Well the first 15 minutes of the film don't make you think that this is a zombie film and for those of us who didn't see the trailer they kind of rely on that to use the element of surprise on the viewer.

Now, to the film, I really enjoyed the first 15 minutes, as it was kind of a slow paced act, I enjoyed it because of its suspenseful moments and how they started building the plot into the action that was to come.

Going into the second act, I was really unsure on how the story was developing, I was afraid that this would end up like the vast majority of zombie films, with the cliches we all know about.

And it did, the film is full of cliches that we can find in the vast majority of zombie films. That said, I still enjoyed every minute of it, It's no masterpiece, but It's good enough to keep you entertained.

What I really liked was the ending, although a little bit predictable, It was solid and very well edited.

The acting was good, you don't need to worry about that, I really liked Simone Landers performance as "Thoomi" for some reason.

If you haven't seen the film I would give It a try, It's a Netflix Original btw.

Bad watch, might watch again, and can recommend for survival / zombie fans.

I'm not a big fan of Martin Freeman, but he's a decent actor, and boy do you get a lot of him. Anthony Hayes makes a decent villain, but Caren Pistorius doesn't get much else to do other than "be pretty".

Susie Porter and Simone Landers give great performances, but they feel terribly underplayed, maybe because they almost share a role.

It feels like most of the time the actors weren't on board with the movie, they were there, they showed up and read their lines, but there aren't a lot of scenes that feel big. Honestly it really drags on, not only are you dealing with the isolationist effect of being in wide stretches of wilderness, but even when they get where they're going, there is nothing, and they do almost nothing, a lot.

With one of the main characters being a baby, there just isn't a lot of dialogue happening, and the key interactions we get are heavy philosophical moments, far too centered on human rights for the majority.

It's not that the movie is "bad", and ultimately I like it for the survivor's story, it's that it's mostly empty. There is a version of this story that you could do as a twilight episode and it would probably be better because you have to make every moment count, where this seems to be filling the run time.

Had kind of hoped for more, but this is okay. _Cargo_ isn't **exactly** like any other zombie deal out there though, so if your demands are low enough, there's some value.

Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.

Bit disappointed by this film. I saw the amazing short that was the basis for this film a few years ago, and it packed more punch in 7 minutes than this version packs in 105 minutes.

Everyone does their job well, the acting is uniformly good, the cinematography and setting are great. The problem is, the story is too thin and lacks depth. There are a couple of interesting ideas, the 48 hour time-line of the infection, the wrist bands counting down the 48 hours. But the padding of the plot feels forced and ultimately unnecessary. Everything could have been and probably should have been wrapped up in a much shorter time frame, and that is why the short film worked so well.

All in all, it was a good enough film, but considering the source it should have been amazing.

6/10