[REC] 3: Genesis
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: September 7, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
7
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2
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Time OutMatt SingerSep 5, 2012
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. Read full review
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Total FilmJonathan CrockerSep 4, 2012
Taking a weird swerve into rom-zom-com, the third [REC] shaky-horror ends up pulled apart by its own genre mutations. Read full review
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The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonSep 5, 2012
Where the first two films maintained a breathless tone and found new ground in the zombie genre by linking a physical virus to demonic possession, [REC]3: Genesis runs out of ideas early, and becomes a slogging massacre spiked with callbacks and visual gags. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 6, 2012
With slapstick smothering the scares, [REC 3] is further marred by a plot in which the muted Catholicism of its antecedents is turned up to full blast. Read full review
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Boxoffice MagazineNick SchagerSep 4, 2012
Paco Plaza turns his [REC] franchise on its rotting head with [REC]3: Genesis, switching up the series' blistering first-person-perspective terror for a more conventional, jokey and-much to the film's detriment-self-conscious approach. Read full review
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EmpireSimon CrookSep 4, 2012
The early franchise frights are missing. There's some ironic light-heartedness in the nuptial set, the religious overtones are distractingly self-conscious. Read full review
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The GuardianHenry BarnesSep 4, 2012
The dancefloor's full of bodies, the bride and groom have been backed into a corner by relatives desperate for their pound of flesh. Pretty much your average wedding, then. Read full review
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