[Rec] (2007)
Country: SP
Technical: col/1.78:1 78m
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Synopsis:
A reality TV show hostess helms a programme in which she accompanies a firefighter team on a routine night's call-outs. On an emergency visit to an apartment block they are faced with what appears to be a rabies-like infestation which soon transforms the tenants into hostile zombies, but matters get far more serious when they find themselves sealed in by the authorities.
Review:
In the footsteps of Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead came this Spanish entry in the first-person camera stakes, this time harnessing reality TV tropes into the mix. On the whole it is a brisk and energetic effort, with the actors convincingly maintaining the illusion of real time. However, their incessant screaming and shouting, though understandable in the circumstances, does become wearing even at this modest length.
Country: SP
Technical: col/1.78:1 78m
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Synopsis:
A reality TV show hostess helms a programme in which she accompanies a firefighter team on a routine night's call-outs. On an emergency visit to an apartment block they are faced with what appears to be a rabies-like infestation which soon transforms the tenants into hostile zombies, but matters get far more serious when they find themselves sealed in by the authorities.
Review:
In the footsteps of Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead came this Spanish entry in the first-person camera stakes, this time harnessing reality TV tropes into the mix. On the whole it is a brisk and energetic effort, with the actors convincingly maintaining the illusion of real time. However, their incessant screaming and shouting, though understandable in the circumstances, does become wearing even at this modest length.
Country: SP
Technical: col/1.78:1 78m
Director: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Cast: Manuela Velasco, Ferrán Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano
Synopsis:
A reality TV show hostess helms a programme in which she accompanies a firefighter team on a routine night's call-outs. On an emergency visit to an apartment block they are faced with what appears to be a rabies-like infestation which soon transforms the tenants into hostile zombies, but matters get far more serious when they find themselves sealed in by the authorities.
Review:
In the footsteps of Cloverfield and Diary of the Dead came this Spanish entry in the first-person camera stakes, this time harnessing reality TV tropes into the mix. On the whole it is a brisk and energetic effort, with the actors convincingly maintaining the illusion of real time. However, their incessant screaming and shouting, though understandable in the circumstances, does become wearing even at this modest length.