[REC]: Genesis [Blu-ray + DVD] (Bilingual)

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Format: NTSC

Release Date: 23-10-2012

Details: Amazon.ca The third entry in the popular Spanish-made found-footage horror franchise, [REC] 3: Genesis marks an attempt to break from the POV subgenre with a blend of black humor and its trademark hyper-violence. Paco Plaza, who cowrote and directed the previous two films in the series with Jaume Balaguer, goes it alone here, with his partner taking an advisory role as creative producer, and while it’s impossible to say what specific effects the division of labor has on the end result, it’s also likely that [REC 3] will have a polarizing effect on the franchise’s fan base. Plaza draws a line in the sand early in the picture, which begins as hand-held scenes from a wedding video but is quickly (and violently) abandoned for a mix of third-person perspective and closed-circuit camera footage capturing an outbreak of the series’ supernatural-based disease among a large group of wedding guests. Plaza shrewdly separates the couple–Koldo (Diego Martin) and Clara (Leticia Dolera)–in the chaos that follows, with both parties achieving operatic heights of bloody violence in their attempt to reunite. However, where [REC] and [REC] 2 relied on breathless pacing and nerve-rattling shocks to propel the action, Plaza employs ghoulish humor in the (jugular) vein of Evil Dead 2 and Braindead, which at times feels like a meta-comment on the increasingly overexposed nature of found-footage horror. For those seeking the high-octane scares of the first two films, the new tack blunts the impact of the violence, but for those who have wearied of the found-footage approach after the avalanche of films that employed it in the wake of [REC] (which itself borrowed the style from The Blair Witch Project, Cannibal Holocaust, and others), Plaza’s take is an energetic satire of wedding party frenzy and the « special day » fury of newlyweds. Detractors should note that the fourth entry in the series, directed by Balaguer, promises to return to the shaky-cam style; the DVD includes a gallery of deleted scenes, all of which were rightly excised or trimmed prior to release, and a largely silly collection of outtakes. –Paul Gaita Product Description 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, the groom and their families are enjoying a wonderful day in the countryside until some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness. Before they know whats 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.What started off as an idyllic day quickly descends into a nightmare of the worst kind From the Studio Director’s Statement: Paco PazaThe saga.When you move on from the second to a third film, the sequel becomes saga. You have to respect the original film, but also give your audience something new. In this third installment, I wanted to add elements of the adventure genre but still maintain the horror theme and the black humor that has been synonymous with the films since the beginning.The filmWeve all been to a wedding at some point in our lives and we know what theyre like. Your great uncle has one too many glasses of wine, your cousins all grown-up and the best man is after the bridesmaid its always the same!The idea for [REC]3 was born out of these well-loved traditions mixed with elements from the classic genre; where hyperrealism and fantastic cinema join forces, where Berlanga takes on Rob Zombie.The film tells the story of how the happiest day of your life can become a nightmare in the blink of an eye. How you can lose everything that means anything to you. A story where the heroes are ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Its a zombie film at a wedding reception, where the bride has a chainsaw and is not prepared to let some supernatural creatures ruin her special day.From the pen of Luiso Berdejo come

UPC: 774212666179

EAN: 0774212666179

Languages: English

Binding: Blu-ray

Item Condition: New