Quarantine Page #4

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


Okay. Okay, okay!

- What the hell was that?

- I don't know. I think...

Is everything okay?

We should probably

just get down the stairs, okay?

I know, I know, I know.

- Oh, my God.

- We just have to get downstairs.

Fire department.

I need you to open up the door.

Fire department.

Fire department. We need everyone

to gather downstairs in the atrium.

Yes, we need you to go downstairs.

- Was there a fire?

- No, it's just a precaution.

Just a precaution for what?

Look,

we just need you to get downstairs.

Does this have anything to do

with the cable being out?

- Come on, let's go.

- What? Wait, wait, wait.

- What if I don't wanna go?

- Then I'd be forced to force you.

Hi. I'm with the fire department.

We need everyone

to gather in the atrium.

Do you speak English?

Do you speak English?

English? No.

Okay,

we need everybody downstairs, so...

All right, there's people down there,

and we need you two to go there.

You understand?

Fire department.

Fire department.

Ma'am?

Hello, ma'am?

Ma'am, I'm with the fire department.

We need you to quickly and calmly

walk down to the lobby, please.

Excuse me, ma'am.

Ma'am.

Ma'am,

we need you to get downstairs, okay?

What's wrong with her?

I don't know.

- You wanna give me a hand?

- Yeah.

- I don't know that that's a good idea.

- She needs help.

Just grab her.

Okay. Now lift her up.

Okay.

We're just taking you downstairs,

okay, ma'am?

All right?

Oh, Jesus.

Okay? Okay?

Okay? Yeah.

Oh, she's really sick.

Holy sh*t. Did you see that?

That rat just totally came after me.

Hey, did you see that?

Come on.

Un-f***ing-believable.

- Oh, my God, look at Elise.

- Somebody grab that chair.

- What's wrong with her?

- Set her down, set her down.

Can't stop the bleeding.

Get him to a hospital. He's gonna die.

Stay here.

I'm gonna check the exit.

No, no, wait.

We are under strict orders...

We're under orders

to stay in the hall. Help me.

F*** your orders, all right?

My friend's dying!

- I'm coming out.

- Do not...

- Didn't catch that. You're breaking up.

- Two people have died violent deaths.

Two others are in desperate need of medical

care. The police have blocked off the exit.

They've given us no explanation.

We're trying to find a way out.

- Oh, my God.

- Sh*t.

- Get away from the window.

- Go, go.

You need to remain in the building!

We have civilians in here!

Briana, don't.

Attention, please.

Do not try to leave the building.

All exits have been sealed.

Just stay calm.

We will send someone in there

shortly to assess the situation.

Thank you for your cooperation.

What are we supposed to do?

- What are we supposed to do?

- Just wait.

There's five there. What happened?

Sir, sir, sir.

Give me your headphones.

No, you're not getting my question.

Not getting my question.

I'm asking

why they're calling this a BNC.

- What's a BNC?

- I don't know.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

- Hello?

- Hello?

- Is somebody there?

- Hello?

Honey, hello?

Why is the phone breaking?

Why is it not working?

- What's a BNC?

- Who said anything about...?

- You. You're still miked.

- Wait.

- What?

- Don't jump to...

What's a BNC? What is it?

They're calling this a BNC?

A biological,

nuclear or chemical threat.

- Oh, my God.

- Nuclear?

- What?

- No, don't worry, okay?

- It's more common than you think.

- Supposed to be reassuring?

Listen, our cell phones don't work.

Neither do the TVs or our radios.

- Why are they isolating us?

- I don't know.

I can't through my husband

and my daughter has a fever.

- What does she have?

- They're pointing guns.

You know, you can't keep us trapped

in here like animals.

- We're all trapped.

- That's right.

We are all trapped in here.

Step over here.

- Here.

- What will they do?

- Step over here, please.

- Jake, Jake.

There might be... From the office on

the second floor, there is an overhang.

Maybe we can use

to jump down to the patio.

- Let's go.

- I show you.

I'm going with you.

Don't turn the light on.

I don't want anyone knowing

we're in here.

Careful.

- When I open the window,

- Yeah?

- go to the right side and jump.

It's only two and a half meters.

Get away from the window!

- For your own safety!

- No!

- Step away!

- Wait, wait, wait!

- Step away!

- Wait, listen!

Can you see me? Can you see me?

- What are you doing?!

- We have a film crew in here!

Tell your boss

we have a TV crew in here!

We are filming this! Please, wait!

People are gonna see

what you're doing to us!

- Why can't we go out?!

- People are gonna see this!

Please! Wait!

What are you doing in here?

- You knew about this, didn't you?!

- Knew about what?

That they're sealing us in here!

What the f*** is this?!

- What the hell is going on?

- You tell us!

I don't know anything, and don't you

f***ing put your hands on me again!

I don't know anything, okay?!

Get this f***ing camera out of here!

- Don't touch that camera!

- Don't touch me!

We need to show people

what's going on here!

- It's the only proof we have!

- Don't you get it?!

You're locked in here like the rest of us!

You think they give a sh*t about you?!

- Step back!

- Hey, hey, hey!

- Let's all just calm down, all right?

- Shut up.

- Put the gun down.

- Shut up!

Go back downstairs now, okay?

Yeah, okay, okay, but...

Shut up!

Damn! Go back downstairs!

This thing is getting to all of us, man.

No one here is gonna hurt you, okay?

We're all trying to get out of here,

that's all we're trying to do.

Just... just put the gun down.

I'm sorry, man.

- I'm sorry, all right?

- Yeah.

I was just freaked out, let's go.

- We all are.

- Go downstairs, okay?

- All right?

- Yeah, let's get downstairs, man.

Sh*t.

F***.

Grab his legs, okay?

Come on, let's go.

What we'll do is we'll roll him on his side.

We just have to be really careful.

- What time is it?

- One-thirty-seven.

Five, four, three...

It's 1:
37 in the morning,

and everyone is scared.

They've given us no information,

cut off communication...

...from walkie-talkies and cell phones

to the building's cable and Internet.

The people trapped here,

myself included...

...can't help but ask why.

How's he doing?

Well, he's not good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Excuse me. It's Terrence, right?

- No, Lawrence.

- Lawrence, right.

Listen, I've got a ton of Vicodin

in my apartment, if that will help.

Yeah, that's gonna help.

I'll just... I'll grab a bunch of stuff.

I basically got a pharmacy up there.

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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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