"Based on a short (reviewed #114), Cargo is a zombie film set in Australia an unspecified amount of time after an outbreak. A family try to survive in this character driven, slow burner of a story. Like most of of the best zombie films this uses then more as a device to explore themes of power, racism, and family.
There's good performances in this, Freeman especially, but the plot feels a bit muddled with several areas that should have been trimmed or cut completely, and a bit too much scattershot scene jumping, almost as if they were worried if they didn't have some form of conventional antagonist people would get bored.
Once Freeman gets bit the tension picks up, but it's hard not to feel a stronger first act would have elevated this to a stronger piece"
- 6.5/10
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