(2 out of 5 stars)

Remember Cloverfield, the movie shot as if one character is following the others around with a video camera while a monster is terrorizing the city? Remember Blair Witch where the camera follows the others around searching for some supposed witch? Well, Quarantine, uses that format again. Where the Witch was original and Cloverfield was compelling, Quarantine falls flat.

Blindness tried to show us what would happen when people were quarantined against their will due to some blindness sickness. They all get stuck together for a reason. In this movie, they are stuck together after they answer an emergency call with the fire department. Once they go in, no one lets them out. Why would the police allow them in in the first place? Stupid, plan dumb.

There is nothing compelling. People seem to have some blood virus that turns them into zombies. At least others movies have showed people chased through a city by a monster and others have interesting relationships due to each being blind. There is nothing redeeming or original in Quarantine, although it gives me peace to know that I was not locked up in a room with this movie playing over and over. Once it was done, I never will be stuck with it again.

Suggested similar recommendations: Cloverfield, Cabin Fever