Carriers

Time Out says
Consistent in its themes but uneven as a drama, this post-pandemic road movie follows a quartet of twentysomething survivors as they drive across the desert en route to a virus-free Mexican beach where two of them – macho hard-case Brian (Chris Pine from JJ Abrams’s ‘Star Trek’) and his sensitive, educated brother Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci) – spent some idyllic childhood days. Together with Brian’s feisty girlfriend Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Danny’s shy high-school friend Kate (Emily VanCamp), the antagonistic brothers drive through a parched, harshly lit landscape populated by the diseased and the desperate: a father and his infected daughter, a despairing children’s doctor, a pair of gun-toting Christian women, vigilante rapists in anti-contamination suits.
Emphasising character conflict over generic horror, Spanish brothers Álex and David Pastor nevertheless employ some over-familiar scenarios. Armed with guns, bleach, rubber gloves and face-masks, the foursome struggle to keep the viral and human threats at bay, as familial ties and friendships are eroded by harsh life-or-death decisions. Sadly, this thoughtful, low-key exploration of our darker survival instincts is too conventional and unfocused to fully engage our emotions.
Emphasising character conflict over generic horror, Spanish brothers Álex and David Pastor nevertheless employ some over-familiar scenarios. Armed with guns, bleach, rubber gloves and face-masks, the foursome struggle to keep the viral and human threats at bay, as familial ties and friendships are eroded by harsh life-or-death decisions. Sadly, this thoughtful, low-key exploration of our darker survival instincts is too conventional and unfocused to fully engage our emotions.
Details
Release details
Rated:
15
Release date:
Friday December 11 2009
Duration:
84 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Álex Pastor, David Pastor
Cast:
Lou Taylor Pucci
Chris Pine
Piper Perabo
Emily VanCamp
Chris Pine
Piper Perabo
Emily VanCamp