A team of local TV reporters are following a squad of firemen on night duty. The footage is completely live and their task is to make show about on the life of these professionals who work while we are sleeping. The first job of the night is to rescue an old lady who is trapped inside her apartment but the routine rescue soon takes a sinister turn. Something evil is spreading throughout the building, out of control. Trapped inside, the firemen and the TV crew have to confront an unknown and lethal horror. Now, the only thing that matters is hiding, surviving and trying desperately to escape. They must keep on recording. No matter what happens.
It is A Filmax Entertainment presentation. (International sales: Filmax Intl., Barcelona). Produced by Julio Fernandez. Executive producers, Fernandez, Carlos Fernandez. Co-executive producer, Alberto Marini. Directed by Jaume Balaguero, Paco Plaza. Screenplay, Balaguero, Plaza, Luis A. Berdejo.
Even though we already had a remake (Quarantine (review here)) and there’s a sequel on the way, after two years Sony years has finally gotten around to releasing the film that started it all, [REC], onto DVD here in the States (Canada’s had it for the better part of a year). What was the hold-up? That’s anyone’s guess. The only thing we can hope is that people ignore the horrid cover art and pick it up anyway.