- EIFF 2019: ANIARA is a Deeply Haunting Sci-Fi Experience [Review]
- Darkstar Pictures Announces Free Online Film Festival!
- Stunning First Look at Indie Fantasy THE WANTING MARE [Trailer]
- Stunning First Look at Indie Fantasy THE WANTING MARE [Trailer]
- Stunning First Look at Indie Fantasy THE WANTING MARE [Trailer]
- SKYLINES Is Coming! [Poster Premiere]
- Who Hunts Who in HUNTER HUNTER? [Trailer]
- MONSTER HUNTER Coming for Christmas [Trailer]
- Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival Returns with In-Person Event [Line Up]
- LUNATIQUE Director Returns with WASTELAND 3 Promo [Short Film]
- Re: Occupation, Australian Sci Fi movie
- Slice of Life, Blade Runner inspired short
- Is Snowpeircer a sequel to Willy Wonka?
- Re: Yesterday
- Re: Yesterday
- Yesterday
- Re: White Night (or where do I get my 30 + from now?)
- Re: White Night (or where do I get my 30 + from now?)
- Re: White Night (or where do I get my 30 + from now?)
- Re: White Night (or where do I get my 30 + from now?)
- BERLINALE 2021: TIDES Comes After Hell [Trailer]
- LUNATIQUE Director Returns with WASTELAND 3 Promo [Short Film]
- A Comet Destoys Earth in GREENLAND Trailer
- Interactive WAR OF THE WORLDS Adaptation Out Now!
- 8K Trailer for Train to Busan Sequel PENINSULA Drops Hard!
- Making a Bomb Shelter in a Funhouse is a Bad Idea in IMPACT EVENT [Trailer]
- Retro Slave: FOX's Post-Apocalyptic Sitcom WOOPS!
- TRAIN TO BUSAN Sequel PENINSULA Gets a Teaser Trailer
- New on Blu-ray and DVD for March 11, 2020
- The Apocalypse Kills Women in ONLY [Trailer]
- Trailer for TheWalking Dead: World Beyond Spin-Off Series
- SATOR is a Welcome Addition to the Folk Horror Canon [Review]
- Women in Horror Month: NEAR DARK
- SOUTHLAND TALES: The Cannes Cut [Review]
- A Woman's Mind Unravels in BIGHT HILL ROAD [Review]
- TIFF 2020: Vanlife Gets a Reality Check in NOMADLAND [Review]
- TIFF 2020: APPLES, THE WAY I SEE IT, PIECES OF A WOMAN & ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI [Capsule Reviews]
- TIFF 2020: The Truth Tellers Return with THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL [Review]
- TIFF 2020: NEW ORDER is Brutal, Violent & a Must-See [Review]
- TIFF 2020: ENEMIES OF THE STATE, Or Are They? [Review]
- TIFF 2020: HOLLER Explores Life in a Dying Town [Review]
- 2067 Director Talks Inspiration, Environment & Time Travel [Interview]
- THE STRANGERS Director Returns with THE DARK AND THE WICKED [Trailer]
- Michael Shannon is Crime Boss in ECHO BOOMERS [Trailer]
- Hair Extensions Get Horrific in BAD HAIR [Trailer]
- TIFF 2020: Vanlife Gets a Reality Check in NOMADLAND [Review]
- VIFF 2020: Sobriety, Reintegration & Telekinesis Come Together in THE CURSE OF WILLOW SONG [Interview]
- VIFF 2020: Revenge Thriller Re-Examined in VIOLATION [Interview]
- VIFF2020: Director Loretta Todd on the Making of Her Debut Feature MONKEY BEACH [Interview]
- TIFF 2020: APPLES, THE WAY I SEE IT, PIECES OF A WOMAN & ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI [Capsule Reviews]
- TIFF 2020: The Truth Tellers Return with THE NEW CORPORATION: THE UNFORTUNATELY NECESSARY SEQUEL [Review]
- TIFF 2020: NEW ORDER is Brutal, Violent & a Must-See [Review]
- TIFF 2020: ENEMIES OF THE STATE, Or Are They? [Review]
- NO ESCAPE Director Talks Influencers, Escape Rooms & Writing [Interview]
- TIFF 2020: HOLLER Explores Life in a Dying Town [Review]
- The Funny Side of Alien Invasions: You have to SAVE YOURSELVES! [Trailer]
- Kodi Smit-McPhee Goes to the Future to Save the Present in 2067 [Trailer]
- First Look at Denis Villeneuve's DUNE [Trailer]
- Fantasia 2020: LAPSIS, THE COLUMNIST, MINOR PREMISE, FEELS GOOD MAN & HAIL TO THE DEADITES [Capsule Reviews]
- BUNRAKU Writer/Director Returns with LX 2048 [Trailer]
- BLOOD QUANTUM Writer/Director Talks Inspiration, Zombies & Representation [Interview]
Jack In
Latest Comments
Latest Forum Posts
PA News
Latest Reviews
Older News
Crew
Marina Antunes
Editor in Chief
Vancouver, British Columbia
Christopher Webster
Managing Editor
Edmonton, Alberta
DN aka quietearth
Founder / Asst. Managing Editor
Denver, Colorado
Simon Read
UK Correspondent
Edinburgh, Scotland
Rick McGrath
Toronto Correspondent
Toronto, Ontario
Manuel de Layet
France Correspondent
Paris, France
rochefort
Austin Correspondent
Austin, Texas
Daniel Olmos
Corrispondente in Italia
Italy
Griffith Maloney aka Griffith Maloney
New York Correspondent
New York, NY
Stephanie O
Floating Correspondent
Quiet Earth Bunker
Jason Widgington
Montreal Correspondent
Montreal, Quebec
Carlos Prime
Austin Correspondent
Austin, TX
Latest news







