Quarantine (Review)

What I knew going in:
Zombie Flick #81263509176 starring nobody important about a group of people who are locked inside of a Quarantined building - by whom or why is unknown...

Hype:
Meh. I've seen quite a number of these kinds of movies and as usual, it was something to have on while I worked on my laptop.

Opening Thoughts:
The writing is pretty sharp. The opening here is pretty funny and the actors and director are doing a great job with trying to keep things as similar to actual life as possible. OK, we're at the building. Ouch saw the first death coming... But not the second - that was a good one. The tension is ratcheting up nicely... Man I should have watched this with the lights off.

Bottom Line:
This is about as good as any zombie film I've seen in the last five years. The characters all act very realistically - they are scared when they should be and tough when they need to be. The zombies are plenty zombie-esque in the modern rage zombie way. About the only complaint here is the one that I have with most of the horror genre which is that I am really really sick of these films failing to explain just what the hell is going on. This one is better than most: if you go over certain scenes (or read the wiki) you can piece together most of the plot. Our Scream Queen for this film is plenty hot and does a pretty damn good job of selling her fear - way more than most and her ability here is what really sells it. You want to scare yourself for a good hour out of the 90 minutes, this film is a great way to do it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1082868/