Quarantine Page #6

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


I need a moment now.

I'm with you.

- I'm with you, you're with me, okay?

- Okay, okay, okay, we're here.

We're here together, all right?

We get out of here as fast

as we f***ing can, you hear me?

- Okay, okay.

- Together?

- That everybody?

- Getting the last one.

All right, keep going.

All right, it's been a long,

exhausting night for all of us...

...but we just got word from outside.

Well, it's about bloody f***ing time,

isn't it?

Yes, they told me

they're sending in the CDC.

- CDC?

- What's...?

- Center for Disease Control.

- Why?

Yes, but relax, it's fine.

They're gonna come in.

They're gonna run blood tests

on residents to clarify things.

- Just the residents?

- No, everybody.

Everybody,

so once they check it out...

...make sure everything's okay,

we should be able to get out.

- Oh, thank God.

- That won't work.

- What are you talking about?

- That doesn't work, not for rabies.

- Nobody said anything about rabies.

- I did, I told you it was rabies.

How do you test for rabies?

There's only one way.

You gotta get a brain sample.

- Come on.

- Man, just shut up.

- What you have to do.

- Let's make sure everyone's here.

A simple "here" will be fine.

So let's get started.

- How many units per floor?

- Three.

- There are three.

- Okay.

Second floor, Unit A,

that's where Mrs. Espinoza lives?

- Yes.

- Who's in B?

- Me and Sadie.

- Here.

Who's in Unit C?

Unit C.

The lawyer.

- Randy.

- Elevat...

All right, third floor, Unit A.

Who's up there?

That's me, my daughter

and my husband, who's been outside...

Yes, yes, yes, we know. Thank you.

- Unit B, please.

- Us.

- My wife and me.

- Who's in Unit C?

- Vacant.

- Why we doing this?

- Vacant.

- Nobody's been there...

- Fourth floor, Unit A, who's up there?

- That was Elise. She's dead.

- What?

- She's dead?

- 4B, who's in B?

- It's me, me, here.

- Who's in C?

- It's them.

You two?

They don't understand you.

Them and her father.

- And her father's upstairs?

- Sick, he's paralytic.

Maybe this is all his fault.

- How do you know? You don't know...

- Listen up, all right, let's finish up.

- Okay.

- Somebody knows.

What was I even gonna say?

Who lives in the attic?

A man from Boston. He rents it,

but I haven't seen him in months.

Wait, if her father's upstairs,

should we bring him down?

What if he's the cause?

We can't bring sick people here.

- Your daughter's sick, isn't she?

- She has fever. Hardly the same.

Yeah, so we should bring

her father downstairs.

- Hey, hey.

- Stop, stop it.

- Hey.

- Stop fighting.

- Listen.

- How many times you gonna do this?

Nobody's going.

We're gonna stay here.

They'll let us know

when they wanna move us, period.

Can we finish?

- Fine.

- Thank you.

The cleaning lady.

Yeah, the cleaning lady.

- The cleaning lady was here.

- I saw her this morning.

She's deceased.

- What?

- What did he say?

- What?

- She's gone.

Stand back from the door.

Open the door.

- Show me your hands.

- L.A.P.D.

CDC's now making their way

into the building.

There are security measures in place.

We still have no idea

what's happening.

From the look of the precaution

that they're taking...

...it's something very serious.

I want you

to just keep this area clear.

This is...

This is blood from my partner here.

He's in the back. This blood

is from the second firefighter.

You, turn it off. Turn it off now.

Now. Turn it off.

Okay, okay, it's off.

Jesus.

Okay, everyone here.

Everybody here is good.

The two guys are in the back.

That's all we can tell you.

- I don't know anything else right now.

- Okay.

Just take me to the injured.

Everyone else stays here.

You heard him. Stay here.

Clear this area.

They tell us to stay calm,

and they come dressed like that?

- It's gonna be all right.

- What? You honestly believe that?

I'm gonna open it.

Can you see?

That's good. That's good.

I'm gonna take samples

from both men.

Up here. Up here.

- Okay.

- Can you get up there?

Yeah, okay, cool.

Hey, hold this, hold this.

Quiet, quiet, quiet.

You got it?

Okay, give it to me.

Give me the camera, come on.

Give me the camera.

- Can you see?

- Yeah.

What's happening?

- They're handcuffing him.

- Who?

Fletcher.

The other one's got a syringe.

He just gave Fletcher a shot.

- Oh, sh*t.

- What?

He's got a drill.

- Oh, Jesus.

- What?

I think the vet was right.

I think he's taking a brain sample.

- Holy sh*t.

- Scott?

Hey, look out!

Angela, run! Run!

The vet's in there!

He's still in there!

- Open the door!

- We can't, he's been bitten!

- Come on, let him out!

- I'm not infected, you're wrong!

I'm not infected, I'm all right!

- They didn't get me!

- What are you talking about?

- Are you sure he's been bitten?

- Yes, and I'm not taking any chances!

Back away till the infected people

have been handcuffed!

Infected with what?!

- Would you get that out of my face?!

- What happens happens in the open!

They have a right to shoot this, okay?

- You okay?

- Lawrence.

Lawrence, you okay?

God, this isn't right!

Calm down, calm down. No.

- It's not right!

- It would not be right to let him out...

You better tell us what the hell is going on!

- I'm not authorized to tell...

- Bullshit!

I left my friend

because he tried to kill you!

Tell us what you know!

- Tell us what you know!

- Yeah, okay, goddamn, okay!

We got a call from a vet

who had a sick dog brought in.

They ran the routine tests,

but it was nothing they'd ever seen before!

Then it started

attacking the other animals.

And within an hour, all the injured animals

showed the same kind of aggression.

Yeah. The dog's collar

led us to this building.

Was the dog's name Max?

Yes.

- She only has bronchitis.

- Bullshit, bronchitis.

- No, don't you dare.

- Kathy.

- Bronchitis.

- We need to find out.

Relax, ma'am. Relax.

We have to be sure.

No, get away from me.

Dog spread the infection

through his saliva.

We just gotta check.

- Let him do a check, ma'am.

- No.

That's all we gotta do.

That's all she has, just bronchitis.

- No!

- Go, go!

Get back, get back!

Get back! Watch out!

She's running away!

Run, Briana! Run, sweetheart!

- We gotta get the girl!

- No, get away! Get away from her!

- Hold her! Hold her!

- Run!

- Run, sweetie, run, please!

- Get the handcuffs!

- Come on, come on.

- No, let me go!

Hey! Hey!

Please!

Please, you need to get us out of here!

Stop it! Stop it!

- Cuff her!

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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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