MetaCritic Watch: Quarantine

The Globe and Mail
Liam Lacey's critique of Quarantine differs from Ridley's. It is longer and focuses more on the plot of the story and specific instances of genius cinematography. Although the movie is predictable, (it feels as if watching a conveyor belt, as we wait for a character to bite or be bitten), Lacey compliments the lack of computer generated monsters and the movie's ability to be very scary. It uses unique camera angles, the idea of confinement and isolation, and consistent logic, rather than a supernatural explanation to terrify the audience. Lacey rates the movie 63/100.

LA Times
LA Times collumnist, Michael Ordona, states in the title of his article that "you'll want out". He starts with a small synopsis of the plot. The culprit disease for turning everyone into zombies "when initially identified, might elicit laughter". The movie's hand-held style of cinemetography does not create as nauseating of a feeling as Blair Witch or Cloverfield, but it hardly compares in "their clausterphobic, paranoid tunnel vision". The movie takes on a videogame-like feel with its gore and suspense. Ordona bashes the marketing department for the movie for giving away the end of the movie in the ads. It ruins Quarantine's chance of creating any suprises.

Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov gives the film 40/100. He compares it to 28 Days Later and Night of the Living Dead. The plot seems to be a mirroring of the latter just "cheerlessly less fun". He states how the movie makes up with gore what it lacks in creativity.

Empire
Simon Cook opens his article joking about the overflux of Hollywood remakes. Quarantine is shot-for-shot identical to its predecessor film. He goes through analyzing the parallels and makes aware the lack of ingenuity in the film. The scariness of the film only exists because of the "jump out at you" factor. He gives the film a 50/100 and says that if you've seen the original Spanish version of the film, don't bother with Quarantine because it will leave you very dissapointed.