Quarantine 2: Terminal (2011)

A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.

Director:

John Pogue (as John G. Pogue)

Writers:

John Pogue (screenplay) (as John G. Pogue), John Erick Dowdle (motion picture "Quarantine")

Stars:

Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Mattie Liptak

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mercedes Mason	...	Jenny (as Mercedes Masöhn)
Josh Cooke	...	Henry
Mattie Liptak	...	George
Ignacio Serricchio	...	Ed
Noree Victoria	...	Shilah
Bre Blair	...	Paula
Lamar Stewart	...	Preston
George Back	...	Ralph
Phillip DeVona	...	Nial
Julie Gribble	...	Susan
Erin Áine	...	Nicca (as Erin Smith)
Lynn Cole	...	Bev
Tom Thon	...	Doc
Sandra Ellis Lafferty	...	Louise (as Sandra Lafferty)
Tyler Kunkle	...	Hvorst

Storyline

In Los Angeles, the police put a residential building in quarantine. Meanwhile, the flight attendants of Trans Sky Air, Jenny and Paula, are welcoming the passengers of flight TS Air 318 from Los Angeles to Kansas City with Captain Forrest and Co-Pilot Wilsy. Teacher Henry brings a cage of hamsters to the cabin, but Jenny tells him that it should be transported in the cargo hold. However, one hamster bites the fingertip of the fat passenger Ralph. Soon, Ralph vomits and becomes aggressive, attacking Paula. The male passengers help Jenny and lock Ralph in the bathroom while Captain Forrest requests an emergency landing. When they land in the airport, they find all the gates closed and the Captain heads the plane to an abandoned terminal. Employee Ed helps the crew and passengers to reach the exit, but they find that they are closed. Soon they discover that the place is in quarantine and there is no way out.

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Plot Keywords:

zombie | surprise ending | quarantine | emergency landing | airport | 

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Taglines:

The most deadly mutant virus just went airborne and escape is not an option.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for bloody horror violence, terror, language and brief sexual content

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 June 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Carantina 2: Terminalul

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Third Street Pictures,RCR Media Group,Andale Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The airplane used for filming is an Embraer ERJ-145 borrowed from Chautauqua Airlines, as seen on a label in the cabin.

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Goofs

(at around 9 mins) After George settles into his seat, he pulls out and starts playing a PSP Go. The film is set about a year and a half before the device would hit the market.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pilot: L.A., this is Flight 734. We need a runway 26L.
Controller: Roger that, 734. You're clear on 26L.

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Connections

Referenced in Zombies: A Living History (2011)

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Soundtracks

Last Trip
Written by 'Julie Gribble/David Blair'
Performed by 'TJulie Gribble'
Courtesy of Reunion Detour Records

User Reviews

Tolerable rehash.

There isn't really all that much to say about this movie, except that it's pretty much more of the same. It wears its influences on its sleeve, being highly derivative of 28 Days Later, which itself was already fairly derivative. If this is a big problem for you, I'd suggest that you avoid Quarantine 2, because you're just going to get mad at how little originality is on display.

Instead of remaking Rec 2, this movie is more of a standalone story set in the same universe as Quarantine. This time, instead of being set in an apartment complex, it's briefly set on an airplane, then a terminal. Rec (and Quarantine, the American remake) was notable for being shot first person, while this movie is not. That might disappoint some people, but I wasn't really fond of the trend in the first place. The story is contemporaneous with the story of the first movie, with brief references to it here and there. You don't need to have seen the first movie, but that's partially because this movie is so derivative of other movies, you've already seen this plot several times before. That said, as far as these sorts of movies go, this was fairly well acted and competently directed, though the director falls back on using extremely loud noises as a rather annoying crutch. Just when you think there might be character development, extended dialogue, or a moment for reflection, there's an extremely loud noise and a rabid person bursts through a wall. Often, first time directors will err on the side of slow pacing, though I think the characters obviously suffered a bit for the relentlessly fast pacing. The writer/director also wrote Ghost Ship, which was laughably bad. Unfortunately, he hasn't really progressed as a writer since then. I guess if you didn't mind Ghost Ship, you won't be offended by this, either. However, as silly as I found Rec 2's supernatural aspect, it was an interesting twist to the whole "rage virus" subgenre of horror movies. Quarantine 2 plays it straight and just lets loose a bunch of rabid humans on a clichéd group of people who perpetually seem to populate the scripts of hack writers.

If I seem overly harsh, it's only because I'm tired of watching the same movie over and over with very little variation. If you're a fan of scifi/action/horror movies, you've seen this all before, right down to the characters, the action sequences, and the supposed "homages". Why bother being original if nobody calls you on your lack of creativity?