I’m a huge fan of Martin Freeman. He was amazing as Bilbo Baggins and added humanity and reasonability to the Sherlock series. Without him Cargo wouldn’t have been the movie it is. He’s just an amazing actor.
Cargo tells the story of Andy, played by Freeman, as he, his wife, and his infant daughter travel down an Australian River after the Zombie Apocalypse has decimated the country.
I really liked the look and feel of the beginning of the movie. The world has come crashing down around the survivors, and you can feel their fear and anxiety.
Be warned, if you haven’t watched the movie, I’m about to give a few spoilers here, because I wanted to explain why I gave this movie a 66/100, putting it at the lower end of the Worth Your Time Scale, just one point away from being a Rainy Day Movie.
So what cost it points?
The world is clearly overrun and the survivors know just how bad it is. There are actual kits and instructions about how to spike your brain if your infected…
And yet Andy and his wife both make the mistake of going to investigate on their own. I get it, they have a kid, so it kinda, sorta makes sense that Andy scavenges alone, but for her to do it just make no sense at all. Her main focus should have been on her daughter.
The other thing that cost this movie points was the Australian Redneck who basically keeps his young woman hostage. I get it, they needed something to flesh out the movie, but it defocused off the zombies, which should be the main “bad guy” in any zombie movie, at least as far as I am concerned.
Cargo Scoring
Overall, the movie was good, and it is worth your time, it just could have been better with a few changes to the plot. As it is it is a Rainy Day Movie that scored 66/100.
Review | Year | Score | Type |
---|---|---|---|
Zombieland | 2010 | 100 | Comedy / Action |
Train To Busan | 2016 | 100 | Action / Infection |
28 Days Later | 2002 | 100 | Action / Infection |
World War Z | 2013 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Night Of The Living Dead | 1968 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Dawn Of The Dead | 1978 | 100 | Action / Horror / Classics |
#Alive | 2020 | 100 | Action / Infection |
Serenity | 2005 | 99 | Action / Sci-Fi |
Flesh And Blood | 2018 | 99 | Shorts |
The Girl With All The Gifts | 2016 | 95 | Action / Infection |
Land Of The Dead | 2005 | 94 | Action / Horror |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | 93 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil | 2002 | 92 | Action / Infection |
Rampant | 2018 | 91 | Action / Infection / Mid Evil |
Day of the Dead | 2008 | 90 | Action / Infection |
Cooties | 2014 | 89 | Comedy / Action |
Night of the Comet | 1984 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
The Return of the Living Dead | 1985 | 85 | Comedy / Action |
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | 2020 | 84 | Action / Infection |
Zombieland: Double Tap | 2019 | 83 | Comedy / Action |
Fido | 2006 | 82 | Comedy / Action |
Shaun Of The Dead | 2004 | 81 | Comedy / Action |
28 Weeks Later | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
I Am Legend (2007) | 2007 | 80 | Action / Infection |
The Evil Dead | 1981 | 80 | Classic / Action |
Zombie | 1979 | 80 | Action / Horror |
Overlord | 2018 | 79 | Action / Horror |
It Stains The Sands Red | 2016 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Infection | 2019 | 79 | Action / Infection |
Plan Z | 2016 | 78 | Action / Infection |
A Little Bit Zombie | 2012 | 78 | Comedy / Action |
Dead Rising: Endgame | 2016 | 77 | Action / Infection |
Day of the Dead | 1985 | 77 | Action / Horror / Classics |
Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | 2021 | 77 | Action / Infection |
