Hey, guys! Dice Rollen here with another Original vs. Sequel review. However this time it's going
to be the original vs. three sequels. And I'll be picking out which one or ones I think are
best out of the four of them. This review was requested by Andre and I decided to include the
fourth one because why not? So thanks, Andre, for your request. Now without further ado, this is my
Original vs Sequels review of [REC] vs. [REC] 2, 3 and 4. The [REC] movies are a Spanish take on the
whole found-footage genre of horror movies with the first have you been released in 2007. Which
was co-written and directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza. The first movie starts out with the
introduction of Angela and her cameraman, Pablo, as they cover the night shift of a Barcelona fire
station. However when the station gets a call to an apartment building that's where things
get interesting. Turns out some of the residents of the building are infected with some kind of
virus that turns them into overly aggressive and hard to kill zombies. My favorite kind. The entire
building is quarantined which means no one can be let out. This is where we learn that zombies
in close quarters don't mix. As with most zombie movies a majority of the people get bitten and
infected pretty quickly which eventually dwindles the group of survivors down to just Angela,
Pablo and one of the firefighters they have been riding along with. In their search for a way out
it's decided that the penthouse is the best place to go since they were told no one really lives
there. They find out however that that seems to have been a lie since the apartment was
used for research and experimentation in the very virus they're trying to escape from. Oh, and also
demonic possession... I guess. Now [REC] 2 picks up basically where the first movie left off. Only
this time we're seeing from the perspective of a SWAT team member as they go into the apartment
building in search of something specific. Under the orders of Dr. Owen from Ministry of Health
they're looking for a blood sample from a girl who was the first to be infected. Or possessed,
technically. Why? Because the Vatican said so! Turns out Dr. Owen is something much worse than
a health inspector. He's a priest! ...I'll be over here... But after finding the sample one
of the officers drops it after it explodes into flames at the site of a cross. So they have to
find the girl, Tristana, who now looks like this by the way! In case you forgot the nightmare
you'll be having tonight! *gags* And just to compound the problem three teens sneaked into
the building after a firefighter and the father of the infected girl from the first movie. The
group make their way to the apartment where the girl should be, but instead find the infected
mother. Which leads to a rather creative way to kill...well, anything. Especially a zombie.
*screaming and the sound of a lit firework that eventually explodes*
*clapping* Yaaay! Fireworks! So long story short the father gets perforated and thrown down the
stairs. Which, by the way, out of all of the people in these films I really don't think he
deserved that! One of the teens gets bitten and Owen interrogate him to find out where Tristana
is. Oh, and Angela's alive. Apparently Tristana can only be seen into the dark. Since Angela and
Pablo had only seen her using the night vision of the camera in the first film. So they all go back
up to the penthouse and use night vision to find the hidden room where Tristana is. While searching
they find it tub of water which I'm sure is full of things WORSE than demonic possession. And the
chief is dragged in leaving just Angela, Owen and Rosso. After Angela blows Tristana's head
off with a shotgun Owen gets pissed off because that was their only chance of getting a blood
sample. He refuses to authorize them to leave so Angela proceeds to beat the shit out of him
and shoot Rosso. It's then revealed that Tristana passed the demonic tapeworm to Angela. She ends up
killing Owen and impersonating him in order to get herself out of the building. After all of that,
how could they continue the story? With a wedding. Yeah, a wedding is exactly how the
third film starts off. This lovely couple are getting married and everything is all happy and
joyful until this fucker arrives! In the first film it was mentioned that the dog of the little
girl was sick so he was at the vet. The dog ended up attacking people because he was infected. This
guy is one of those people. So, in a way, this is also kind of a prequel. The festivities continue,
but the groom's cousin notices the police and hazmat wearing individuals arrive. The uncle
also starts coughing up blood. Yeah... Don't mind that. But you know... I think the demonic
zombies are just a cover-up for the real horror here. *evil droning* But the party ends when the
uncle crashes it - *ba dum tss* - and starts infecting people while other already infected
people disperse the crowd separating the bride and groom. Why is it always the uncle who has to
ruin the wedding? The rest of the movie is pretty much the bride and groom trying to reunite. While
their family members are killed off every few seconds. But also, point for badass bride with
chainsaw! The bride makes her way through some underground tunnels while the groom fights his
infected uncle in the kitchen. Can I just say this is the goofiest zombified relative I have
ever seen! *Goofy zombie uncle laugh* Almost makes me feel sorry for him when he's killed.
...No. Not really. Eventually the bride and groom are reunited and, thanks to the priest reciting
Bible verses over the PA, they're able to make their way outside. Where the bride is bitten
then the groom has to chop her arm off. They find that, much like the apartment building, the whole
place has been quarantined. And despite the whole dismembering thing the bride still got infected.
*Sounds of groom's tongue being torn out and gurgling blood and screams*
Exhibit A on why it's a bad idea to french-kiss a zombie. Moving on! Now in the fourth and final
installation of the series we see the military has finally decided to do something smart. Blow that
motherfucker up! While there they find Angela and they leave the building. When Angela wakes
up she finds a doctor testing her for any signs of the infection. Other survivors we
meet are an elderly lady who is the only one who survived the events of the third movie,
Guzman and Lucas. After Angela had a brief moment of get me the [ __ ] out of here we
also meet captain Ortega who is the ship they're on and the stereotypical nerdy guy Nick fun fact
the captain is literally a few days away from retirement later during a blackout and infected
monkey that had been used as a test subject escapes and bites the cook of the ship and if
you didn't trust someone else cooking your food before you certainly won't now because everyone
who ate the food is now infected Guzman and Lucas armed themselves with knives and start taking out
some of the infected meanwhile the doctors see the footage of Tristana passing the parasite to Angela
and decide to play operation Angela escapes and proves she's not infected by biting Riccardi and
having him scan his own blood turns out Angela is right and Guzman is carrying the parasite
which Angela had passed to him when he rescued her Angela and Nick then managed to escape with
a lifeboat taken from Ricardo and a boat motor before the ship explodes so the overall lesson
here is don't go to Barcelona and get infected with a parasitic demonic zombie slug yeah okay
so what I didn't like about the third and the fourth movies was how the third one started off
with the whole same found-footage feel but then dropped it and the fourth didn't even have that
giving the audience a rather intimate perspective into the story of the movie really helped to form
bonds with the characters on the other hand each installment of the series gave us a new branch of
the same story telling you in a creative way so I have to say in rec verses 2 3 & 4 the real winners
here are the original and the second sequel because well the first one set everything up and
introduced important characters to us the second one took it further and give us more without
making it seem forced but I would recommend you guys watch all of these movies and make a
decision for yourself they are pretty interesting and cool films to watch with the lights off so
thank you again Andre for the request to review these movies and if you have a request for any
future original vs sequel reviews by all means please leave it down in the comments below also
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