First, if you haven’t seen Rec… you should. I can’t really say much about it, because I’ll spoil the surprises, but at about an hour in I literally said “Oh fucking awesome! This is a _____ _____!!”

Just a heads-up though, this film is Cloverfield-like in nature, first-person handheld camera, but done MUCH better as far as I’m concerned. The ultimate difference is the fact that it’s supposed to be shot from the point-of-view of a cameraman, and you actually get quality camera work as a reuslt, as opposed to the ultra-shakey “what the hell is going on?” junk we all had to sit through in Cloverfield.

There’s moments were you’ll just say to yourself (or outloud), “Wow! That was just down right bad ass!”, if you’re a morbid beast. The gore factor is kept fairly realistic, the special effects are clean, and the storyline is rock solid; definitely one of Jaume Balagueró’s better films.

In fact, Jaume Balagueró’s dark style is carried well into Rec. Having wood for dark, sinister looks in film, I’m a fan by default pretty much, but still. Much like Balagueró’s work on Fragile, though that movie was “eh”, the atmosphere and gritty feeling presented throughout really help push the movie along, without over doing it to maintain that realistic quality you’d want in a movie that’s supposed to be… realistic.

Rec is in Spanish, so be ready to read subtitles if you’ve forgotten all you learned in high school foreign language classes. All in all, it’s a thrilling, shocking movie that’ll keep you entertained from start to finish.

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