Year: 2009
Directors: Àlex Pastor / David Pastor
Writers: Àlex Pastor / David Pastor
Amazon: Link
IMDB: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Linus de Paoli
Rating: 6 out of 10
The Fantasy Filmfest is one of the few film events in Germany that is truly dedicated to genre films and their fans. It starts in Berlin and travels through Hamburg, Frankfurt, Cologne, Nürnberg and Stuttgart until it finally reaches Munich, always with the same line-up. Without a doubt one of my favorite destivals! This year, the FFF opened with the world premiere of “Carriers†by Àlex and David Pastor and while it isn't a flop, it could have been a lot better.
Four young people are on their way to the coast. At first it looks like a road trip, but soon you realize they're running away from a lethal disease that has already wiped out a large chunk of mankind. Brian (Chris Pine a.k.a. the new Captain Kirk) has come up with 5 basic rules to survival:
1. Avoid populated areas at all costs.
2. If you come in contact with other people, assume they have it.
3. The virus can survive on surfaces for 24 hours.
4. Never touch anything that is not disinfected (and)
5. Take what you need and do not look back.
While Brian has no problem living by these rules, his younger brother Ryan (Lou Taylor Pucci) sill retains his empathy for others, even the infected. When the virus finds its way into the group, some very tough decisions have to be made.
I know that is the basic film synopsis, but there's really not much more to it.
The design of the poster and official homepage give the impression that is a slick, dark shocker, but it's quite the opposite. The film is actually very light, even a little overexposed, which stresses the humid, apocalyptic feeling. It would have been easy to make a great zombie flick out of that scenario, but the Pastor Brothers had something else in mind. It is not the behavior of the infected that creates horror. It is the paranoia of the healthy, their fear of influenza and the way they treat the inflected. In fact, not a single infected person dies on screen as a result of the infection. The Pastors were not trying to create as much terror as possible, but lead the characters to the end of human kindness. An overbearing feeling of hopelessness dominates the film - although sometimes the Pastors can’t resist going for a cheap shock.
Unfortunately the flick also lacks a bit of heart and originality. The cast could have been taken from a random TV series. It’s not that they don’t do a good job, but Chris Pine, Emily VanCamp and Piper Perabo don’t put a lot of depth into their characters. Only Lou Taylor Pucci was convincing, and I hope to see more of him soon.
The script starts off promising but loses a lot of its power in short order. The group picks up a father and his infected daughter in the beginning, and their relationship is a lot stronger than David and Ryan’s brotherhood. You start to care about the girl and her dad right away. The father’s hope and will to fight for his daughter are the most intense emotional portions of the film. The boundaries between the other characters aren’t that strong, so nothing that happens in the second half of the movie can keep up with the first half on an emotional level. The Pastors tried to endear us to David and Ryan with some Super8 footage from their childhood at both the beginning and the end, but it didn’t help. The ending is another disappointment – it is consequent but does not add anything new.
Like I said, not really a zombie movie, but not a flop either.
You might also like







agentorange (11 years ago) Reply
Honestly, this sounds great even if it's not a masterpiece. I can't wait till it's released wide on or on DVD.

bad dog (11 years ago) Reply
Hey, I'm just glad it's not a total disaster. Count me in for a watch!

Andreas (11 years ago) Reply
Saw it in Berlin, same opinion on my side. Also my rating was more a 6-7/10.

Anonymous (11 years ago) Reply
It's a rip off of Night Surf.

allen_idaho (11 years ago) Reply
It doesn't sound like I thought it would be but it still sounds like an interesting movie. I really want to see it.

Skinstripper (11 years ago) Reply
It looks ok, worth a watch I think.