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Rec [2007] | ![Rec [2007]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41HsafywCwL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Paco Plaza, Jaume Balaguero
Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
Category: DVD
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 343
Format: Pal
Language: Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 75 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030305512064
ASIN: B0017S66JI
Release Date: August 11, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Rec starts with a good, solid, straightforward idea. Its plan? To focus us on TV reporters, who are following a group of firemen as they go about their shift. Said shift, however, doesn't quite go to plan, as what starts as a seemingly standard rescue mission soon takes a disturbing, chilling turn, and this sets the scene for a very effective horror film. One of the reasons why Rec works so well is the manner in which it's shot. It's not the first film to adopt the handheld shooting style, and indeed there have been many cliched attempts to follow the success of The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield. Yet the style suits Rec well, with the photography less a gimmick, and more a legitimate storytelling device. It's fair to say that Rec is a dish best served cold, so it'd be unfair to expand on the plot. However, be in no doubt that the mix of psychological creepiness and outright horror is very good, making the most of the claustrophobic surroundings, and wisely sidestepping many of the pitfalls of the genre. It has one or two problems, but it's hard to quibble too much when the main feature works as well as this low-key, yet ultra-effective film does. --Jon Foster
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 REC: Better than you could ever imagine May 28, 2008
Stuart M. Mabey (Italy)
33 out of 36 found this review helpful
Barely released on an unsuspecting public in the late summer of 2007 this is arguably the best film of the "POV Camera" genre, the only one where the hand held POV technique is wholly justified and totally believable, and the less you know about the movie beforehand, so much the better.
The US remake/re-creation "Quarantine" exists solely as an exercise for they who can't handle subtitles and prefer explanations to mystery. REC is the one to watch, and the one which will set the standard by which others will be judged. It is quite simply brilliant, uncompromising and superbly executed.
For the record it was made and released before Cloverfield.
If you want the full effect then don't read anymore reviews. Avoid spoilers. DO NOT look at the trailers (for this or the remake) which thoughtfully give away the ending.
No one can claim this to be the greatest work of cinema in the history of the universe, but if you want a really good suspenseful scary movie, at this point you have all the information you require.
Is it too soon to count Rec among the best horror films of all time? April 21, 2008
Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA)
18 out of 22 found this review helpful
I know it's early, but I'm going to go ahead and name Rec the best horror film of the year. I wanted to stand up and cheer when the end credits started to roll - it's that good. The fact that I never saw it coming probably adds to my excitement, but this is one of those rare treasures that keeps horror lovers like myself going. As we suffer through unnecessary remakes, disappointing sequels, and cookie-cutter plots, there's always that little voice deep inside our brains telling us that maybe the next film will set the cockles of our little black hearts on fire - my friends, Rec is that film. A remake titled Quarantine is set to be released in the US in late 2008, but I urge you to get your hands on this Spanish original before you even think about spoiling the whole story by watching what is sure to be a much inferior substitute.
I knew absolutely nothing about this film going in - not even the title. In fact, I wasn't even sure it was a horror film when I started watching it. It starts out as a documentary featuring journalist Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) filming a "while you were sleeping" segment at a local fire station. As we watch Angela try to figure out anything interesting to do as she interviews individual firemen and walks through the station, we join her in hoping that a call will come in and add some excitement to a pretty boring night. When the call does come down, it doesn't promise much in the way of action - someone needs help getting a door open - but that changes pretty quickly once the fire and television crews arrive at the scene. Neighbors recount hearing screams from the dwelling of a strange old lady upstairs. Chaos ensues once the firemen and a policeman make their way into the apartment, quickly necessitating a dire need for an ambulance (and not just for the old lady). The film maintains the feel of a documentary throughout, as Angela's cameraman Pablo scrambles to get the most revealing of shots (successfully capturing the goriest of injuries that looked pretty damned realistic to me). That unwavering, underlying thread of realism will be a staple for everything yet to come - and there is indeed so very, very much to come.
