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Posted By: MattSlash at 10:14pm, September 6, 2009
An gripping, character driven, bleak, haunting and devastating psychological/virus/drama that was brutally realistic. This was definitely a slow burner when it came to pace but the solid performances, some creepy and tense moments kept me interested. Sure there could of been more horror elements added to make it even more horrific and to speed things up and there were a couple of plot holes here and there but there was a pretty good novel effort to be found in here and the filming kind of had an vintige, low budget feel that made everthing realistic. Don't be fooled by the cover this is not a horror movie but more of a unsettling drama about human condition, survival and the end of humanity and a decent one at that. Overall this is not a must see and is more of a rental but if you like movies dealing with viruses I recommend it because it's one of the smarter ones out there right now.
What made this movie work was Chris Pine's since of humor at even the most tense moments of the movie, all together the movie was fantastic using little or no blood and gore it was able to pull of the horror elements. It's one of those the survival movies that keep you guessing and going what the hell is next. *Spoilers Follow* The movie doesn't give any explanation of what caused the virus, but it works. Carriers opens with the epidemic in full effect instead of the normal build of plot, characters and then oh shit the world is ending crap. It begins with the four lead characters driving threw Texas trying to escape to a place were there can remain quarantined and safe until the epidemic is over. The way this movie draws you in is amazing, I myself was disappointed when it was over cause I wanted to see more and have the struggle for survival continue, all in all this movie was tense, humorous at times and just a great story of survival during a worldwide epidemic plague. well recommended.
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