Rec 4

I am probably one of not many who have loved the entire 4 film series....this goes back to our beautiful reporter from the first but ties in the 3rd with 1 survivor from the wedding of the 3rd.....No more from me....just love..love...love

I am a horror fiend and a gorehound and a schlockmeister and I stop to gape like a jerk at roadside accidents. So when it comes to horror cinema, I tend to be more forgiving. I grade on a curve. It's partly why I rate this one 3.5 out of 5 stars. That the first two [REC] movies were so good also factors in, earning a whiff of latitude for this fourth entry.It's not that [REC] 4: Apocalypse entirely does away with the demonic possession angle. The plot just seriously tamps it down. It's cool that the movie picks up on the Angela Vidal thread since she's the core character in the franchise. When we'd last seen her in [REC] 2, TV reporter Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) seemed beyond salvation. [REC] 4 harrumphs at that assumption as its opening sequence details her rescue from that quarantined tenement by a team of Spanish S.W.A.T.s. The venue shifts to an oil tanker sailing along in the ocean where Angela and the surviving S.W.A.T. members are now confined and guarded by a private army, with Angela subjected to laboratory experimentation. And I guess it makes sense to isolate them like this because if a zombie epidemic manifests, then at least they're all stuck in the middle of nowhere. As ever, man's hubris screws the pooch. We're introduced to the oil tanker's captain, and when he divulges that he's about to retire and that this is his final sea voyage, you and I must've shared a knowing smirk.I'll tell the world that I love the [REC] universe and am pre-disposed to relish any new excursions into it. [REC] 4: Apocalypse gets a pass from me, even though it obeys the law of diminishing returns. That [REC] and [REC] 2 were so good relied hugely on the realism of the setting and a knack for jangling your nerves in a visceral, atavistic way. [REC] 4 gives us a watered-down approach and so isn't as good. It forfeits much of the series' vaunted freshness and its point of distinction and much of its sense of immediacy by shedding the found footage conceit, discounting the infrequent perspective from the ship's security cameras. Also, frankly, the nautical backdrop, as rendered here, simply isn't as creepy or claustrophobic as the abandoned apartment building of the first two films. I've also a bone to pick with the film's addendum title. It's a bit silly to use the word "Apocalypse" when the remote setting suggests that a potential outbreak would be even more of a confined thing.Other than Manuela Velasco - who is fantastic at juxtaposing seeming frailty with measured aggression - I found no one to root for. Not the S.W.A.T. doctor Guzmán (Paco Manzanedo), despite the heroic jaw and cheekbones. Not the resident I.T. expert/radio operator slob, Nick (Ismael Fritschi), who harbors a mad crush on our TV reporter. Not the mercurial Filipino chef with the gross menu. Not the daft old lady (Maria Alfonsa Rosso)who behaves as if she's still in the wedding from [Rec] 3: Genesis. Certainly not the two scientists playing God. The revealed big bad underwhelms with its lack of exhibited malevolence. We're treated to that old b.s. - the parascientific diagnosis. And it's a bummer that no one onboard knew to just recite Bible verses over the ship's intercom like they did in [Rec] 3: Genesis. Still, even jaded gorehounds like you and me can appreciate the flair and execution of the panicky survival horror action taking place on the upper decks but especially deep in the dank bowels of the ship. Even if it seems like we'd seen all this before.

I wouldnt say Apocalypse was a proper title, BUT it does give us the closer I needed with Angela despite how it ended.

I think some are being needlessly harsh on this film. It is different than the first two Rec's, but similar to the third, in that it is not shot as a found footage film. I found the first two Recs to be very good entries into that genre, but I am glad that they ditched it. Here we see the return of the beautiful and talented Manuela Velasco in the role of Angela. She is quite good in this movie, as she is in the first two. The acting is generally good with a few inconsistent performances but nobody is bad.The story seeks to return to the entrapped feeling of the first two films, being located on a boat in the ocean. There they are trying to come up with a cure to the virus that has caused problems to this point. As one expects, all heck breaks loose. Some of the CGI I did not enjoy but the infected look good. The ending could have been a bit better but otherwise is fairly enjoyable.I have very much enjoyed the Rec series. The first one was the best in terms of overall impact. The second film was also very good and took a different twist on things. The third film was a bit different with regards to tone but was quite good in my view. This is a worthy addition that maintains a feel closer to the first two movies than the third film. And it is very much worth watching for those enjoying the series or just the first film.The movie does have subtitles, and if you do not like that sort of thing than you are missing out. I imagine the DVD release will have dubbing to it, if you need that sort of thing. Highly recommended if you enjoy outbreak sort of movies or zombie sorts of flicks, 28 Days later or the original Rec.

Finalmente si torna al vero horror come visto nei primi 2 e viene abbandonato l' humor trash del terzo capitolo.Il film a me è piaciuto, non capisco tutti i commenti negativi, bella anche l' ambientazione della nave, molto claustrofobica, gli infetti sono davvero letali, forti e velocissimi !Riguardo al bluray il video è in 21:9 come per il terzo e molte scene d' azione purtroppo sono troppo mosse e si fa fatica a capire quello che succede, l' audio è in DTS-HD ma non è niente di che, fa il suo dovere ma non ci sono quasi mai bassi dirompenti.Se vi sono piaciuti i primi 2 capitoli vi consiglio vivamente anche questo, degna conclusione della saga.

A mi me gusta mucho que la pelicula haya tomando rumbos diferentes, no me importa si es que a muchos les parecio como Resident Evil y demas peliculas de gran produccion, es evidente que algo tan masivo como es la Saga de Rec pase a convertirse en algo de gran presupuesto y alejado del estilo "Camara en Mano" y de "Cinta de Vhs Encontrada" de como habia empezado la pelicula.Me he divertido mucho viendola y la edicion Española de la pelicula es de muy buena calidad, me encanta se que tenga la opcion de BluRay y Dvd.

ultimo film della celebre saga zombies spagnola atteso sul mercato da anni essendo io amante del genere e entusiasta dei primi 2 rec. qualità grafica ottima, film un po' demenziale ma ci sta! Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. consigliato

C'est ennuyeux, cheap. On s'ennuie et on regarde sa montre sans arrêt. Les effets spéciaux sont à se tordre de rire, le scénario devrait donner un film de quinze minutes qu'on fait traîner en longueur.Soyons francs: je trouve que Manuela Velasco est une des plus belles femmes du monde te je n'ai acheté ce film que pour elle.Malheureusement c'est quand même trop cher payé.

Lingue disponibili: Italiano 5.1 - Spagnolo 5.1Sottotitoli: ItalianoSecondo me un must per chi ha apprezzato i primi 2 e ama il nuovo cinema horror europeo.