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Just what I expected

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

In terms of horror sequels, it does a few things better than it's predecessor, but I still prefer the first one. The only thing I thought was wrong with the original was the shaky-cam, and thankfully that's downplayed in this. Except for the kid's camera sequence, the camera's held slightly steady, it shakes during action scenes, but other than that you can tell the directors actually put effort into this. It's not just a lazy cash-in like other sequels. The biggest problem the movie has is that it feels like it has to tie up loose ends from the first movie. Did you want to follow the dad that couldn't get in during the first movie? No? Well that sucks because a third of the movie is centered around him. The iconic ending to the first movie is also kind of spoiled in this, instead of like a radical mutation of rabies, we have demon possessed zombies. Now demon possession can be creepy, but I'm pretty sure Satan can't be transferred through the exchange of bodily fluids. The demonic zombie twist is certainly unique, but I wouldn't say it's a good twist. They tried to do something different with this, and I can respect that, but I think I'll just stick to the first movie if I want to see another one of these again.

For this second installment of the REC series, we follow a four-man SWAT team that have been called in to handle the events inside the ill-fated apartment building from the first movie. Along with a doctor from Spain's version of the CDC, they have to try and get a blood sample from the person who started the whole episode so they can work on an antidote. However, things don't go as planned and the SWAT team find themselves fighting for their own lives.REC 2 is actually, thankfully, better than Quarantine 2 and I think mainly that's because REC 2 at least follows up and actually works alongside the first. Quarantine 2 doesn't have anything to do with it's predecessor - it's just a crappy stand-alone sequel. REC 2 isn't as good as REC but it's not too far off it. This one is actually darker and a bit more disturbing & violent than the first, so be prepared for a more intense movie.The sound effects for the infected people (like the first film) - especially for a young girl - very much add to the visuals which creeps you out more. Also, the way everything is shot from helmet cams attached to each member of the SWAT team works nicely. It's like looking through the eyes of that person, and that brings about it's own unnerving atmosphere as it's like you are right there with that team member. This creates a good few uneasy, creepy moments...especially when a camera goes to night-vision.As mentioned above, REC 2 actually takes place during and after the events of the first film, and it combines pretty well, so if you were to watch REC and then go straight onto REC 2 it is pretty much like watching one almost 3-hour long movie.REC 2 is a pretty enjoyable movie, and while it has more of a zombie feel to it rather than supernatural, it's still definitely worth watching, unlike Quarantine 2.

Barcelona apartments are great.Stodgy sequel, only heats up in the last quarter - like the first film.I spent the first half wondering if this was the return of Spanish fascism, with a priest and militarised police as the self-important heroes.It got more interesting when the kids entered through the tunnel, and I got really interested when the babe reporter from the first film turned up with the night vision.Again way too much jumpy camera, and way too much repetition of a single word in the dialogue. This time is was Vamos!Overall this doesn't take me any further than the first episode. And the punk song on the end credits is lame.

I read a lot of people talking about the change of science from REC to religion, but let me ask you one thing: Are you guys insane?The first film showed us the beginning of the virus, nobody knows his origins. During the film, we saw that behaves similar to zombies, insanity, bites, attack anything in their way, till here it's OK you guys thought that this film is another movie about zombies, but the story is much more complicated than that and the answers only come at the end:The girl who was possessed by the demon is in the building and she started all of this, it's here that we discover that they are not zombies, but people who were possessed. Please, stop acting like if the second movie has changed everything that the first one said. This is different than anything before, it's not a boring story about demons, it's brilliant.