As a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on one another.As a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on one another.As a lethal virus spreads globally, four friends seek a reputed plague-free haven. But while avoiding the infected, the travelers turn on one another.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Christopher Meloni
- Frank
- (as Chris Meloni)
Ron McClary
- Preacher
- (voice)
Tim D. Janis
- Survivalist
- (as Tim Janis)
Mary Peterson
- Laura Merkin
- (voice)
Sequoyah Adams-Rice
- Sick Child
- (uncredited)
Brighid Fleming
- Sick child
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThough filmed in late 2006, Carriers was not released by Paramount until September 2009, following the success of Chris Pine's appearance in Star Trek (2009), released earlier in 2009.
- GoofsAt the golf resort, characters cock their shotguns, indicating they've been walking around with unloaded weapons. Then they keep cocking them. No live rounds are heard hitting the floor, so evidently they're all carrying empty weapons.
- Alternate versionsThe German Blu-ray and DVD release contains hard language and more bloody violence than the PG-13 Rated U.S. version.
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I was at the "World Premiere" tonight at the Fantasy Filmfest in Hamburg and I have to say Carriers was completely underwhelming. I liked the general premise but every step of the story is driven plot turns which feel more and more forced and only seemingly take place to get the story as far as the MacGuffin, in this case a secluded beach where the characters will be able to hide from disease and humans alike.
On top of that the characters of the brothers become annoyingly cliché as each lives up to their sensitive-liberal-brain/makes-the-hard-decisions-conservative-brawn stereotypes. It's a pity because the film does make some hard and interesting decisions with the characters but the ideas simply aren't there to keep the tension and overall story steaming along.
A very very average film which is well made and is still worth a view but ultimately disposable.
Epilogue - why does there always have to be a scene in American apocalypse films where the characters inappropriately fondle an American flag to dramatic music? The scene was completely out of place in a film that plays it straight and realistic the whole way through.
On top of that the characters of the brothers become annoyingly cliché as each lives up to their sensitive-liberal-brain/makes-the-hard-decisions-conservative-brawn stereotypes. It's a pity because the film does make some hard and interesting decisions with the characters but the ideas simply aren't there to keep the tension and overall story steaming along.
A very very average film which is well made and is still worth a view but ultimately disposable.
Epilogue - why does there always have to be a scene in American apocalypse films where the characters inappropriately fondle an American flag to dramatic music? The scene was completely out of place in a film that plays it straight and realistic the whole way through.
- DeviousMrBlonde
- Sep 3, 2009
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- Also known as
- The Untitled Pastor Brothers Project
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- Gross US & Canada
- $104,352
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $76,857
- Sep 6, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $5,805,279
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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