They should've kept the hand-held camera style instead of changing it. It just killed the atmosphere and soul of the movie. There's a reason it's called REC. It's supposed to be from the POV of the person recording. Even if you ignore that, it's still a pretty weak movie. It's not nearly as entertaining as the previous two. It's just kinda there. If you wanna watch it then do it. You'll probably like it, but I personally hate it for getting rid of the hand-held camera. It was the first thing I noticed and it will stay with me until I die. Never forgive Never forget

REC 3: Genesis follows its own cast of characters in a removed setting from REC and REC 2. I thought the premise was intriguing: the virus spreading at a wedding. And despite my want - my need - to uncover what happened to Angela, I watched REC 3.And it shocked me in the same way REC and REC 2 did.Despite the brighter lighting as oppose to the darker variety from the first two . . . despite the switch from shaky-camera, found footage to traditional camera-work . . . it still contained that isolating, claustrophobic feeling.I enjoyed the action-packed, fast-paced, extremely-bloody-and-gory scenes. I looked forward to the scene as displayed on the poster, when Clara poses in the tunnels, carrying a chainsaw, looking completely bad-ass. By the time I reached the end . . . well, I felt heartbroken. (You will see why when you watch it!)

A wedding party becomes infected and, as the zombified guests erupt in a murderous rage, the separated newly-weds struggle to find each others arms again.Badly judged variation on a simple formula. I liked it at first, the setting was fresh, but after the opening sequence the POV was ditched (no more shaky cam, phew!) and elements of farce and romance came into it. The idea of quarantine was not integral to the story, and they altered the source of evil and added a dispiriting religious slant.Overall not a bad yarn, although I did cringe when the knights in shining armour came out. And the only useful guys in the story are a knight and a priest - how conservative is that? There's plenty of humour, some of it rather lame - the copyright stuff! - and I did want to see Spongebob go up in flames.This is not for the REC audience, and I'm not sure why they went this way. Vary it up, sure, but don't put REC stickers on a non-REC film.

The original Rec was a classic - one of the few 'found footage' films that actually worked. It was no wonder it was not only remade (reasonably faithfully) for the American audience as 'Quarantine,' but also spawned a sequel which was very similar to the original in look and feel (although not quite as good, but definitely passable).How much enjoyment you get out of the third instalment will depend on how well you deal with the change (spoilers ahead). After twenty minutes of setting up the film as shot from the first person via a wedding video, it deliberately changes itself into a regular 'third person' film. Not only do they do this to kind of surprise the audience, but it also serves as one of the indicative new main ingredients, i.e. some self-knowingness.Rec 1 and 2 were both as serious as they come, whereas part 3 (Rec 3: Genesis as it's known) throws in more than a fair few moment of comedy and parody. Therefore it moves the film away from the familiar Rec territory and comes across more like a regular zombie/horror film that rolls along happily, never taking itself too seriously.If this film was simply called 'Genesis' and had nothing to do with the franchise, it would probably have got a better reception overall. However, the changes obviously was a gamble and not for everyone. Rec 3 never reaches the chilling heights of terror that its predecessors managed, but it is still an entertaining little yarn that you should be able to enjoy if you like your gore messy and plot holes easily overlooked.