The Dead | 2010 | 76 | Action / Infection |
Freaks of Nature | 2015 | 76 | Comedy / Action |
Here Alone | 2016 | 75 | Suspense / Infection |
Cockneys Vs. Zombies | 2012 | 75 | Comedy / Action |
Shed of the Dead | 2019 | 74 | Comedy / Action |
The Battery | 2012 | 74 | Drama / Infection |
State of Emergency | 2011 | 73 | Action / Infection |
Survival Of The Dead | 2009 | 73 | Action / Horror |
Alone | 2020 | 73 | Action / Infection |
The Rezort | 2015 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Dance of the Dead | 2008 | 72 | Comedy / Action |
Dawning of the Dead | 2017 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Remains | 2011 | 72 | Action / Infection |
Daylight's End | 2016 | 71 | Action / Infection |
Witness Infection | 2021 | 71 | Comedy / Action |
The Army of the Dead | 2021 | 71 | Action / Infection |
The Dead 2: India | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Hunter | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Dead Rising: Watchtower | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Night | 2013 | 70 | Action / Infection |
For A Few Zombies More | 2015 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Night of the Living Deb | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Romance |
Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | 70 | Action / Infection |
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 70 | Comedy / Action |
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead | 2014 | 70 | Action / Infection |
The Valley Of The Dead | 2021 | 70 | Horror / Infection |
Bird Box | 2018 | 69 | Action / Horror / Possession |
Exit Humanity | 2011 | 69 | Action / Infection |
Among The Living | 2022 | 69 | Suspense / Horror |
Ravenous | 2017 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Blood Quantum | 2019 | 68 | Action / Infection |
Republic Z | 2018 | 68 | Action / Comedy |
The Night Eats The World | 2018 | 67 | Suspense / Infection |
Forget Everything And Run (F.E.A.R.) | 2021 | 67 | Suspense / Horror |
Quarantine | 2008 | 67 | Infection / Horror |
Trench 11 | 2017 | 66 | Action / Horror |
Cargo | 2017 | 66 | Suspense / Infection |
How To Kill A Zombie | 2014 | 66 | Action / Comedy |
Ultimate Zombie Feast | 2020 | 66 | Shorts/ Action |
Zoombies | 2016 | 65 | Awesomely Bad |
Zombie Town | 2007 | 65 | Action / Horror |
Dead County | 2021 | 65 | Drama / Horror |
Zombie Apocalypse | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
Quarantine 2 | 2011 | 64 | Action / Infection |
The End? | 2017 | 64 | Horror / Infection |
Red Spring | 2017 | 63 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | 62 | Action / Infection |
Virus:32 | 2022 | 62 | Horror / Infection |
Resident Evil Retribution | 2012 | 61 | Action / Infection |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | 60 | Action / Infection |
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead | 2023 | 60 | Comedy / Action |
Life After Beth | 2014 | 59 | Comedy / Action |
Diary Of The Dead | 2007 | 58 | Action / Horror |
Revelation Trail | 2013 | 57 | Action / Horror |
My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse | 2015 | 56 | Comedy / Action |
Eat Brains Love | 2019 | 56 | Comedy / Horror |
Anna And The Apocalypse | 2017 | 55 | Musical / Infection |
Deadsight | 2018 | 55 | Suspense / Infection |
Bong of the Living Dead | 2017 | 54 | Action / Infection |
Amigo Undead | 2015 | 54 | Comedy / Horror |
The Dead Undead | 2010 | 53 | Action / Infection |
Black Friday | 2021 | 53 | Action / Horror |
Deadheads | 2011 | 52 | Comedy / Romance |
Redcon-1 | 2018 | 52 | Action / Horror |
Day of the Dead: Bloodline | 2018 | 51 | Action / Infection |
