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1. emily Says:
   October 11th, 2008 at 02:22

   This review is awesome. I just saw Quarantine last night and completely agree with you.
   
   But, because I wasn't reviewing it, I think I might have enjoyed it a little more than you did. I went with another chick (my first choice chick for going to see bad movies with) and we couldn't even hold our shit together. We were clutching each other and hugging and when that damn rabies baby hit at the end we knew we were facing sleepless nights. Quarantine gives good scream! I think I screamed like 7 times, no joke. But, like I said, I'm a chick.
   
   That leg bit, oh Gawd, so nasty.

1. Chelsea Says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 12:14

   It was great for goos screams but the shaking of the productive and the camera moving around so much I should have taken some motion sickness pills before stepping in the theaters! :-p

1. Chelsea Says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 12:14

   It was great for good screams but the shaking of the production and the camera moving around like that, I should have taken some motion sickness pills before stepping in the theaters! :-p

1. Billy Says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 12:17

   While I agree with some of what you said, I think you've considerably understated the effectiveness of the film. Very few horror films these days create such the feeling of unease this one did. And Jennifer Carpenter was completely convincing as she descended into a wheeping mess of little girl. I also disagree with you when you say that our emotional investment is lost due to the camera technique. I think it is actually heightened by it and also by the fact that we can picture ourselves being in the same situation. It's no longer unrealistic - especially post-911 - to think that we could find ourselves alone and abandoned by authority. Very effective thriller that - speaking of the hand-held camera - features one of the coolest kill-shots in quite some time.

1. natalie Says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 12:18

   i don't know WHAT i was doing at that movie.. i HATE zombie movies.
   
   but now that the initial shock is over, i'd go again just to see that ending. such an awesome twist man !

1. Shelbie Says:
   October 12th, 2008 at 17:10

   This movie made me very dissipointed. I'm hoping i leave a review on the right movie because the comments i've read do NOT sound like the movie i saw last night. There was no plot! It was dumb! yeah it gave good screams but it wasn't anything amazing and the end? How was that a twist?! I was very very dissipointed in this movie. Please, if there was any kind of twist, tell me how?!

1. Alan Outman Says:
   October 13th, 2008 at 21:35

   A FUCKED UP MOVIE THAT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME AND MY FRIENDS! BUT THE BEST DAMN MOVIE ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH! Granted I agree that the choppy and shaky production camera was horribly distracting and discontenting but in the end made for the most unique and progressively awsome point-of-view production I have ever seen...I disagree that the first person single camera angle created an impossibility of connecting with the characters because I know that I got ABSOLUTELY pissed off when they locked that Vet (Greg Germann) in the room and caused him to end up being killed, and wanted SO badly to just punch the arrogant and cocky black police officer for how he was treating the reporter (Jennifer Carpenter), and her cameraman. I have watched countless horror movies including all the Saws, Untraceable, Hostel 1 & 2, all the Screams, and pretty much any other movie you can think of and have never in my life been so on the edge of my seat, ready to leave and walk out of a movie because I thought I couldnt handle watching the rest of the move, and also no movie has EVER made me nausiated and seriously ready to puke all over the person sitting in front of me! The only thing is this is the first movie that has actually done all of that to me. I don't know if it was completely the movie though, I have to say that the SURROUND SOUND screaming (and I mean blood curdling, stomach wrenching screams) coming from every other movie goer in the theater may have played a role, I have a problem with hearing true, real life screams expecially in large numbers that have a truly terrified and gut-wrenching terror and disgust inbedded in them, and that was exactly what I was hearing almost every 5 minutes! My theater was packed, and had EVERY seat filled and with sitting in the middle of the theater it was as if I was actually there in movie because I literally hear "life pleading deathly scared screams" from every direction! By the time the movie ended a good number of movie goers had already left the theater and not returned due to the unexpected horror that was created in all of our minds and hearts!
   THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OR WEAK OF HEART OR STOMACH AND DEFINATELY DO NOT ALLOW A CHILD TO WATCH THIS MOVIE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE! NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO WATCH THIS MOVIE DUE TO ITS TRULY MOMENTARY LIFE CHANGING TERROR!!!!
   I give this movie a 20 on a scale of 10!!!!!!!

