A couple's wedding day turns into a horrific events as some of the guests start showing signs of a strange illness.
Oddball comedy instantly kills zombie scares - the neck-ripping is bloody but boring - leaving you clinging to the fun moments when director Paco Plaza nails it.
Okay if you relish watching a children’s entertainer fighting the undead dressed as Spongebob Squarepants: otherwise consider an exodus.
While [REC]³ lacks any real potency in the scare department, it's a wild ride that keeps the franchise at the forefront of the zombie genre.
Paco Plaza’s third REC film follows the same format as the rest, but the early franchise frights are missing. There’s some ironic light-heartedness in the nuptial set, the religious overtones are distractingly self-conscious.
Director Paco Plaza's hand is always hovering about the parody switch, which is well and truly flicked once the bride picks up a chainsaw and takes the fight to her blood-sucking pursuers.
There is plenty of gleeful, cartoonish ultra-violence to enjoy as the bride and groom (Leticia Dolera and Diego Martin) slash at the rotting sinews of their nearest and dearest, he armed with a large, gleaming sword, she – in a very sexily dishevelled state – with a chainsaw. “This is my day,” she snarls as she slices away.
The dancefloor's full of bodies, the bride and groom have been backed into a corner by relatives desperate for their pound of flesh. Pretty much your average wedding, then.
It's a tiresome gore fest, much of it played for easy laughs.
General release. Check local listings for show times.
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