Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
[REC]² is a solid found-footage horror sequel that smartly expands its mythology by layering a supernatural/religious explanation over the viral premise of the first film. The cinematography and found-footage execution remain viscerally effective — the night-vision sequences and claustrophobic apartment setting are genuinely intense and well-crafted. The plot adds interesting wrinkles (the SWAT team, the priest, the possession angle) that keep it from feeling purely redundant, though the multiple-perspective structure in the second half grows convoluted and the new characters are thinly written. Acting is competent for the genre but unremarkable. The ending feels rushed and unsatisfying, leaning on shock rather than payoff, and doesn't match the gut-punch of the original's finale. As a sequel it improves on formula in some ways but remains derivative of the first film's core conceits.