Carriers

03.16.10
Carriers
(2009)
Starring: Chris Pine, Emily VanCamp, Lou Taylor Pucci


"Don't judge a book by it's cover" generally is a principle that also applies to film cover art as well, but sadly in both cases a poor cover almost always indicates a lacking film. The cover of Carriers seemed to imply a cheesy, end of the world, disease film that would be entertaining and on a similar level to a "Scream" movie quality, I was quite wrong. Carriers was an intense, knuckle clenching, fingernail biting, roller coaster ride. This film is about a fatal disease that is wiping out earths' entire population, it is carried by air and touch, so the four main characters we meet are constantly wearing masks and bleaching everything they touch. Carriers starts right into the middle of the action with the four characters driving along a main highway and suddenly running into a large suv blocking the road. This suv contains a small girl and a father {both infected} who are trying to get gas from ongoing vehicles. Needless to say, the lack of main staples, such as gas and food, become the primary struggles of the protagonists. Without giving away too much about the final verdict of the plot, many lives are lost along the way to the disease and the fear surrounding the contagion. Family members and lovers turn against eachother for survival, typical human consideration is thrown out the window. Carriers is definitely a pshycological thriller that deserves recognition.