfect location for the virus to be reborn in all its splendour. It will take on new and even more deadly forms, setting the scene for horrors we could only have imagined, before finally revealing its true nature.
The apocalypse has just begun...
(Magnolia Pictures)
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The weakest feature film by Balagueró and also the weakest in the REC franchise so far. And, even if nobody here will agree with me on this, I think it’s actually the first weak REC; I think the much hated third instalment is a solid film, mainly because it wasn’t afraid to be different. Apocalipsis more or less brings back the serious tone, the cramped spaces, Ángela and the bloody action, but the magic of the first two episodes is gone. This was quite shocking for me, I was almost certain that Balagueró was the creative engine behind the duo of directors, but now I feel that what made the first two films what they are may have been in fact the collaboration of two creative guys competing on who can come up with the best idea. Because interesting ideas is exactly what Apocalipsis is missing. It feels ordinary, generic and lazy. Disappointing, pointless, but nicely shot.
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[REC] 4 rather fits into the category of action sci-fi than horror, because it's closer to action sci-fi. It’s a professional film, but the plot falls flat and is more of a pandering to fans in the sense of the main character's return than a horror film that is for everyone. In that regard, it comes across as just a slightly more expensive B-movie that tries to be something more.
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The weakest REC indeed and I have no idea what Jaume Balagueró was doing while filming. I liked that they abandoned the found footage format, but I’m disappointed that they stuck to the shaky camera and bad editing, so in the end, it's as if nothing has changed. 40 minutes of boredom, then the film at least gets decent, but offers nothing but suspense, the gore is sparse (I remember at least three amazing gore effects from the third one, I won't remember anything from this one in a week). The oppressive atmosphere doesn't work, only the zombie monkey and the awesome make-up effects are good, but that's it. REC 4 is watchable, but it doesn't deserve better than an average rating. 55%
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