[REC]3
As a huge fan of [REC] and an apologist for [REC]2, I did not have high hopes for the third chapter in the series. Historically, the third iterations in franchises are not exactly barnstormers, and with the storyline and location changing completely herein, it was always bound to spell disaster.
It does.
Set at a wedding, a zombie outbreak occurs, and the protagonists - the happy couple - must break free from the infected, and reunite.
Ditching the handicam style of the first two in the series was an error in itself, as it negates any real sense of danger, tension or indeed horror. With a leading couple no one really cares about, dialogue being spoken in a foreign language (a big gamble with English-speaking audiences, hence the US remake of the first film) and a heavy focus on religion, [REC]3 doesn't really do anything well. In fact, the only real positive about the film is just how stunning the lead female is. Genuinely attractive.
Even if you look past the errors in logic, and worst of all - the ending - it's just not a very good film.
At all.
3/10
1 comment:
quite like the poster. shame that the series has got worse, this one showed real potential. i thought the whole zombie genre had been done so many times that there wasn't anything fresh another film could bring to the table. rec proved me wrong. too bad its turned to dog-poo now. too bad.
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