Quarantine is a 2008 American horror film directed by John Erick Dowdle and starring Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernandez, Steve Harris, Rade Šerbedžija,

Watched QUARANTINE last night and found that while still little more than a plague-infested, pre-apocolyptic (suggested) flesh eating gore fest, it was infinitely superior to and far more intense than any 'reality-filmed' attempts of late, most notably PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. Apparently, this is a remake of a Spanish film called REC, in near shot by shot style. This version was definitely an intense film, which builds continuously until the end, when it slows a bit, on purpose, to suck you down into the darkness with the lead actress (Jennifer Carpenter of DEXTER fame and new wife of Michael C. Hall, who portrays Dexter). Carpenter is, perhaps, the weakest point in the film, reduced to screaming and sobbing pretty much the last 30 minutes of the film. However, the intensity of what is going on does over power some of her melodramatics. I would recommend it if you happen to catch it on one of the premium cables or rent it.
Rank:
4 1/2 if you are a horror/people gonna eat you in the dark kind of fan. I would give it 3 1/2 as a filmmaker, and a 2 1/2 if you are not into this genre.