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[Rec] (2008 Spanish Movie) (all-region)
$9.95
What a film!!
An Spanish film,recorded in my city, Barcelona.It took me a bit to get involved with this film, because I don't like reality shows.
But, the last 20 minutes are worthy.What an end!!
Gossip: Very soon, "Rec 2" will be on theathers.

Martyrs
$14.95
So I just got watching Martyrs and I came to Amazon to give my seller negative feedback. When I ordered this movie I was under the impression that I was getting an American film with a foreign cover. Well I got the foreign film that it is. Obviously I did not pay attention to the site when it told me it was in French. Now that I got my stupidity out there, you might not want to read any more of this review, as I am apparently not all that bright.

I won't relive the story as many other reviewers like to do. I read the product description (minus Language: French). I am sure you have done the same and don't need me to repeat it here...like so many other people like to do.

And now we are to the whole review part. Umm, yeah, different. Wasn't expecting that. Waste of my time? No way. Good flick. Well printed. Well acted. Not a slasher movie by any means. Yes there was some killing, but not the typical, "I'll be right back..." kind of stuff. Blood was abundant, but appropriate when used. I found myself getting caught up in the images so much that I would have to rewind the movie just so I could read the dialog. I saw someone write that the ending was less than acceptable, and I would have to agree. It was almost a comical ending. I think the writers got tired and were probably pressured by a deadline for them to cut it short the way they did. The movie did drag on at times. I had to check the timer to see how much movie was left..."What? It is only at 45 minutes? Seems like it has been at least an hour!"...Not saying it was boring. It kept my attention. I was just so wrapped up in it that I lost track of time. Kinda saw one part of it coming near the middle, but, for the most part, I just let the movie take me where it wanted to and sat back to enjoy the movie(as much as a normal person can "enjoy" a torture film). No it wasn't easy to watch but that is what makes this movie such a good buy. People don't buy torture movies because they want to laugh or cry or even be scared. They want to be disturbed. They want their bubble to be popped. They don't want to be comfortable. They want their views of the world (as well as life in general) to be challenged. Or they make a mistake and buy the wrong movie. After a few minutes the mistakers (I just made that up...you like it?) should turn off the movie as quickly as possible and press on with their lives as if nothing ever happened. There is no need to review a well made movie simply because you are not comfortable with the subject. Wait that sounds like I am into torture. I am not. Hmm...where was I going with that? So anyway, I am now bashing people that bashed this movie so this review has taken a turn for the worse.

My movie is over and I am left with the feeling of what now. What am I supposed to feel based on what I have seen over the last 90 minutes? Am I outraged? Am I saddened? Am I supposed to feel intensly sorry for the women tortured? Am I supposed to want to save the world or am I just supposed to know that this kind of weirdness is present in the world? I am left with this cloud in my head...not sure what is in there. I will just have to feel around for a while to get my bearings.

BTW, I saw on this page Amazon says there is an intro. I didn't get that on my version of the DVD. Hope you enjoy it.

Bottom line: Would I buy the movie again? I have bought duplicate movies (let me refer you to paragraph 1), but if I had lost my copy of this movie or had rented it, the answer is yes I would buy this movie.

[Rec]
$24.96
I have to admit, I did watch the american version of this film first, Quarantine. I had heard of [REC] but couldnt get my hands on a copy. I liked Quarantine, didnt love it though.

I loved [REC]. There is something to be said about watching a horror movie in another language. This film is Spanish, so we get very quick dialogue, and when the situation becomes dire, we are given a frantic diatribe of pure horrific reaction. Its a simple set up really, which we should all be used to by now! The viewpoint of a camera, shaky and grainy at times, dark and barely lit at others, someone talking straight to it and sometimes behind, beside and around it. A reporter named Angela is on a show called "While Youre Asleep", its about what goes on the world while you are tucked up safely in your bed. Angela and her camera guy Pablo (who we never see, and I love that we never see him) go to a firehouse to interview the firemen, maybe get lucky and ride along on a call. Angela, despite the banality of the assignment, seems peppy and perky enough to hold your interest, I loved her pigtails. So a call comes in that a woman in an apartment building is injured, and they quickly jump into the firetrucks and go!

At the building, the rest of the tenants are in the downstairs lobby, and there are also two cops there as well. They go up to the ladies apartment on the first floor and find a woman who is covered in blood, and crazed out of her mind, she bites a cop and everything goes downhill from there. Apparantly she has a virus of some sort and its spread through biting, they arent zombies, they are "infected". I happen to love "infected" Horror, because they are so much more unpredictable and give the viewers a sense of total urgency, RUN, HIDE, RUN, FIGHT! its exhilirating.

I loved this original version alot more than its american sibling because they didnt feel the need to explain everything, the audience didnt need to know EVERYTHING about the virus, where it comes from, how its spread, etc. There has to be something left to mystery and that is what good horror is about. Its a short movie but it gets the job done, there isnt a need to make it longer.

The special effects were very well done, the camera work by "pablo" wasnt too shaky to be unwatchable and just enough to give us that sense of watching a true documentary. Anyone who loves these types of films should definitely watch this, buy it.

[Rec] Spanish Horror English and Spanish Audio Options Blockbuster Movie
$11.36
ENGLISH AND SPANISH AUDIO OPTIONS