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- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 45 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 45 m
Summary A man and his infant daughter are stranded in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in rural Australia. And when he becomes infected, the countdown begins for him to find her protection before he changes forever.
Directed By: Ben Howling
Written By: Yolanda Ramke
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 45 m
- 2018
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 45 m
Cargo
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6.1
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Summary A man and his infant daughter are stranded in the middle of a zombie apocalypse in rural Australia. And when he becomes infected, the countdown begins for him to find her protection before he changes forever.
Directed By: Ben Howling
Written By: Yolanda Ramke
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 12 Critic Reviews
65
67% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
From Romero’s original zombie series to the films it inspired, this type of horror succeeds when it laces its scares with biting social commentary, and “Cargo” utilizes this formula to great success.
Nevertheless Cargo is a very strong, at times stirring achievement: a zombie film with soul and pathos.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 82 User Ratings
6.1
56% Positive
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
26% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
18% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 82 User Ratings
6.1
56% Positive
46 Ratings
46 Ratings
26% Mixed
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
18% Negative
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
Given how many zombie stories are basically elaborate wish-fulfillment video games, about blowing away targets, hoarding supplies, and finding a safe spot, Cargo’s quiet acknowledgement that suicide might be a kind option for the infected feels revelatory and even dangerous.
Co-directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke (the latter of whom wrote the screenplay) sacrifice some tension with their more character-based approach, but the cumulative effect is emotionally powerful.
Perhaps the highest compliment I can pay it is that I think George A. Romero himself would have liked it.
The sluggish pacing and digressionary plot elements make the proceedings feel as slow as the gait employed by the film's undead supporting characters.
Freeman gives a little something to moments of angst. But seriously. Yawn. It’s a movie so familiar in its tropes, storybeats and dialogue that it feels like a half-forgotten picture or TV show you’ve already seen. The makeup is often “Walking Dead” mediocre.
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Some novel ideas in this, but not enough is done with them. Martin Freeman is quite good. I have a strong feeling I won't remember this very well in a few months.
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I really don't understand the positive rating this movie gets. It is definitely average at best. Sure it does some things right in terms of the character potential (mind you it's just just that they have the potential to be good and charisma) and the setting as well as atmosphere. However the characters are just stupid, there's no other way of putting it. The whole movie would be preventable if the characters had thought before they do something. The dialogue and actions of some of the characters are also very questionable. It feels like A movie cinematography wise, A movie premise and C at best characters, dialogue and execution.
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Production Company
Addictive Pictures,
Causeway Films,
Head Gear Films,
Kreo Films FZ,
Metrol Technology,
White Hot Productions
Release Date May 18, 2018
Duration 1 h 45 m
Rating TV-MA
Tagline He is her only hope. And her greatest threat.
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 6 Nominations
Australian Film Critics Association Awards
• 5 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 3 Nominations
