[Rec] 2

Rating: 7.0/10
Genre: Horror

Overall value for time and money: 7.2/10

Horror: 4/5

Nauseating: 3.5/5

Story: 3/5

Twist: 3/5

Gore: 3/5

Realism: 2.5/5

Yet another disappointing movie. But, although this movie might have disappointed me, it's not a bad movie, only so because I compare it to its first movie, Rec. [Rec]2 is the sequel which featured a swat team entering the quarentined building in the hopes of controlling the situation. While Rec. was gave a more realistic and professional feel, [Rec]2 gave a more movie-like and amateurish feel.

This movie feels like Resident Evil and Blaire Witch combined, into this new video game called [Rec]2, and you're playing it in first person mode. The state of the art camera lens, whereby the swat team memebers each had a camera mounted on their helmets was an interesting and refreshing element to the movie. But the "zombie rushing to vid cams" and "vid cams dropping onto the floor" scenes were an overkill. It was so overplayed that it kinda felt irritating because it kills the predictably of it, and felt like a cheap trick to get you all hyped up about the cast being attacked by dashing zombies.

I guess the best parts about this movie was the suspense because of the way the movie was being filmed. There were no music scares, and the one camera shot technique showing the actors walking around that classic Rec.-type corridors and opening the doors one at a time was simply intense. *spoilers ahead* The best scene in this movie had to be the first minute of the movie, which showed the swat team entering the building with a health inspector via a plastic tubing. There was so much suspense to that scene... The other memorable scene would be the one with the desperate swat team member all alone and running along that zombie-infested corridor.

Once in the house, everything felt game-like, because the swat team was trained in combat. Unlike the first, which featured helpless television crew members and tenants of that building, you don't really feel that much of the cast from this sequel. Everytime one of the swat team restrains a zombie, you know there's no chance for a counterattack scare because the swat team members are trained in that.

The plot for this sequel took on a more far-fetched content... it no longer became a "zombie" movie, it changed the genre from a zombie horror movie into a demonic horror movie. I, for one, wasn't fond of that. The directors tried to explain more of the story behind the building and added a handful of seemingly relevant side stories.

There was a 2nd scene that showed teenagers who playfully entered the building just to find out that that was the greatest mistake of their lives. The quality of the shots were bad... reminiscence of Blaire Witch Project. I can understand why the directors thought it would be interesting to add that in, but it worked like a double-edged sword. The roller-coster ride from the shaky camera shots was nauseating and highly exaggerated. I don't believe amateur video cam users are that bad with taking videos...

Throughout the entire movie, there was a change of 3 different video cams (exclusive of the state-of-the-art mini cams). That part, didn't make sense to me. This movie felt more haphazardly made and felt as if the director made a sequel just to cash in more $$$ without putting much thought into it. Even the alternative route into the building and the convenient blockade after the 2nd team went in was a little absurd. The reason for the movie-like feel is that it even offers explanation at the end of the movie even though it just doesn't make sense to replay the vid again... And it would seem that there might just be another sequel to this movie.

Once again, like I've said, disappointing movie, but not a bad one. It makes a fairly decent stand-alone movie and is definitely not for the faint-hearted, or the stomach-filled individuals. Worth the watch, not worth the thought.