Los Angeles Times by Michael Ordona

That rare zombie movie with actual scares.

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

[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.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

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.

The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis

Enjoy it; according to the spectacularly nauseating final moments, a cure for this virus seems unlikely, but “[REC] 3” (a k a “[REC] Apocalypse”) is a virtual certainty.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

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.

Time Out by Joshua Rothkopf

Now, with this underwhelming sequel, Spain proves it can stand toe to toe with any nation in the manufacture of unnecessary follow-ups.

Movieline by Michelle Orange

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.

San Francisco Chronicle by Amy Biancolli

A passable follow-up - more ludicrous, less taut, still creepy - that picks up exactly where the original left off.

Variety

A sequel to the Spanish cult hit that offers an explanation for something that was far more effective when left largely unexplained.

Village Voice

Predictably, [REC] 2 is higher-budgeted than its barebones predecessor, which only means that the spectacular degradation of video in scenes where the zombies get in close and start chomping will test the limits of any HDTV. If only [REC] 2's rabid baddies knew how to push [STOP].

Village Voice by Rob Nelson

Predictably, [REC] 2 is higher-budgeted than its barebones predecessor, which only means that the spectacular degradation of video in scenes where the zombies get in close and start chomping will test the limits of any HDTV. If only [REC] 2's rabid baddies knew how to push [STOP].

Variety by Boyd van Hoeij

A sequel to the Spanish cult hit that offers an explanation for something that was far more effective when left largely unexplained.

Chicago Reader by J.R. Jones

As it turns out, what's going on is yet another cinematic rip-off, this time of “The Exorcist.” Apparently rec stands not for record but for recycle

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

This Spanish sequel to a 2007 cult hit uses the way-overdone conceit of videotaped terror.