It's actually a considerably better version, since this movie is better than Quarantine 2 ever thought of being. That's exactly how this feels like to be honest. I remember saying, and I've said it since then, that it felt like they just took a generic script, changed some elements to tie to the first film, in a small, way and made it into a sequel. It's ironic in a way because I remember reviewing Quarantine 2, which is the sequel to 's remake.
But you can still make it different stylistically, perhaps not thematically, while borrowing elements of what made the first two movies, particularly the first one, so great. I think they were just trying to stay one step ahead of the game and avoid burning themselves out with making the same movie three times in a row. That's why I think the third film was so different, and a welcome addition even if it wasn't great. And that's not even what I want as I realize that it can be very creatively stagnant to try and make the same film you already made twice before. I realize that that's unrealistic to expect. I don't wanna be one of these people that demands that it's all the same as it was before. I don't really know, but there was something really missing here. It purports to be, but the post-credits scene makes it look like it'll keep going in some way. It just ends up feeling like a regular movie as opposed to the end of the franchise.
So that combination is sorely missed here.
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While the first film did have a good amount of gore, it also knew how to build up tension and give you a good amount of legitimate scares, and not just jump scares. It's clearly not as bad as the Resident Evil film franchise, but the effective horror scares just aren't there. I just think that this is more of an action movie with horror elements than the other way around. While it brings back the lead from the first two films and, probably, most of the same crew, this really bears nothing in comparison to the first two movies. The idea behind it is appropriate, maybe not so much in execution. With that said, while this is a somewhat appropriate way to end the franchise, it's also a somewhat a weak send-off.
But the story didn't need it anyway, it wasn't part of a story for a news show or anything of the sort. Same thing with found footage, if people use it correctly, like this crew did TWO times in a row, it can work to perfection. If I see a bad slasher does that then mean that all slashes are terrible and that none of them can work? Absolutely not because that would be stupid. Saying it's a terrible subgenre that can't be used effectively is really short-sighted. Plus, I believe that the filmmakers are smart enough to know that the bloom is absolutely off the rose with this genre. What it does get rid off is the found footage style and, with the story they were telling it makes perfect sense. It also retains the series' darker tone, narrative and claustrophobic setting. With that said, and I thought this was a better movie than 3, mostly because of the fact that it doesn't feel like a distraction from the original narrative put forward by the first two movies. They also make reference to the third film, but they keep that to a minimum.
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This brings us to the fourth and, theoretically, last film in the franchise, which brings us back full circle as the story started in the first two films wraps up. While I wouldn't call it good, it was a fairly average and somewhat entertaining film, in spite of all of its faults and its deviations from its own tropes. Of course it wasn't as good as Evil Dead 2, but at least it tried something different. It was this series' attempts to do something similar to Evil Dead 2. It certainly embraced a comically dark tone than the first two films. The third film, another step down, was completely different than what we had seen from the franchise. The second movie, while a step down, was still a very strong sequel that brought a whole new unexpected element to the narrative. Not only that, if I had to place it in my favorite horror movies of all time, it would place in the top 5, at the very least. I would like to make it known that the original would rate very highly, as in top 3 if not the top spot, as one of my favorite horror movies of the last decade.
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