Carriers

2009
PG-13
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.0/10

50K

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Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.

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Adventure Drama Horror Sci-Fi Thriller

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.

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IMDb RATING

6.0/10

50K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Frank
(as Chris Meloni)

Kiernan Shipka

Jodie

Ron McClary

Preacher
(voice)

Mark Moses

Doctor

Josh Berry

Survivalist

Tim D. Janis

Survivalist
(as Tim Janis)

Dale O'Malley

Survivalist

Dylan Kenin

LeAnne Lynch

Rose

Jan Cunningham

Passenger

Mary Peterson

Laura Merkin
(voice)

Sequoyah Adams-Rice

Sick Child
(uncredited)

Brighid Fleming

Sick child
(uncredited)

Directors
- David Pastor
- Àlex Pastor
Writers
- Àlex Pastor
- David Pastor
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Though 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.

Goofs
At 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.

Quotes
Doctor: Sometimes choosing life is just choosing a more painful form of death.

Alternate versions
The German Blu-ray and DVD release contains hard language and more bloody violence than the PG-13 Rated U.S. version.

Connections
Featured in WhatCulture Originals: 10 More Underrated Horror Movies You Need To Watch (2019)

Soundtracks
Disco 1
Written by Jed Kurzel and Anthony Johnsen
Performed by The Mess Hall
Courtesy of Shock Records

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Review

Featured review

8/10

First of all, this is NOT a horror film.

Second this is NOT a zombie film. So don't be fooled by the idiotic marketing of this fine little gem. What this is, is a deliberately paced drama about a group of survivors in a world plagued with a virus that's pretty much killed everyone and the hard decisions they have to make on their way. It could be a companion piece to The Road almost, a sort of prequel set a few years before.

While it is "slow" it only clocks in about 84 minutes which is far too short in my opinion and I wanted more really. Something tells me that the film was originally much longer but cut down by the producers to please the teens who all seem to hate it anyway.

Good film, crap marketing.