Quarantine 2: Terminal
Year: 2011
Director: John G. Pogue
Stars: Mercedes Masohn, Josh Cooke, Bre Bliar
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Stage 6 Films
Running Time: 86 Mins

“Quarantine 2: Terminal“ is a direct to DVD sequel of the 2008 film “Quarantine”, which was a remake of "[REC]”. Unlike “Quarantine”, this is a direct sequel than another remake.

The film takes places hours after the events of the first film, where the mysterious virus has escaped the building. Soon, it starts to affect the passengers on flight 318. They are forced to land at an isolated terminal, until the CDC get there. But some of the passengers are starting to become infected with the virus, as they turn into bloodthirsty and rabid killers. Soon the survives must find a way out of the terminal, before the virus affects everyone and turns them into something that’s beyond human.

When I first heard about that they were going to make a direct to DVD sequel to “Quarantine”, I cringed at that the fact that the studio was making this film. Expectations got worse, when it was announced that this was going to straight to DVD. But I have to say, this was way much better that I expected.

“Quarantine 2: Terminal“ is frightening and tense ride. Writer and first time director John G Pogue does a really good job keeping the pace of the film intense. He does that, by the way that he sets up the action sequences. Pogue does a very good job in making the scenes have the intensity that is needed for a zombie film to work. There are a few scenes that drive that level up. If don’t have that, then the action is not going to work and that leads to an awful film. The other thing that makes this fun and intense was the acting. Pogue does a good job making the performances good enough that you get interested in this film. It’s one of the things that makes this good. I really liked, how he handles the lead performances. He makes sure that he get his lead actress Mercedes Masohn to make her character very likeable. She really played her character very well, as she made the character innocent like, especially in the beginning. That’s what you want to see in your heroine, because you like the character enough that you want to see her survive. In return, your enjoying the film.

Pouge also does a good job with the screenplay. One of the things that I liked about it, he takes the franchise in a different direction with the sequel. I want sequels to not feel like the original. This film doesn’t feel like the original, because you don’t get the claustrophobic feel that the first film had. The other thing that this screenplay does well, he doesn’t abandon the first film and goes more into the mythology of the first film and branches it into its own mythology . That’s probably a good thing for this series, if there are more entries to come. If this film tried to mimic “[Rec] 2” like the original did with [Rec]”, then my enjoyment level would‘ve been different. Everything would have also predictable again, considering that I saw “[Rec]2”and that’s not you want in a film.

“Quarantine 2: Terminal“ is a surprisingly a suspenseful thrill ride of a horror film that stays true to the original, while adding more it own mythology.

Review Rating: Four Stars

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment recently send us information about Quarantine 2: Terminal upcoming DVD only release. The film is the follow up to the 2008 film, which was a remake of a spanish film called "[REC}". This film however will not be a remake of "[REC]2", which was released onto DVD shelves today.

Press Release:

The deadly virus has escaped the infected building and is now on board a late night flight. No one is safe when Quarantine 2: Terminal hits DVD August 2nd from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. The sequel to the film Quarantine takes up where the previous installment left off and will be available on DVD for $26.99 SRP.

Synopsis:
Earlier tonight, a bizarre disease was unleashed in a run-down Los Angeles tenement ... and no one got out alive. Yet something escaped. Now, aboard Flight 318, the first symptoms begin to show. As the infection begins to takes root, innocent passengers suddenly transform into terrifying, bloodthirsty killers. Forced to land at an isolated terminal, and surrounded by armed government agents, the crew and passengers grow increasingly desperate. The only question now is how far they will go to survive.

Screenplay and directed by John G. Pogue, Quarantine 2: Terminal was produced by Sergio Aguero, Marc Bienstock, Doug Davison, Roy Lee and Sergio Aguero.

Quarantine 2: Terminal has a running time of 86 minutes and is rated R for bloody horror violence, terror, language and brief sexual content.

Samuel Goldwyn Films recently released stills for "Quarantine 2: Terminal", which hits theaters next Friday in limited release. The film isn't a remake of REC 2, as its a direct sequel to "Quarantine".

Plot Synopsis:

An apartment building in Los Angeles was quarantined by the CDC (Center for Disease Control), trapping the frightened residents inside as a deadly mutant virus turned the residents into rabid killers. Quarantine 2: Terminal picks up later that night at LAX, as passengers board a flight to Nashville. When a passenger becomes violently ill with a mysterious rabies-like virus, the plane makes an emergency landing at a large metropolitan airport. Jenny (Mercedes Masöhn), a heroic yet inexperienced flight attendant, takes charge of the safety of her passengers. Relieved when a swarm of heavily equipped emergency vehicles, police units and the CDC arrive, Jenny and the passengers soon discover that they have been quarantined and are now trapped.

Desperate to escape, Jenny enlists the help of one of the surviving passengers, a kindergarten teacher, Henry (Josh Cooke), to devise a plan to survive.