Rec 3: Genesis

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Rec 3: Genesis

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Released Sep 7, 2012

1h 19m

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Mystery & Thriller

Action

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Newlyweds (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín) watch their wedding reception descend into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

Critics Consensus

[REC] 3 Genesis discards the handheld POV of its predecessors and loses the franchise's fresh perspective in the bargain, upping the gags and gore to the detriment of the chills that audiences crave.

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Perri Nemiroff

Shockya.com

Perhaps Paco Plaza's fictional virus finally got to him because the fact that he thinks he can do away with found footage and horror in the third installment is downright bizarre.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 8, 2012

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Plaza throws in more than enough ludicrous touches of his own to grab viewers by their arteries and never let go.

Rated: 3.5/4

Sep 7, 2012

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

With slapstick smothering the scares, "[REC 3]" is further marred by a plot in which the muted Catholicism of its antecedents is turned up to full blast.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 6, 2012

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Lulls you into expecting a redundant experience in its opening minutes, only to entirely circumvent expectations while being as satisfying as its predecessors.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 22, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It’s exceedingly gory, more so than its predecessors, and its lack of technical ingenuity and half-hearted use of the “found footage” device somehow makes it less interesting.

Rated: 1.5/4

Oct 3, 2022

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Rita Cannon

Battleship Pretension

This movie doesn't negotiate its shifts in tone quite as nimbly as Wright's did, but its blend of absurd humor, bloody thrills, and genuine human emotion took me by surprise, and I mean that in a good way.

Mar 10, 2021

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CHRISTOPHER B

Mucho más gore que siento que fue manejada de una manera muy buena, la historia es bastante triste y te da la última esperanza para arrebatarla de una manera brutal. Me gustó la película pero sí baja bastante el nivel en comparación de sus anteriores dos entregas, como precuela es buena pero quitarme ese estilo found footage si me dolió. Espero que en la cuarta entrega por fin nos digan que es lo que pasa en el resto del mundo después de que "Angela" haya salido del edificio.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/25

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Audience Member

Quite funny, moments of pathos, plenty of gore, faintly ridiculous

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/21/24

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Liam D

Ditching the found footage gimmick for a standard zombie/demon horror movie. It’s an massive disappointment

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/16/24

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Roiy A

La verdad Está secuela Está Bastante por debajo de las Primeras Llega a Ser más o menos Buena Pero Quitar ese Formato que Tenian las Películas Anteriores Jode Bastante la Experiencia y la Hace sentir un Poco Genérica

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/13/24

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Steven Y

It was almost a relief to depart from the found-footage format 3 films into the franchise, but you ultimately realise that without it, it's a lot easier to recognise the B-movie qualities. It's another frustrating horror film that misses the mark (in terms of being scary or tense) and instead becomes a lampoon of the genre. I laughed out loud many, many times, and most of them felt like deliberate comedic choices by the director. The protagonists make downright dumb decisions and deserve to die for much of the film, and the set pieces are somewhat hilarious. It's very watchable and I quite enjoyed it, but it's not good. At all.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/09/24

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Lucas t

I like this film because of how bad ass it Is and how gory the kills are (also good acting). 7/10.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/13/24

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Synopsis

Newlyweds (Leticia Dolera, Diego Martín) watch their wedding reception descend into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

Director: Paco Plaza
Producer: Julio Fernández, Jaume Balagueró
Screenwriter: Paco Plaza, Luiso Berdejo
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Filmax
Rating: R (Strong Bloody Horror Violence|Some Language)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: European Spanish
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 12, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.2K
Runtime: 1h 19m