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[•REC] 2

2009

Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Manuela Velasco, Óscar Zafra, Juli Fàbregas, Javier Botet ...

5.4

27,075

Horror With the infected apartment on shutdown, a government scientist (Mellor) and a four-man SWAT are ordered in to assess the carnage. Their mission: find the host, take a blood sample, get the hell out. Not easy when the rabid zombie residents have arranged their own welcoming party...

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Simon Crook Empire	"A hectic, hellish sequel that blends daring new ideas with a primal zombie wallop. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The original film’s careful crescendo of terror is absent (...) Still effective, however, is the spooky, naturalistic sound design"	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Despite the undeniable technical proficiency of co-directors Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza, the ultimately repetitive '[REC] 2' doesn't add much to the original"	NEU
United States	Mark Harrison Den of Geek	"[REC] 2 isn’t as scary as its predecessor, but it’s just as exhilarating, and I actually prefer it to the original (...) [REC] 2 is lean and brutal without ever forsaking intelligence or sense"	POS
United Kingdom	Time Out	"Despite a few neat surprises, ‘[Rec] 2’ mainly expands on familiar images and ideas"	NEU
United States	Nick Schager Slant	"[Rec] 2’s pace is more jagged than its slowly climaxing predecessor, and it ultimately has less to say about a modern culture (cinematic and in general) obsessed with the act of watching/recording (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"Some ideas come off and some don’t (...) Still, the alternating of multiple cameras allows for a bit more innovation in the story this time"	NEU

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