We watch his gradual transformation unfold in tragic fashion. Containment kits distributed en masse by the Australian government offer sparse details, a watch with a timer, and even a handy instrument for assisted suicide purposes. An infected person gradually develops increasing fevers, seizure, and internal bleeding.

A nasty green puss oozes from their face until it hardens over their mouth. But by then, not even lip balm can help, because they become mindless Virals. Tree sap was the reference point for that. The idea is that once that symptom occurs, it hardens over and suffocates the person. That drew influence from insect chrysalis. The Australian government distributed countless containment kits that the infected can use to euthanize themselves.

Andy seemingly only survived as long as he did because he was in such a secluded area. So what happened in the rest of the world? Rather than follow up with Rosie in Australia, a Cargo sequel could instead explore how this virus affected society somewhere else. If a sequel does happen, then that almost certainly will be the case.

Corey Plante. Huge spoilers follow for Cargo. The design of the infected is okay, but they don't really feel like much of a threat for the most part. It is a solid expansion on the short film, but as the time goes on you will start to see the missed potential as much as you see what made the short so effective.

The film takes place during the zombie apocalypse, down under. Andy Martin Freeman is trying to scrounge food and keep his wife and toddler safe. Circumstances cause Andy to have little time to live as he tries to find a safe community for his daughter driving and hiking through the Outback. More of a drama about human character. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Sometimes you have to move, even if you don't want to. And in case of an end of the world scenario, it's even weirder to be on the move. So when we get to learn our protagonists, they are holed up and for good reasons.

So at some point we know they'll have to move. That does happen sooner than they expect themselves for sure. Problems and issues on the "road" trip begin before the trip even starts as you can imagine.

The movie is really well made and it is the suspension that carries it all the way through. Really good acting and fine structure Not the best movie called Cargo, but more than decent! I am a little surprised by all the accolades, and the excellent reviews this film received, it isn't bad, it's just slow, and it pains me to say it, but just another zombie story, albeit one that is incredibly well made, and superbly acted.

I always look for something unique, and a little different in such a highly regarded film, sadly I couldn't see anything, it's watchable, but I found it too slow.

Martin Freeman is terrific, and the best thing about it. It's a decent watch, but there are many better films in this genre. Directors Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke expand their 7-minute short Cargo to feature length, with Martin Freeman taking the central role of Andy, who, in the midst of a zombie outbreak in Australia, must find a way to protect the life of his infant daughter Rosie. But at 97 minutes longer than the original, Cargo 'redux' proves to be a rather bloated zombie flick that serves to show just how taut, efficient and emotionally powerful the duo's first stab at the story actually was.

To be fair, Martin Freeman puts in a strong performance as the devoted father, and the film boasts great cinematography, but the extended storyline features several new drawn-out subplots that sap the basic premise of its strength. As zombie films go, you can do much, much, much worse, but do yourself a favour and be sure to watch the short - I imagine that you'll agree that it does things better, proving the old adage that less is more.

Cute kids! I didn't even know about this movie before stumbling upon it on Netflix. And given the fact that it was a zombie movie, of course I had to sit down and watch it. I must admit that this was not really an outstanding entry in the zombie genre. Sure, it had its moments here and there, but overall then it was just too mundane and generic a storyline. And actually very little happened throughout the course of the movie, or at least not enough to really make a compelling impact.

The storyline was too predictable and followed a course that was so chiseled in stone that you saw what would happen a mile away.

Now, Martin Freeman made the movie somewhat bearable to sit through, but he was struggling with a lack of a proper script and storyline. The special effects were adequate, although it was really scarce with how much of the zombies you got to see. The entire movie just didn't have that 'end of the world' quality to it, and it felt like there was not overwhelming danger looming above the characters.

All in all, a movie that can be seen once, but hardly an outstanding addition in the zombie genre. Traveling through the Australian outback, a man and his infant daughter try to escape from a zombie virus that has infected him and started a countdown to get her to safety, only to stumble upon a series of obstacles that prevent him from doing so and tries to finish the trip before time runs out.

