[REC] 3: Genesis
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5.2 out of 10

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  • Starring: Diego Martín, Leticia Dolera
  • Summary: Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate the most important day of their lives: their wedding. Everything appears to be running smoothly and the bride and groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day; that is until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know what’s happening, the bride and groom find themselves in the middle of a hellish ordeal, as an uncontrollable torrent of violence is unleashed on the wedding. Amidst the chaos, Koldo and Clara become separated and begin a desperate search for one another. What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind. (Magnet Releasing)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    Sep 7, 2012
    88
    [REC] 3 Genesis is a prequel to the first two "[REC]" movies, but that doesn't much matter. You don't need to have seen them to enjoy this film, which provides fresh blood for a tired genre.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Andrew Schenker
    Sep 4, 2012
    70
    Giddy shots of the undead slogging through a decimated party-scape materialize the decadence and instability of upper-crust family life, even as groom and (pregnant) bride prepare to give birth to another generation of the Spanish elite.
  3. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Matt Singer
    Sep 5, 2012
    60
    Ditching the mock-doc aesthetic is a bold formal move, but without its immediacy and realism, [REC] 3: Genesis becomes just another walking-dead movie-and clocking in at a mere 80 minutes, one with no time for character development.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Ed Gonzalez
    Sep 4, 2012
    38
    If a fourth entry wasn't already in the works, [Rec] 3: Genesis could have easily represented the nail in the franchise's coffin.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 19
  3. Negative: 6 out of 19
  1. billylenz
    10
    epic
  2. ILHM
    8
    Clara and Koldo will never forget their special wedding day, especially after a deadly contagion transforms their wedding guests into a pack of flesh-eating monsters! [●REC] 3 kicks things off with the same familiar format, using a variety of vantage points that are being filmed from several hand-held devices. As soon as the wedding is crashed, however, there is an immediate shift in style to a more traditional form of filmmaking that comes as quite a shock. This allows series creator Paco Plaza more freedom as he packs tons of black humor and outrageous gore into this blood-soaked sequel. Where [●REC] placed its aims on realistic shocks and terror, [●REC] 3 owes much more to the works of Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson when it comes to splatter. Instead of tossing a bouquet, Clara spends her wedding night hacking up guests and lopping off heads with her trusty chainsaw. Leticia Dolera and Diego Martín make an entertaining pair, as both are able to play up the comedy as well as the horror in equal measure. In addition to the subtle ques that are dropped throughout the opening, we also catch background glimpses of news footage that as it is being recorded from the quarantined building across town, intricately linking this to the two previous films. While the jarring difference in tone may surprise fans, [●REC] 3 is entirely enjoyable in its own right, and a welcome addition to the series. -Carl Manes
    I Like Horror Movies    … Expand
  3. LucasSC
    7
    Recº3 Genesis could be a better movie compared to the first one and the second one that are true masterpieces of the spanish horror genre. This movie is not a serious film, is just a zombie picture for laugh and see blood. There are things that are sutpid like the Sant jordi's joke... not funny at all.… Expand
  4. Rikiege
    3
    Why do movies so bad, absurd and ridiculous? It is so bad that I laughed at her at the movies! This very poorly made. It's funny until the 20 th minute, after those 20 minutes seemed to have run out of budget or who bought the script in a flea market.… Collapse

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