1. Nicholas Says:
   October 14th, 2008 at 15:44

   Okay, so no...this movie was beyond horrible. Aside from the main character's awful acting, the camera shaking non-stop, and the fact that the reality of the plot was so over-the-top, I could pretty much just vomit. I really cannot believe how annoying Jennifer Carpenter is...honestly I feel bad for her, and I think she should be blacklisted from ever being in a film again. SO BAD. I also feel really sorry for those of you who thought this film was somewhat entertaining, but it just goes to show how bad acting and bad writing can actually gross some money. I am ashamed to say I paid to see it, but if I knew then what I know now, I promise it never would have happened. HUGE REGRET. Worst hour and a half of my entire life. I feel bad for all of those who sat through it!!
   On a scale from 1-10, I rate this film at a -100000

1. Amber Says:
   October 18th, 2008 at 04:07

   i just saw it and i thought it was hilarious. since i saw cloverfield i had to see this movie as well i thought it did its job in keeping me on the edge of my seat but i quickly became annoyed with the main character it seems(reporter claire) she was the dumbest person in the entire movie.....all the smart and strong characters die.....dumb ones live.....(not really) i like your review..... the whole premise with "super" rabies i thought was creative because it could be "possible" and it wasnt a typical zombie type movie......out of scale of 1 to 5....i give it a 4 because i was held in suspence but not a 5 because i was laughing at how stupid people can act in desperate situations..... i completly disagree with the haters on this movie it wasnt suposed to be a "acting" movie it was the kind of movie where if this happens what then? i was personnally disapointed when the "drunk" guy died in the elevator by the dog because he did the smart thing let me get the hell out of here and live in my own apartment..... all i could also think was how they were taking the obvious sick people and keeping them around and helping them me and my brother were scremin leave them the fuck alone when the little girl bit her mother (little girl got owned by sledgehammer) fire man and camera guy did not i repeat did not deserve to die....
   
   p.s. oh yea leg part made me gag wtf?!

1. rilese Says:
   October 18th, 2008 at 13:39

   I saw it yesterday and shooked my head. It thought me that if the government quarantines builidng then NOBODY gets out alive. Suddenly your hope turns to fear and your fear turns to death. To some the movie may have been silly but if you read between the lines that it was not just a movie....

1. sonia Says:
   October 19th, 2008 at 12:28

   This movie was horrible everyone is sitting here talking about this movie like it was so great...yea it made me jump a few times i will give them that... but when you get to the end where the room is filled with news clippings you're like ok now i'm going to figure out what's really going on here and the camera is just bouncing around all over the place you can't make out what it's really saying at all..just armageddon..so was this planned?? How did it come about?? Oh yeah, and that girl, jennifer carpenter..hmm.. her screaming is ridiculously ANNOYING...

1. the truth Says:
   October 19th, 2008 at 12:28

   While the movie isn't based entirely on a "true" story, I did encounter a similar situation on the date in question, March 11, but it was in 2006. I'm a Lieutenant with the LAPD and we did have to quarantine an apartment building in North Hollywood when a tenant made a 911 call at 11:58pm that another tenant was acting extremely violent and displaying signs of trauma-induced psychosis. It was later determined that the tenant had contracted an extremely rare form of encephalitis rabies from her pet, and did not contact emergency services until she was in the later stages of the disease (psychosis). The tenant lashed out at and infected a number of tenants that tried helping her, subsequently infecting them as well (although luckily they were able to be vaccinated). The rare type of rabies is often confused with other, far more serious and infectious diseases, and the Governor did authorize martial law to stop the spreading of the disease to the public by any means necessary (and yes, a number of tenants were shot trying to break the quarantine). So although there wasn't any special hidden tape found as the movie proposes, this scenario did happen in North Hollywood and DOES happen about twice a year. Any knowledge of the event was disavowed due to the possibility of a public panic.
   3 weeks ago
   Source(s):
   Lieutenant of the LAPD, first on the scene of the March 11, 2006 quarantine. Information regarding the event is classified "UMBRA" (meaning only those present and government officials that must know the information if it's a threat to national security or continuation of the nation are allowed access to the information).
   