This was a fine survivalist thriller if utterly abysmal zombie effort. The main element that works for this one is the antics of the group to survive out in the wilderness of the Australian outback. Living on a riverboat with their own set of rules and guidelines as they try to survive, this starts off really well in getting the rules of the situation revealed not only through their arguments but actions as well.

As the rest of the film following the accident deals with the race to get to safety as well as trying to keep himself alive long enough to ensure that, the drama this builds during this section is decent enough and holds this one rather nicely.

As well as the fine blood and gore presented here, that's all that's really enjoyable with this one. Beyond this, though, as a general horror film, this was absolutely awful. The biggest issue here is that the way of trying to avoid turning into a ravenous isn't that interesting and just causes us to lose interest in the events that play out. There's no sense of avoiding what's coming upon him based on what we know is going to happen so his plight through the remote, desolate landscapes coming upon the weird characters as he goes on towards the inevitable all this time without revealing it to anyone else really just causes this to just wander around to one inevitable confrontation after another.

All told, that manages to keep this moving along through a seemingly endless series of scenes and confrontations that just don't get interesting after a while. Likewise, the other problem here is the lack of zombies or even action presented here. The zombies don't even make much of an appearance in their three sequences they pop up in totaling a grand mark of around a minute during that period, this is so bereft of zombie action that there's really no genre hallmark at all.

The drama about trying to keep away is the overriding factor here, and the insistence on providing a human drama protagonist instead of a zombie-based one that really ends up stretching this out far longer than it needs to be keeping this at the forefront of the film rather than the zombie threat. In the end, this is just a dull, boring non-zombie effort. In they made a movie called The Dead, where a guy was trying to outrun a zombie outbreak in Africa.

It was original, albeit not extremely exciting, and the story of the making of the film is very interesting as well. The starring man was Rob Freeman. Now we get Cargo, a guy is trying to outrun a zombie outbreak in Australia and he is played by Martin Freeman.

I can't wait for the Morgan Freeman version, somewhere in Brasil! And it's not bad at all. However the rest of the film is completely pointless: his dumb wife, his dumb character, the dumb people he meets along the way, the dumb ending. This film is dumb from top to bottom. So much potential wasted on a "slow burn" plot that ultimately says nothing. And the sorry part is that this shouldn't have been a zombie movie zombies are rare and far between anyway , it could have been any contagion.

In fact, if this would have been something like Ebola, the film would have had much more power. Is the zombie apocalypse causing the tragedy of Martin Freeman's character?

No, if he and his dumb wife would have behaved the same and this would have been an ordinary highly contagious virus they would have died sooner! Bottom line: can't sympathize with people who "do everything for their child" when they start the movie doing almost everything they can to get all of them infected. And it's boring. Hellmant 25 May It was directed by Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke in their feature filmmaking debut , and it was also written by Ramke.

The film was released in Australia last year, and it's gotten mostly positive reviews from critics. It's now available for streaming on Netflix, in the U.

The trio is trying to stay safe, in a zombie outbreak world, by hiding out in a houseboat. An accident suddenly leaves Kay dead, and Andy infected. Before Andy goes though, he wants to make sure he finds a safe place for his daughter to live.

Along his urgent journey he makes allies and enemies, while constantly trying to avoid the infected. The movie is surprisingly different than most other zombie films I've seen, and in such an overdone genre it's definitely a pleasant surprise.

It's also quite strange to see Freeman in the lead, of a horror flick like this. He does a great job though, so does his young costar Wanganeen , and the film is also quite surprisingly emotional. I really enjoyed the surprise climax too. If you're looking for a fresh and new take on the zombie genre, this should do the trick. Andy Martin Freeman and Kay Susie Porter are struggling to survive with their infant daughter, but are forced to start moving when the threat surrounding them starts closing in, in the shape of hideously deformed zombies, mutated by the plague.

After getting separated due to circumstances beyond their control, Andy is left to look after their baby, running into Thoomi Simone Landers , a young aborigine child who will take him on a journey more terrifying than he could have imagined. Imagination and original ideas are things that the horror genre is usurping at an alarming rate.

If you want some scares for your buck these days, odds are you'll be saddled with a stale, generic idea that has been explored many times before, and you'll just have to make do with some occasional jump scares to pass the time.