[REC] 3: Genesis

Name: [REC] 3: Genesis
Genre: Thriller, Horror
Released: September 7, 2012
Duration: 80 min
Rating: 45
Cast: Diego Martín, Leticia Dolera

2012

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Magnet Releasing | Release Date: September 7, 2012 | R

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 findKoldo 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

Director: Paco Plaza

Genre(s): Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 80 min

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V.A. Musetto

Sep 7, 2012

[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. Read full review

Andrew Schenker

Sep 4, 2012

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. Read full review

Matt Singer

Sep 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

Empire Simon Crook

Sep 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

Jeannette Catsoulis

Sep 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

Boxoffice Magazine Nick Schager

Sep 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

Joe Neumaier

Sep 6, 2012

It's the same-old flesh-chewing. Like vampires, this genre is getting deadly. Read full review

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billylenz

Jan 1, 2013

epic

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lukeparkes26

Jul 16, 2016

[REC] 3: Genesis didn't disappoint me: it was scary, it was bloody, and it was exhilarating; it shocked me in the same way its predecessors did, and it was every bit as dark, intense, and isolating as them; and Clara was badass - I rooted for her. I wish it had a happier ending - it broke my[REC] 3: Genesis didn't disappoint me: it was scary, it was bloody, and it was exhilarating; it shocked me in the same way its predecessors did, and it was every bit as dark, intense, and isolating as them; and Clara was badass - I rooted for her. I wish it had a happier ending - it broke my heart - but it reached the same height of awesome as the first two.… Expand

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LucasSC

Sep 9, 2012

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...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

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horcrux2007

May 29, 2015

I loved REC 1 and 2. The first one is one of the great horror movies of the 2000's, and it's one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. The sequel is almost as effective as the original and stands as a worthy sequel to a masterpiece in horror. And then there's REC 3. The first two films inI loved REC 1 and 2. The first one is one of the great horror movies of the 2000's, and it's one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. The sequel is almost as effective as the original and stands as a worthy sequel to a masterpiece in horror. And then there's REC 3. The first two films in the series are found footage, while this drops that format around 15 minutes in. They literally drop it, like someone drops the camera on the ground, and it switches to traditional cinematography. I'll never truly understand why they decided to lose what made the other two films so iconic and terrifying. REC 3 doesn't follow reporter Angela Vidal inside the zombie-infested apartment complex. Instead, it's about a wedding that is ruined when there's a zombie outbreak. There's really not much to this film; it's a pretty generic zombie film. There's nothing truly special about REC 3 that separates it from countless other movies in the genre. Not until the last 30 minutes does it finally get fairly interesting, and it does have a good ending. I can't truly recommend this to anyone unless you're a die-hard zombie fan.… Expand

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Rikiege

Sep 24, 2012

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.

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Goatmachine

Oct 28, 2012

This movie is no real rec movie. It sucks in so many ways. No motion sickness camera style in a rec movie?! This is a really bad trashmovie with some very good splatter-effects. Okay and it has rec in the name.
I loved the frist rec but this one sucks a lot mot than rec 2.

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

knownot

Oct 6, 2012

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a disappointment ! The first movie of the saga left me breathless. It had well constructed action, a good choice of the style with the camera, and some story behind... the second one kept up and added a couple of details... but this one is a complete failure and a joke. B movie (or Z) exuding all over. Predictable, without style, and no story at all when it is supposed to be the genesis. Seriously this is the genesis ? But one thing above all: you have to maintain a criteria and stick to it the entire film, if the zombies can run and be fast, then be it !! What you cannot do is make them slow and clumsy whenever it suits you, that's called cheating. There's is laws and science in all that zombie stuff or I believe so.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

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