Carriers

2009

Action / Adventure / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 39% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 39% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 52835 52.8K

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Plot summary

A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.

Director

David Pastor Photo
David Pastor

Top cast

Emily VanCamp Photo
Emily VanCamp as Kate
Kiernan Shipka Photo
Kiernan Shipka as Jodie
Chris Pine Photo
Chris Pine as Brian
Piper Perabo Photo
Piper Perabo as Bobby
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776.56 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 11
1.56 GB
1916*804
English 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds 27

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by cashbacher 5 / 10

Clear lack of survival mentality

While the premise of this movie is very relevant to the current state of the world, (Covid-19)the actions by the major players is at best lame and often reaches the point of stupid. An extremely deadly virus has been unleashed on the world and it is almost universally fatal. Two young men and two young women are in a car traveling to a seaside resort where the two boys spent a considerable amount of time in their youth. It takes a bit of time before these facts are clear to the viewer. The four of them have masks and a lot of bleach and are very cautious about contact with anything that could possible be contagious. At first, they seem very knowledgeable about their situation and what they need to do to survive. The two men are brothers, but the exact situation regarding the two women is unclear. It does not take long before the intelligence declines and the stupidity rises. When their car is irretrievably broken, the older brother (the leader) takes out his pistol and does some target practice on a political campaign sign. No one with any real sense of their situation would have wasted precious ammunition like that. Some of their actions appear incredibly foolish once it becomes clear just how deadly the virus is. They arrive at a Center for Disease Control base only to find little more than death and a sense of futility. Almost no one is left alive. Yet, they engage in absurd behaviors where they could suffer broken bones or be in an auto accident. As disaster movies based on a virulence go, this one had a lot of potential, but it is hard to take a movie based on such actions in response seriously.
Reviewed by huettnera 7 / 10

Good, but somewhat slow Horror-Drama-Mix

I just left the screening of "Carriers". It was the opening Movie on this years Fantasy Film Fest. At least here in Munich. Well, my first reaction to this film was something like "Wow... this where long 90 Minutes". Most of the other crowd thought the same and their comments where quite similar to mine. Meaning: Good, but a bit slow.This Movie needs a little tightening to speed it up a little bit. It does a lot of things right! The characters are worked out properly, the camera-work is top notch and the acting is very good. But sometimes there are scenes, that last too long. You know where the Directors want to go, you know how the scene will play out in the end, but it still goes on and on and on... So again: a little trimming would do the film good!Well, and then there is this whole "Wrong Marketing"-Thing. At least here in Germany they try to sell this movie as a Horror-Movie. That's just wrong. Sure, there are the classic Horror-Elements, but overall "Carriers" is a strong, heavy Drama. There is virtually NO Action and even less gore in it. Instead there are long dialogs, dramatic events and more dialogs. That's fine with me, but it makes the movie hard to find it's audience. The GoreHounds will be disappointed by the lack of blood and guts and the Drama-Fans will be pushed away by the apocalyptic Elements...So. Once again: "Carriers" has great potential but is a little bit to slow and to heavy on the drama to pass as a great movie.
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