Angela is a smalltime TV reporter following a story on a night in the life of a Los Angeles fire department, with her cameraman Pablo. What starts off as a quiet, and somewhat boring, night turns into a horrific nightmare when the fire brigade is called in to investigate a case of a screaming woman in potential danger. Angela and Pablo seize on the chance to cover a real story as the  the building is inexplicably quarantined while they are in it, and its occupants are trapped inside.

If you have seen Cloverfield, the novelty of shakey-cam mockumentary has probably long worn off. As things get worse, it becomes harder and harder to rationalise the ideals of needing to report on what has happened, ie keeping the camera rolling. Angela just got increasingly on my nerves as the movie progressed, with her constant shouting, swearing and screaming. As the primary source of dialogue, punctuated by bursts of zombie violence, it didn't take long for my patience to wear thin.

The zombie genre is not a new one, and there are few recent reincarnations that inject any sort of novelty into it. 'Quarantine' is no exception. There seem to be constant irrational decisions made by characters which inadvertantly put themselves in danger. Afterall, if they merely stayed put, locked away from the zombies, or did what they were told in the first place, it might make for a pretty boring story.

Apparently this movie is an American remake of the Spanish film 'Rec', presumably to target an English speaking audience too lazy to read subtitles, or to save Hollywood from coming up with a new idea. I havent seen 'Rec' so I can't draw comparisons of quality between the two but precedent tends to indicate that most of these copy movies (eg Ring, Shutter, The Lake House, The Grudge, etc) are invariably poor imitations of the original. We can hope the same is the case with 'Quarantine'.

A total lack of plotline, originality, interesting characters, good acting or innovative cinematography made this movie a waste of effort for me.1 star out of 5. Don't bother.