Quarantine Definitely Lives Up To It's Hype

Movie: Quarantine (R, DVD Release Date: Feb 17, 2009)
Duration: 89 minutes
Rating: ****1/2

I knew before I had even put this movie into my PS3 that it was going to be good. People have been asking for months when it is going to be released, which is always a good sign. Starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, and Columbus Short, Quarantine starts out with a reporter shadowing some firefighters who get a call to an apartment building. They are all promptly barricaded inside with no explanation why and left to figure out what is going on.
If you enjoyed Cloverfield then this movie is a must for you to see. The filming style and mood are so closely related it is impossible not to enjoy just one or the other. This movie also shares several similarities to the video game Left 4 Dead (released November 2008 on Xbox 360 by Valve Corporation). Both the filming style and the themes shared with Left 4 Dead combined to create the first movie that has actually scared me to watch in a long time. Quarantine is very clean cut and hard to criticize, except for that fact that a reporter and a cameraman gain ridiculous access to some scenes in the story. The story is great and brings original concepts to the classic virus-ends-humankind movie. Don't miss Quarantine and prepare yourself for a breathtakingly-intense scene at the end!