Product Details

• Actors: Jennifer Carpenter, Steve Harris, Columbus Short, Jay Hernandez, Johnathon Schaech
• Directors: John Erick Dowdle
• Writers: John Erick Dowdle, Drew Dowdle, Jaume Balagueró, Luiso Berdejo, Paco Plaza
• Producers: Carlos Fernández, Doug Davison
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French
• Dubbed: French
• Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (201 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001MVYUR0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,500 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Quarantine" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

When a news crew decides to trail a brave fire-fighting team, they never suspect that the first call for help they respond to that night may be their last. Now they're trapped in an apartment complex sealed off by the government. With no way of escape, they find themselves surrounded by frightened residents who are infected with a deadly mutant virus. What happens next is only known because of the footage they left behind.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 30 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Far better than the previews would lead you to believe. June 22, 2009

By Graves VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

Quarantine is a much better movie than its previews would lead you to believe. Previews make it look like people are trapped in an old building with zombies running amok in it. Maybe they came up from the sewers.

In fact it follows a reality TV reporter who is following an LA fire crew on calls. They go to a building when neighbors have reported screams coming from the apartment of an old lady. What follows is the outbreak of a savage, mind destroying disease where tenants and first responders find them sealed in with those already infected, by the CDC.

Like Cloverfield and Blair Witch, the film is shot from the single camera view of the reality reporter's camera man. Unlike those films the camera work is clean and does not distract the viewer. Watch the long shot when a call comes as the camera man has to follow the reporter down a hall, a flight of stairs and into a truck and realize it was all done in one take without cuts. The first 20 minutes of the film are the `reality show' walking around the fire house, talking to members of the fire crew and setting the stage by letting you meet the key players in the film. This is clearly the set up but it doesn't feel stilted. You don't feel like saying `get on with it" because you care about the characters. Carpenter, as the on air talent is likeable and believable, going from bubbly on air talent, to real reporter as things turn serious to scared human as she realizes just how deep in they are. And she takes the viewer with her.

Previews make this look like just another zombie film. There are certainly elements of that in Quarantine but for the genre it is so much better than much of the competition. They even have an explanation, scary in how reasonable it is, for what is happening. Is it "Sound of Music?..." of course not. It is a horror film, but one in which the director has taken a lot of care to make the whole thing frighteningly possible. Read more ›

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars ALL HYPE June 26, 2010

By Michael TOP 500 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

This is over hyped rubbish with one of those stupid low budget hand held cameras. Here is a spoiler for you. That picture on the cover and that lone movie clip they show you is the last scene in the movie. It was just starting to pick up and it is over. If you enjoyed the suspense aspect of the movie and the idea of an unknown horror, but failed to loved the bad documentary style, I might suggest "The Possession of David Reilly."

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Reality TV... March 19, 2009

By Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:DVD

A Los Angeles reporter (Jennifer Carpenter) and her trusty cameraman do an on-site interview w/ the fire department that goes from routine banter to terrifying fight for survival. Carpenter is especially well-suited for her role as perky TV personalty-turned shattered victim of chaotic disaster. She carries a large chunk of the movie. The camerawork goes from controlled to frantic to insane! The horror builds slowly, allowing us to have some fun and get to know the characters (a bit) before plunging us into increasing anarchy. There are some memorable, heart-freezing moments in QUARANTINE that stick w/ me, like the old lady, the little girl, and that firefighter w/ the broken leg! Brrrr! Enjoy...

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but a shot-by-shot remake of the Spanish [REC] January 27, 2011

By Channel KDK12

Format:DVD

A film team led by reporter Angela Vidale [Jennifer Carpenter] follows a fire crew for the night as part of a documentary for a light news show. When they get a call out, it's not to a fire, but a woman in distress. So begins a night of terror; the woman, and many other residents of the apartment building are infected with a virus that acts like rabies, but develops much faster. The infected foam at the mouth and are incredibly aggressive. As the night progresses, and the infection explodes, the film team must fight off the infected monsters to survive. What makes Quarantine interesting is that it is shot entirely from the viewpoint of the cameraman, Scott [Steve Harris]. It would be quite inventive if it were not a shot-for-shot remake of the Spanish film [REC].

