Review of Cargo (2017) by Wayne K — 27 May 2018
An enjoyable, if uninventive take on the zombie genre, Cargo sees non-accented Martin Freeman staggering around the curiously shaded Australian Outback with his infant daughter following the recent zombification of his wife, a fate he will soon endure himself.
With few characters and spare dialogue, we don't get to know much about the people we meet, aside from who is good and who is bad, and the line is about as clearly drawn as you can get. The threat of being attacked by zombies is significantly downgraded in the Outback, since there's very few people there to begin with, but the movie is seemingly more interested in human villains, demonstrating the capacity our species has for being selfish and stupid, even as the world around them is collapsing.
Freeman gives an understated performance, and the Directing style is very reminiscent of, ironically enough, The Hobbit/Lord Of The Rings movies, with the camera swooping over every hill and tree the crew can find.
It's certainly not a bad film, and I enjoyed watching it. It just doesn't have a lot to say, and little to distinguish it from the plethora of other, better zombie films.
This review of Cargo (2017) was written by Wayne K on 27 May 2018.
Cargo has generally received mixed reviews.
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