Cue the paranoia and mutual suspicion as authorities arrive outside and begin to seal up the entire building, forbidding even the gravely injured from leaving. No one inside knows what is going on, and the authorities aren't talking - not even to the security guy struggling to maintain even a semblance of control among the motley crew of frightened neighbors, frustrated fireman, and the TV news crew filming everything that is going on. Things only get worse after a health official finally arrives - let's just say that, in this sort of situation, knowledge is not power. What follows, in the film's final half hour, is some of the most realistic, chaotic, intense, and frightening action to ever grace the big screen. Viewing everything that happens through the lens of Pablo's camera, the viewer essentially becomes another character in the film, trying to make sense of everything he is seeing or not seeing, then finding himself swept up in every instance of mad panic that sends everyone running pell-mell from one dark room to another or fighting for their very lives from the most unexpected of threats. The only times the camera stops rolling is when Pablo briefly accedes to the request of authorities to stop filming. With Angela continually barking at him to keep shooting, though, these little breaks in the action never last more than 15-20 seconds.
The entire cast is superb up and down the line. I've heard that most of the actors and actresses weren't told exactly what to expect for each hair-raising scene, thereby adding to the intensity of their reactions, but all I know for sure is that I would have had no doubts whatsoever in believing that everything I had just seen was completely real if I hadn't known it was a movie.
I wouldn't necessarily call Rec a zombie film, but it will almost certainly be billed as such. I don't care how you categorize it - just go watch the thing. It's a brilliantly conceived and even more brilliantly executed horror masterpiece that I now count among my favorite horror films of all time. Obviously, I can't guarantee that you will love the film as much as I do, but I can't begin to imagine how any horror fan could walk away from this film without having been deeply impressed. I can't wait for the DVD to be released so that I can enjoy this movie (and any and all extra features) over and over again.
The previous review is an understatement April 29, 2008
Mr. Roy Stead
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
Calling [rec] the best horror film of the year is a huge understatement: It is the best horror movie I have ever seen, and that's a statement I don't make lightly. Absolutely stunning, completely terrifying and flawless in terms of writing, directing, acting, pacing, visual style, cinematography, ...
I'm sitting here, having just watched it, and experiencing something I've not felt since the first time I saw Robert Wise's original "The Haunting" and the "Bobby" segment of the 1970s portmanteau horror, "Dead of Night"
My heart is racing and my head is cotton wool-wrapped from the sheer exhilaration of watching a pretty much perfect horror movie which manages to touch every base, from psychological to gore, without at any time feeling forced or...
I'm just stunned that horror movies can be THIS good.
Totally unexpected. August 15, 2008
Francisco Jose Poyato Ariza (Madrid, Spain)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I agree with an enthusiastic review below, about us, crazy horror-fans being disappointed over and over (gee, "The incident", someone shoud sue that Shalaman guy!!), and always hoping that the next one will not be such...to be disapponted again. I turned to Asian horror some time ago, and I am quite convinced that Asian movies have been light years ahead of American movies for quite a time now (in other genres as well). But I could not expect to be so wonderfully surprised by a movie from my own country. It was so unexpected that, when I watched it at the movie theater, as it began I thought it was something else, not the movie. It did not look a big thing at the beginning. But, gee, was I scared by the end!! It is true it is not a cinematic art masterpiece, but it is so unexpected that it is worth watching, let oneself be carried by, and be scared sockless at the end. Do not read the synopsis or the reviews that tell you the plot, it will be much more rewarding this way. Do not mind the negative reviews, I also love "Citizen Kane", but it is a good scare that we are talking about here!! And, yes, go ahead, do yet another remake, it will not be one tenth as good, but will be good enough for lazy subtitles readers...
28 Days Later set in a sealed-up apartment block! May 7, 2008
M. Middleton (Manchester)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Wow. This, along with Pan's Labyrinth and The Orphanage, shows that the Spanish can truly beat the Americans at their own game. I won't give you the story again, as other reviewers have already done that. Suffice to say, that this is a sweaty, palm-gripping claustrophobic story that will keep you glued to the screen.
Nice build-up, great premise, interesting charachters, and fast-moving, gory effects...what more can you ask for? Buy or rent this when you can. Well worth your time, unlike much of Hollywood's recent output.
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