6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight, giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building.
Starring: Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet, Diego Martín, Ismael Martínez, Emilio MenchetaHorror | 100% |
Thriller | 35% |
Foreign | 22% |
Dark humor | 6% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1, 1.78:1
Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
This Blu-ray release of 'REC 3: Genesis' is currently only available in a four-film boxed set with 'REC,' 'REC 2,' and 'REC 4: Apocalypse.'
Change is in the air with REC 3, a film that, at first, ditches the relentlessly grim and claustrophobic stylings from the first two films and
invites its audience to a festive wedding ceremony that does eventually turn bloody. But in not-REC fashion, Director Paco Plaza, who also
co-helmed the first two films in the series, chooses to forego the P.O.V. camera work for a more traditional style. The film, then, plays a little more like
a
paint-by-numbers Horror flick but kudos to Plaza for shaking things up, even if in doing so he simply employs a more familiar tactic. The film is fine as
it is, a fun diversion and a capable follow-up (which is really a "parallel" film, taking place more or less during the events of the first two films) that
should please fans, even if some might be irritated at a sudden change in photographic technique.
REC 3 is like a tale of two productions, one occupying the first act and the other the second and third acts. Most of the footage at the wedding is shot in some manner of handheld or semiprofessional (there's even a fun aside that pokes fun at the shaky handheld from the first two films in a tongue-and-cheek sort of way) and this content is smooth, crisp, and colorful, a departure from the first two films but certainly still in the same basic style. The film ditches the approach once the attack commences and turns to a more traditional photographic style that resultantly yields the best Blu-ray content so far in the series (though to be sure the first two films look fine on Blu-ray in context, but this is a more traditionally "true" look). It hits all the right notes: fine clarity, good high-definition detail that is well capable of presenting core elements like skin, clothes, and environments with exacting clarity and textural finesse, and well-rounded color reproduction. Blacks are very good and skin tones are strong. Certainly, this is not "format pinnacle" type of content but the picture is true and dependable in all areas of concern. Noise is not too much of a concern here and neither are any other source issues nor encode problems.
With the more traditional video structure comes a more traditional sound design. REC 3 features a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack, the results of which are largely excellent. The film does begin with footage sourced from various handled cameras and the audio engagement here is not always so tight and exacting as what's to come, but all of the wedding day merriment comes through with enough essential definition to please, whether the vows and toasts, crowd din outside the church, or intense dance music at the reception. As the film's structure changes the presentation gains some structural definition and output momentum. Well-spaced music with exacting instrumental detail and balanced low-end aid in defining the film's more traditional cinema stylings. Action effects are hard-hitting, including when various blunt force instruments connect with flesh and bone. The track makes fine use of the surround channels for ambience and action alike and the subwoofer likewise isn't timid – but not overly aggressive – in supporting all content as needed. Dialogue presents flawlessly in all typical areas of concern.
This REC 3 Blu-ray includes a couple of making-ofs, deleted scenes, outtakes, images, and trailers and TV spots.
Talk about an unforgettable wedding night. REC 3 turns the franchise over to a more traditional structure and foregoes the grim and grimy, dark and dank, hopeless and hellish stylings that defined the first two films in favor of a more straightforward "Zombie" picture. It teeters on goofy but it's solid genre entertainment that should please both open-minded series fans and newcomers alike. Shout! Factory's Blu-ray delivers solid video and auio and a fair selection of extra content. Recommended.
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