Quarantine Page #3

Synopsis: A television reporter and her cameraman are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): John Erick Dowdle
Production: Screen Gems
  6 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Metacritic:
53
Rotten Tomatoes:
59%
R
Year:
2008
89 min
$31,691,811
Website
1,378 Views


Ma'am, open up the door.

I'm here with paramedics.

We're gonna come in to help you.

If you're near the door,

I need you to move away from it.

- Hey, I got the keys.

- Then get in here, sir. Come on.

- 2A.

- Help us out here.

Just a second. Yeah, here we are.

She must have added locks.

- I'm gonna do an intro.

- Yeah, you're good.

Okay. We're standing

outside an elderly woman's apartment.

Neighbors heard screams

and called 911.

The fire department's

about to begin the rescue.

Police say that she lives alone,

she's not very social...

I need you to get back,

brother, please, this time.

Ma'am, we're the police.

We're here to help you.

Ma'am? Ma'am?

Ma'am, can you hear us?

- What's her name?

- Mrs. Espinoza.

There's no need to worry, Mrs.

Espinoza. We're here to help you.

Okay, ma'am.

- It's okay.

- It's all right.

Everything's gonna be fine.

Ma'am? We're right here, ma'am.

- It's okay.

- Ma'am.

- Jesus.

- Are you okay?

You okay? Come here.

Ma'am, it's... We're the police.

- Ma'am.

- We're here to help you.

It's all right, is there anybody else

in the apartment? Any more animals?

- It's gonna be okay, ma'am.

- All right.

It's okay, all right?

It's all right.

Ma'am, ma'am.

It's all right. It's all right.

All right. Okay, okay.

Okay, all right.

All right. Are you hurt?

All right, are you hurt?

- No.

- Okay, okay.

We're gonna get you

some medical help.

No, no, no. Please, don't.

No, are you okay?

Are you okay, ma'am?

No, no, no, no.

Okay, okay, okay.

You're gonna be okay.

You're gonna be okay, all right?

- Okay, just relax.

- Just relax.

- Just calm down.

- Just calm down.

- Turn that thing off!

- Turn that off!

Give us some room.

- Come on, man.

- Gloves on, Danny.

Where's that blood coming from?

Hey, chief,

we're gonna need an ambulance here.

Copy. On our way.

Mrs. Espinoza,

it's all gonna be all right.

All right,

I just need you to calm down, okay?

It's all right, nobody's here to hurt you.

We can't help you

unless you calm down.

- An ambulance is on its way right now.

- All right.

All right, let's just clear a space.

Danny, get everybody out of here

until the ambulance gets here.

Get her off! Get off!

Get him on the floor!

Get him on the floor!

No, we are not moving him!

- We are waiting for the ambulance!

- Do you see an ambulance?

We have to get him downstairs!

- All right. Come on, come on. Okay.

- Grab the arm.

Come on. Come on, I got it.

Come on, lean down.

I got her. I got her.

Let's go.

- Get the f*** out of the way.

- Go, Scott.

Move that camera.

Come on, let's go, let's go.

- Did we get that?

- Move, move, move.

- Let's go, open that door.

- Let's go.

- Be careful down the stairs.

- Hang in there, buddy.

Tape everything, you hear me?

Tape everything.

Move. Move. Move.

- Open the door!

- It's locked.

How can that be?

- Open it, open it!

- Open!

- What do you mean?

- They won't let us out!

- Who the hell locked those doors?

- It's not us!

Something is closing it from outside!

We need an ambulance!

Open the door! Open the door!

Is there a doctor in the house?

- You're a doctor?

- I'm a vet.

- Come on.

- Get over here.

- Put some pressure on that wound.

- Give me that rag.

Get something.

- Back up, back up.

- Cover him up.

Why are they locking

if there's a fire?

There's no fire, Wanda.

There is no fire.

We have an officer down.

We have an officer down.

I need an ambulance immediately.

I need backup.

Does anybody copy?

I have a f***ing hurt officer here.

What's going on?

Hey, what's happening?

Why can't we leave?

I know no more

than you do right now!

Back up.

My partner's on the floor bleeding!

- Quiet!

- Please remain calm.

We are working hard

to get you out of the building.

Please follow

the officers' instructions.

This will all be over shortly.

- Thank you.

- What will all be over?

- What's going on?

- Why are we locked in our building?

Be calm. That's what that means.

Please remain calm and everything's...

Get the camera out of here!

Don't touch the camera!

We have every right to shoot!

- I'm tired of the camera!

- People need to see what's going on here!

I'm in charge here. And I ask you to turn it off...

If you're in charge, you'd be worried

about getting your partner out,

not whether we're shooting!

You are two steps

from being arrested, okay?

This man will bleed to death.

Everybody stop fighting, okay?

Stop fighting!

We need to get this man out of here.

- What's behind that door?

- That's a fabric workshop.

- What is it?

- Fabric, fabric.

- Is there a way out from there?

- Yeah, through the back. Come, come.

- Keep them back.

- Please, please.

You're not helping the situation.

Okay?

My husband's outside.

He said there are cops, everywhere.

They blocked off the street.

He was getting antibiotics for her.

We gotta do something...

What the f***?

- Jesus.

- Oh, Jesus.

- Oh, Jesus, Fletch.

- Oh, my God.

- Oh, Jesus.

- Okay, come on.

- Don't move him!

- No, we have to, we have to.

- Don't move him!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, okay.

All right, he's still got a pulse.

Sh*t.

Get the vet over here.

Get the vet now.

- Vet, here, now.

- Get over here.

- Come here.

- Keep an eye on him.

He's still got a pulse.

Take care of him.

Okay, back away.

All right. Come with me, let's go.

Come on, come on.

You two stay here, all right?

Stay here.

Keep an eye on my partner, please.

Come on.

Let's get upstairs.

Come on, let's get upstairs.

I'm coming.

The sound's coming from in there.

Okay.

Move over.

Oh, Scott, don't.

Don't go in there, Scott.

Scott.

- Watch out.

- Oh, my God.

She's dead.

She's dead.

- She's dead.

- What?

What are you two doing here?

Get the camera back.

We need to get you guys out of here.

Ma'am. Ma'am? Ma'am? Ma'am?

Ma'am, listen to me.

Can you hear me, Miss Espinoza?

I need you to stay

right where you are, okay?

All right?

We wanna help you here.

Put your hands in the air for me,

Mrs. Espinoza.

Okay? Put your hands in the air!

Oh, my God.

Let's go.

Put the gun down. Let's go.

- She was coming right at us.

- Yeah.

- You saw that, right?

- Yeah, I saw it.

Sh*t. Okay.

Okay, you saw that, right?

Okay. All right.

Let's just get downstairs.

Let's get downstairs.

Hey, hey, hey.

Easy, easy, easy.

Did you get that?

Yeah.

Show it to me.

- Look, don't worry. I got it.

- I said show it to me!

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John Erick Dowdle

John Erick Dowdle (born December 1973) is an American film director and screenwriter, best known for horror films. He usually works with his brother Drew Dowdle as a producer and co-screenwriter. more…

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