SummaryThe highly anticipated sequel to one of the scariest films of all time, [REC] 2 picks up 15 minutes from where we left off, taking us back into the quarantined apartment building where a terrifying virus has run rampant, turning the occupants into mindlessly violent, raging beasts. A heavily armed SWAT team and a mysterious government official ar... Read More
Directed By:Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Written By:Jaume Balagueró, Manu Díaz, Paco Plaza, Amèlia Mora
[Rec] 2
Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
38% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
15% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
80
[Rec] 2 is a pell-mell, edge-of-your-seat, theme-park ride through hell, and I strongly advise you to ignore the aspersions cast upon it by snooty critics and random Internet fanboys alike. I am your friend, horror fans! I know what you need, and this is it.
70
Doesn't exactly bring anything new to the genre, it's no less effective than its predecessor in expertly conjuring an air of low-tech-style dread.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.7
58% Positive
76 Ratings
76 Ratings
36% Mixed
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
6% Negative
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
Mar 30, 2025
10
Puede que se haya perdido el factor sorpresa de la primera entrega pero esta secuela también innova en muchos aspectos: hay más acción, más sangre, más terror y se explica un poco más la historia, así que me ha gustado.
May 23, 2020
10
El nivel de producción y montaje es superior y de mejor calidad, hay más acción y tensión, tiene mejor ritmo, sin embargo, la historia se siente un poco forzada, pero el hecho de estar mejor realizada a nivel técnico es más que suficiente para estar a la altura de su predecesora.
67
What Balagueró and Plaza lose in novelty, they partially gain back by sheer relentlessness: The film is a slab of raw meat for horror addicts, impeccably crafted mayhem that clocks in at under 90 minutes. Just don’t give it too much thought.
55
Relies almost entirely on its tunnel-vision, single-player style for its scares. It’s a strategy that stalls out halfway through, which means it works for twice as long as it should.
40
A movie that overrules logic irritates its audience; we don't like to be reminded that there's a writer pulling the strings. And here, the POV horror is a conceit as well as a distraction, a crutch to create suspense from shaky, dark footage.
40
A sequel to the Spanish cult hit that offers an explanation for something that was far more effective when left largely unexplained.
20
This Spanish sequel to a 2007 cult hit uses the way-overdone conceit of videotaped terror.
Jul 23, 2012
10
[REC] 2 is one of the best zombie movies ever made. Its an unexpected one as well. It takes us to a new stage in the zombie movies giving us not just blood **** zombies, but demon possessed zombies. This movie is filled with plenty of chills and a large amount of blood, it's a definite must see. Don't watch american remakes of this film.
Jul 18, 2024
6
Not bad, though not good. Some generally decent direction, though some of the acting was average at best. It was slightly more interesting due to the religious aspects, although this could have been developed much further.
Jan 25, 2017
6
В целом - это та же 1 часть, но тут всё получилось похуже.
1. Та же локация, которую уже можно было изучить в первом фильме.
2. Не страшно, хотя и первая часть была не особо страшной, но чего у неё не отнимешь, так это атмосферы. В этой части она довольно слабая.
3. Вирус объяснили одержимостью дьяволом, а против уже не заражённых, а одержимых действует крест... Тут у каждого своё мнение. Кому-то не понравилось такое решение, а кому-то наоборот, показалось хорошим. Я отношусь к первому случаю.
Итог:
Можно ограничиться первой частью, которая очень даже отличная. А эту смотрите на свой страх и риск.
Sep 27, 2014
3
Innecesaria secuela. Parece una recopilación de escenas eliminadas de la primera película. La trama ya no es interesante y el factor sorpresa, pues eso, ya no sorprende. La primera es mucho mejor, incluso con la tercera al menos te ríes mas. Aunque los fans de los zombis pueden quedar satisfechos...
Jan 31, 2025
0
I've seen garage movies with more redeeming creative qualities. The first is a good horror movie, because.. it's very conventional and sticks to the good horror movies patterns. Here they start explaining cr@p, and p!ss on about everybody: the catholic church with its demon experiments in an inhabited building in the middle of the citty, the undisciplined fireman hitting kids, the extremely incompetent and untrained special strike team, snipers shooting civilians through the windows when their orders were just to quarantine the building.. showbusiness guys are always so full of.. love for the rest of humanity. Going on the 3 and 4, those should be monuments too
Production Company:
- Filmax
- Televisión Española (TVE)
- Canal+ España
- Castelao Producciones
- Ministerio de Cultura
- Generalitat de Catalunya
- Instituto de Crédito Oficial (ICO)
Release Date:Jul 9, 2010
Duration:1 h 25 m
Rating:R
Tagline:Fear Revisited
Awards
Gaudí Awards
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
• 2 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination













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