Still, well worth seeing, but I'd advise seeing [REC] first.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Quarantine - Blu-ray Info February 20, 2009

By STEELBOOK_MAN

Format:Blu-ray

Version: U.S.A / Sony / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / AACS / High Profile 4.1
Running time: 1:29:15
Movie size: 25,29 GB
Disc size; 29,20 GB
Total bit rate: 37.78 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 27.95 Mbps

Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1502 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1502 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby TrueHD Audio Portuguese 1575 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1575 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround

Subtitles: English (SDH), English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Number of chapters: 16

#Audio commentary
#Featurettes
--Anatomy of a Stunt (SD - 3m:23s)
--Dressing the Infected: Robert Hall's Make-Up Design (SD - 7m:29s)
--Locked In: The Making of Quarantine (SD - 10m:5s)
#Previews (HD)
#BD-Live enabled

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Remake, or the exact same movie with new people? August 9, 2012

By Armando N. Roman VINE™ VOICE

Format:Amazon Instant Video

I'm not the kind of person to throw a fit over movie remakes. Some are good, some are bad. [REC] is one of my favorite modern horror movies since it practically came out of nowhere and managed to keep me interested every step of the way. I didn't know Quarantine was a remake of it until a few months ago (I pretty much ignored Quarantine when it first came out), so I finally gave it a shot to see how it stacked up against the original. Rather than saying that [REC] is better in every single way, I'll simply tell you that Quarantine is nearly a scene-for-scene remake of the original. As a result, I was getting bored with the movie about 1/3 of the way through. The only thing that really surprised me was a little bit more gore than what the original had, but that was it. If you've never seen [REC], then Quarantine should be a nice surprise. And hey, if you're one of those people that hates to "read movies", this one doesn't have subtitles.

Quarantine is a 'found footage' horror movie, shot by a news cameraman who followed news reporter Angela Vidal during a segment that showed the daily life of firefighters in the city. Angela interviews the firemen, sees the different rooms in the station, finds out what they do in their free time at work, and even finds out a dirty little bet one of them has that involves her. After some time, the alarm sounds and they head off to an apartment building where an old woman seems to be having some kind of strange problem. Angela follows the firemen and police officer to the woman's room as they try to calm her down and take care of the situation. After a couple of minutes, the woman takes a bite out of a man's neck and it's clear that she's more than disturbed.... Along with the firemen, Angela and her cameraman are locked in the building with several of the residents, including a mother and he young daughter, without any explanation. Even the police officer doesn't know what's going on and isn't getting any information. Time goes by, and more people begin to act violent, attacking the others. How do you survive while being locked inside a dark building with no way out? Breaking a window and climbing out isn't an option either- as military personnel have the building surrounded and are quick to take down anyone they can see. What's going on here?

The title of the movie kind of gives away what the main problem is, and it's also the one whole difference between [REC] and Quarantine. I won't say much as to not spoil either movie, but where [REC] had a plot involving the Vatican, that's nowhere to be found here. Everything else is nearly identical to the original- even Angela's outfit towards the end! Not that I'm complaining about that one...but this is why I can't really give the movie a low rating. How can you give a lower rating to something that's essentially a translated version of something else? All the scares are still here, from a sudden drop to frantic chases. It may not have surprised me at all this time around, but again, if you never saw the original and this one is more accessible, then you'll probably get something out of it and enjoy it.

I will say that my major complaint with Quarantine is that this movie's Angela Vidal is nowhere near as cool as the original's. Here, she's basically just there for us to follow around since the cameraman works with her. Original Angela had no problem taking charge and standing up for herself. To be blunt, this movie's star is boring. The cameraman is ok, but his camerawork seems to lack dynamic too. The funny thing is that here we get to see a bit more than what was shown in [REC] as far as the gore and violence goes, partially due to the lightning and angles. Apart from Angela's average performance, the rest of the acting was above average, though the apartment residents don't get much screen time, and the ones that do aren't the most interesting ones.

It seems like I have more complaints than pros to say about Quarantine, but that's just because I saw it after the original, which I've seen several times. Quarantine is still a fine horror movie that isn't a toned down version of the original. I just wish it wasn't nearly the exact same movie, and had done something new apart from the major plot point that gets revealed later on. From what I've heard, the sequel is a little better since it's more of a standalone movie, and isn't a remake of [REC]2. I'll give it a shot. Read more ›