1. len\\\'e Says:
   October 20th, 2008 at 13:35

   Well I have not seen the movie yet. I want to but I'm a very scary person. I have read the reviews but I guess I am just asking for some advice...Should I see it? Any opinions would be lovely.

1. Marilyn Says:
   October 20th, 2008 at 13:35

   Possibly the worst movie I have seen. 2 adults went with 3 teenage boys who wanted to see the movie very badly. It stunk. Very "shaky" camera work 100% of the movie-annoying after about 10 minutes. Blurry camera, stupid story, audience was laughing during the "scariest" part because it was so ridiculous. All in our group thought it was a poor choice. We were surprised it was released. Save your money.

1. steve Says:
   October 23rd, 2008 at 00:40

   Instead of rambling incoherently through the first half of the review (Quarantine is Ross Perot, what the fuck??) you should have made an effort to figure out what genre the movie you're reviewing is actually a member of.

1. maggie b Says:
   October 24th, 2008 at 15:04

   i am a horror movie buff. i have seen almost every horror/slasher/thriller film ever made, even the low budget or cult films, and this was by far the scariest movie i have ever seen. i was a little skeptical because reading about it i was under the impression that they were zombies. zombies do not scare me. the fact of the matter is, what happened to those people in the movie is possible. contracted rabies is possible, of course not to the extent that the movie portrayed it. when i was recovering from screaming and actually opening my eyes after a shocking part, i tried to get as much of the story as possible, and after the movie i tried to start to put the story together.
   
   so in the apartment was a room in which somebody was experimenting with bio-chemicals on rats. that was in the last few scenes in that room with the cages, with the newspaper articles about a cult armageddon. who's room was that...and who's key was angela trying to find? so the way i interpreted it, and pleaseeeee correct me if i'm wrong....
   
   when they were doing a head count in the fabric room, they asked who lived in the attic, and someone replied that they hadn't seen her in months. was the lady they hadn't seen for months the naked/blind thing that was in the room with all the cages? and if so, i interpreted that she was the one conducting experiments on the rats, and got infected herself but has been in that room for a few months....and one of the rats escaped from that room and infected the dog and the other humans.
   
   that's my interpretation.
   
   so, yes, this movie is scary because of the gore, the no way out factor, and the disturbing images, but it can also be seen as a real life metaphor.
   1) the government's habit of hiding the facts about certain things that can endanger humans
   2) the government's lack of care for the people -- i.e. about 15 people were trapped inside the building, and the guy being interviewed outside said the building had been evacuated. like angela said --- they don't care about the people inside
   3) chemical warfare is extremely possible with the resources we have. there are tons of viruses and chemicals being stored away for scientific experiments and in case a breakout of any ancient virus were to resurface. those seem like positive things, but what if the wrong person or group of people were to get their hands on those chemicals or viruses? i'm sure some people who get injected with botox do not know that it is actually the bubonic plague that killed over half of europe centuries ago. yea it can firm and tighten the skin, but what if it was used for something other than that?
   
   this movie really made me think that that is possible. of course this may be wayyyy overanalyzing the movie, but it is something serious/scary to think about.

1. john doe Says:
   October 30th, 2008 at 18:52

   Just want to say, this Movie Blows!!! Waste of MONEY!!!!

1. Jackson Says:
   November 3rd, 2008 at 22:04

   I am a Softie on horror movies but a fanatic about Viruses. The name Quaratine Grabed me. Is it worth seeing? I am scared of zombies. is this a zombie movie? Does anybody make it out alive? What happened?

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