Carriers (film)
| Carriers | |
|---|---|
 Promotional film poster | |
| Directed by | Àlex Pastor David Pastor |
| Written by | Àlex Pastor David Pastor |
| Produced by | Ray Angelic Anthony Bregman |
| Starring | Lou Taylor Pucci Chris Pine Piper Perabo Emily VanCamp Christopher Meloni |
| Cinematography | Benoît Debie |
| Edited by | Craig McKay |
| Music by | Peter Nashel |
Production companies | Ivy Boy Productions This Is That Productions Likely Story |
| Distributed by | Paramount Vantage |
Release date | September 4, 2009 |
Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | Template:FilmUS |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,577,219[1] |
Carriers is a 2009 horror film about four people fleeing a viral pandemic. It was written and directed by Àlex Pastor and David Pastor and stars Lou Taylor Pucci, Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Emily VanCamp.
Plot
A pandemic virus has already spread worldwide, killing almost everyone. Two brothers, Brian and Danny, along with Brian's girlfriend Bobby and Danny's friend Kate, are heading to a place called Turtle Beach where they believe they can wait for the viral pandemic to die out.
On their way there, they meet a man, Frank and his infected young daughter Jodie, and end up taking them to a place where a serum for the pandemic has been developed. Upon arrival they discover that that the serum doesn't work, and the only doctor still alive is about to commit suicide with a remaining group of infected children. Meanwhile, Bobby is accidentally infected by Jodie, though she hides this from the others. They leave Frank and Jodie behind.
After this, they stop at a golf course, and though Bobby tries to prevent it, Brian kisses her. The golf course is being used as a base by a small group of armed survivalists, who capture the group. While disrobing the girls to rape them, they discover Bobby's infection and send them away. Kate stresses that they will end up dead if Bobby continues to travel with them and they end up leaving a weeping Bobby behind at a deserted gas station.
Brian later breaks down under the pressure of having to make all of the difficult decisions in order to keep everyone alive, and Danny discovers that his brother is also infected. At Kate's urging, he shoots Brian and burns the disease-ridden body. Afterward, Danny and Kate reach Turtle Beach and Danny realizes that, without his brother, the place that had seemed so special to them as kids is now empty. The film ends, leaving their fate uncertain.
Cast
- Lou Taylor Pucci as Danny Green
- Chris Pine as Brian Green
- Piper Perabo as Bobby
- Emily VanCamp as Kate
- Christopher Meloni as Frank Holloway
- Kiernan Shipka as Jodie Holloway
- Mark Moses as Preacher
Production
The movie was completed and screened in 2007, but wasn't scheduled for a release by Paramount Vantage until September 2009.[2]
Reception
Carriers received positive reviews with a 64% 'Fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews.[3] It also has a 6.3/10 rating on IMDb as of 12/19/09 based on 3,482 votes.[4]
Release
Carriers was released on September 4, 2009 in several cinemas[5] and the DVD was released on 8 December 2009.[6]
References
- ^ Carriers at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2009-12-01.
- ^ Carriers at HorrorMovies.ca]
- ^ Carriers on Rotten Tomatoes, Rotten Tomatoes, retrieved 2009-12-19
- ^ Carriers on IMDb, Internet Movie Database, retrieved 2009-12-19
- ^ Exclusive Clip: Carriers
- ^ Carriers Carried to DVD this December
External links
- Official Site
- Carriers at IMDb
- Carriers at Rotten Tomatoes
- Carriers at Yahoo! Movies