[REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014) poster
2014 · thriller · horror · supernatural · disaster

[REC]⁴ Apocalypse

Directed by Jaume Balagueró1h 35m2014
ElsewhereIMDb5.322kRT65%Metacritic53
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme thriller / horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

Our read · [REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive thriller · horror · supernatural entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want Ángela Vidal back in claustrophobic REC infection horror at sea.

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Skip it tonightYou need found-footage dread instead of this conventional ship-bound sequel.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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