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'REC 3: GENESIS': Three and a Half Stars (Out of Five)
The third film in the popular Spanish horror series, that runs concurrent to the events of the original film, with a set of entirely new characters. This one revolves around the zombie outbreak happening at a wedding reception and is played out pretty tongue-in-cheek, rather than the more serious tone the original two films took. I haven't seen the original film, or it's sequel, but I have seen it's American remake, 'QUARANTINE' (which I've heard isn't nearly as good as the Spanish original). Fans of the original two films, for the most part, have been quoted as being fairly disappointed with this third entry (primarily because it's so different) but as a standalone film it's received rather high marks from viewers. That's why I thought it couldn't hurt to see it before the other two films and for the most part I was pretty entertained.
The film begins as a 'Found Footage' style film (like the original two films) but then it changes to the traditional third-person view about twenty minutes in (which is another variation from the original two films). It revolves around the wedding of Koldo (Diego Martin) and Clara (Leticia Dolera). Everything is going beautifully except Koldo's uncle appears sick, and drunk, and says he was bitten by a dog. When he falls from the balcony on to the dance floor, at the reception, family and friends rush to his assistance. That's when he starts biting and vomiting blood on other guests. Other infected zombies storm on to the dance floor and chaos ensues. Koldo and Clara are separated and spend the rest of the film trying to reunite as everyone keeps dying (and becoming infected) around them.
I found the film to be kind of refreshing; it was slightly different than any zombie film I've seen before. It sort of played out a little like a 'DIE HARD' film set at a wedding reception with a zombie outbreak. I liked the humor and I liked the changing of film styles (from action and horror to comedy and romance as well as hand-held to third-person). I also liked the gore and I thought they found pretty cool (and somewhat original) ways of offing zombies. I really liked the religious tie-ins as well. It's subtitled 'GENESIS' because a priest explains that the zombie outbreak was predicted in the Bible under 'Genesis' and he finds a way to fight zombies using prayer (which is pretty cool). It's directed and co-written (along with Luiso Berdejo and David Gallart) by Paco Plaza (who also co-directed and co-wrote the first two films) and I think he did a pretty good job of breathing new life in to a tired genre. Nothing too impressive but fun nonetheless.
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The third film in the popular Spanish horror series, that runs concurrent to the events of the original film, with a set of entirely new characters. This one revolves around the zombie outbreak happening at a wedding reception and is played out pretty tongue-in-cheek, rather than the more serious tone the original two films took. I haven't seen the original film, or it's sequel, but I have seen it's American remake, 'QUARANTINE' (which I've heard isn't nearly as good as the Spanish original). Fans of the original two films, for the most part, have been quoted as being fairly disappointed with this third entry (primarily because it's so different) but as a standalone film it's received rather high marks from viewers. That's why I thought it couldn't hurt to see it before the other two films and for the most part I was pretty entertained.
The film begins as a 'Found Footage' style film (like the original two films) but then it changes to the traditional third-person view about twenty minutes in (which is another variation from the original two films). It revolves around the wedding of Koldo (Diego Martin) and Clara (Leticia Dolera). Everything is going beautifully except Koldo's uncle appears sick, and drunk, and says he was bitten by a dog. When he falls from the balcony on to the dance floor, at the reception, family and friends rush to his assistance. That's when he starts biting and vomiting blood on other guests. Other infected zombies storm on to the dance floor and chaos ensues. Koldo and Clara are separated and spend the rest of the film trying to reunite as everyone keeps dying (and becoming infected) around them.
I found the film to be kind of refreshing; it was slightly different than any zombie film I've seen before. It sort of played out a little like a 'DIE HARD' film set at a wedding reception with a zombie outbreak. I liked the humor and I liked the changing of film styles (from action and horror to comedy and romance as well as hand-held to third-person). I also liked the gore and I thought they found pretty cool (and somewhat original) ways of offing zombies. I really liked the religious tie-ins as well. It's subtitled 'GENESIS' because a priest explains that the zombie outbreak was predicted in the Bible under 'Genesis' and he finds a way to fight zombies using prayer (which is pretty cool). It's directed and co-written (along with Luiso Berdejo and David Gallart) by Paco Plaza (who also co-directed and co-wrote the first two films) and I think he did a pretty good job of breathing new life in to a tired genre. Nothing too impressive but fun nonetheless.
Watch our movie review show 'MOVIE TALK' at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTKOxmDvq0