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  • 2011
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  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2011
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  • 1 h 25 m
Cargo

Summary A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter, hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers’ plans. (Persona Films)

Directed By: Yan Vizinberg

Written By: Lee Peterkin, Yan Vizinberg

  • 2011
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 25 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Phase 4 Films
  • 1 h 25 m

Cargo

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
47
User Score Generally Favorable
6.5
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Summary A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter, hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers’ plans. (Persona Films)

Directed By: Yan Vizinberg

Written By: Lee Peterkin, Yan Vizinberg

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
47
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80% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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80% Mixed
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70
Oct 22, 2011
Although the screenplay by Vizinberg and Lee Peterkin holds little in the way of surprises, it does offer a taut storyline and complex characterizations.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
Oct 20, 2011
The film leans almost exclusively on the focused performances of its two leads, who create a credibly barbed chemistry that goes a long way toward distracting us from the film's low-budget deficiencies.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 20, 2011
Cargo can feel like a "film about human trafficking" from beginning to end.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 22, 2011
Its provocative subject matter, though seriously treated, qualifies it as a dark-horse candidate for latenight cable.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 18, 2011
With the certainty of bad melodrama, Cargo moves gradually into superficial moral complexity, an inevitable display of heroics, and the perfunctory title card ensuring us that sex slavery is indeed a real-life problem.
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 User Ratings
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Production Company Chameleon Entertainment, Persona Films
Release Date Oct 21, 2011
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating R
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Awards

New Hampshire Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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