Cargo
Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) leads this outback post-apocalyptic thriller as a father looking for salvation for his baby daughter.
When a freakish pandemic claims his partner's life and infects his bloodstream, Andy (Freeman) has 48 hours until he turns into one of the creatures his family has tried so hard to avoid. With his one-year-old daughter Rosie on his back, Andy searches for a safe pair of hands to protect her. His best chance is a flourishing Aboriginal tribe, but it's a passage not easily granted. Based on the directors' 2013 short film of the same name, which was a finalist at the Tropfest short film festival.
- Director:
- Ben HowlingYolanda Ramke (feature debuts)
- Writer:
- Yolanda Ramke
- Cast:
- Martin FreemanAnthony HayesCaren PistoriusSusie PorterKris McQuadeNatasha WanganeenBruce R. CarterSimone Landers
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksOften when it seems like there’s nowhere for zombie movies to go, a little out-of-left-field film comes along to prove you wrong, squeezing a smidgen more life out of the genre’s exhausted conventions. Aussie epidemic pic Cargo does just that: injecting bracing, subtle layers into long-established flesh-munching lore while not completely reinventing anything.
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksOften when it seems like there’s nowhere for zombie movies to go, a little out-of-left-field film comes along to prove you wrong, squeezing a smidgen more life out of the genre’s exhausted conventions. Aussie epidemic pic Cargo does just that: injecting bracing, subtle layers into long-established flesh-munching lore while not completely reinventing anything.
Variety
pressThis familiar saga eschews jolting scares for survival-esque (and dark-heart-of-man) thrills, relying largely on Freeman's compelling lead turn to set it apart from the genre.
Screen Daily
pressPitting Martin Freeman against the undead in the Australian outback, Cargo may take a bite out of a teeming genre, but it does so with heart, smarts and some weighty matters on its mind.
Los Angeles Times
pressCo-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.
FilmInk
pressWho’d have thought that the secret to new life would be to inject a little humanity into the old shambling corpse?
Entertainment Weekly
pressThe Australian setting brings a fresh, and epic, quality to this now done-to-death genre, and the directors introduce a few nice new kinks to the zombie mythology.
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksOften when it seems like there’s nowhere for zombie movies to go, a little out-of-left-field film comes along to prove you wrong, squeezing a smidgen more life out of the genre’s exhausted conventions. Aussie epidemic pic Cargo does just that: injecting bracing, subtle layers into long-established flesh-munching lore while not completely reinventing anything.
Flicks, Aaron Yap
flicksOften when it seems like there’s nowhere for zombie movies to go, a little out-of-left-field film comes along to prove you wrong, squeezing a smidgen more life out of the genre’s exhausted conventions. Aussie epidemic pic Cargo does just that: injecting bracing, subtle layers into long-established flesh-munching lore while not completely reinventing anything.
Variety
pressThis familiar saga eschews jolting scares for survival-esque (and dark-heart-of-man) thrills, relying largely on Freeman's compelling lead turn to set it apart from the genre.
Screen Daily
pressPitting Martin Freeman against the undead in the Australian outback, Cargo may take a bite out of a teeming genre, but it does so with heart, smarts and some weighty matters on its mind.
Los Angeles Times
pressCo-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.
FilmInk
pressWho’d have thought that the secret to new life would be to inject a little humanity into the old shambling corpse?
Entertainment Weekly
pressThe Australian setting brings a fresh, and epic, quality to this now done-to-death genre, and the directors introduce a few nice new kinks to the zombie mythology.
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