Dead Don't Die in Dallas | 2019 | 51 | Action / Infection / LGBTQ |
Disaster L.A. | 2014 | 50 | Action |
Road Wars | 2015 | 50 | Action / Infection |
Within the Woods of Undead County | 2016 | 49 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Strippers! | 2008 | 49 | Horror / Comedy |
I Am Alone | 2015 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Rise of The Zombies | 2012 | 48 | Action / Infection |
Day Zero | 2023 | 48 | Horror / Infection |
Valentine DayZ | 2018 | 47 | Action / Infection / Awesomely Bad |
Savageland | 2015 | 46 | Horror / Drama |
Lethal Virus | 2021 | 46 | Action / Horror |
Infected | 2019 | 45 | Shorts |
Zombie Warz: Falls The Shadow | 2011 | 45 | Action / Horror |
Block Z | 2020 | 44 | Action / Infection |
Bridge of the Doomed | 2022 | 44 | Horror / Infection |
The Dead Don't Die | 2019 | 43 | Spoof / Drama |
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | 43 | Action / Horror |
Strain 100 | 2020 | 42 | Action / Infection |
The Plague | 2006 | 42 | Action / Horror |
When the Fever Breaks | 2019 | 41 | Suspense / Infection |
Before Dawn | 2013 | 41 | Drama / Action |
Infected | 2021 | 41 | Action / Horror |
Hostile | 2017 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Undead | 2010 | 40 | Action / Infection |
Dead Before Down | 2012 | 39 | Horror / Supernatural |
Gangs Of The Dead | 2006 | 38 | Action / Infection |
Zombies | 2017 | 37 | Action / Infection |
American Zombieland | 2020 | 36 | Comedy / Infection |
Another World | 2014 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Deadlocked | 2020 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Dead Trigger | 2017 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Zombie Diaries 2 | 2011 | 35 | Action / Infection |
Cannon Fodder / Battle Of The Undead | 2013 | 35 | Action / Horror |
KL24: Zombies | 2017 | 34 | Action / Infection |
Evilution | 2009 | 34 | Action / Horror |
Antisocial 2 | 2015 | 33 | Action / Infection |
Re-Elected | 2020 | 33 | Comedy / Suspense |
Antisocial | 2013 | 32 | Action / Infection |
Aquarium of the Dead | 2021 | 32 | Comedy / Horror |
Dead 7 | 2016 | 31 | Action / Infection |
By Day's End | 2020 | 31 | Suspense / Infection |
Pandemic | 2016 | 30 | Action / Infection |
Attack of the Southern Fried Zombies | 2017 | 29 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie Hood | 2013 | 28 | Action / Infection |
The Dustwalker | 2019 | 27 | Action / Parasite |
Day of the Dead 2: Contagium | 2005 | 26 | Action / Infection |
Anger Of The Dead | 2015 | 25 | Action / Infection |
Solar Impact | 2019 | 25 | Action / Horror |
The Last Hope | 2017 | 24 | Action / Infection |
The Day of the Living Dead | 2014 | 23 | Drama / Detective |
Zombie Road | 2018 | 22 | Shorts |
Zombie Wars | 2007 | 21 | Action / Infection |
Last Rites Of The Dead | 2019 | 20 | Drama / Thriller |
Army of Thieves | 2021 | 20 | Heist / Horror |
The Mad | 2007 | 19 | Comedy / Infection |
The Living Dead | 2020 | 18 | Horror / Drama |
Zone of the Dead | 2009 | 17 | Action / Infection |
Killer Weekend | 2018 | 16 | Comedy / Not Zombies |
G Zombie | 2021 | 15 | Drama / Infection |
Quarantine L.A. | 2013 | 14 | Action / Infection |
Driven | 2020 | 13 | Drama / Suspense |
The Hive | 2014 | 12 | Demonic Possession / Horror |
The Horde | 2016 | 11 | Action / Gore |
The Last Starship | 2017 | 10 | Action / Infection |
Rebirth | 2020 | 10 | Action / Horror |
Rise of the Zombie | 2013 | 9 | Drama / Action |
Rising Undead / Rise of the Undead | 2005 | 9 | Action / Horror |
Flu | 2013 | 8 | Infection / Not Zombies |
Plague | 2014 | 8 | Suspense / Drama |
Red Days | 2016 | 7 | Action / Infection |
The Returned | 2013 | 6 | Drama / Romance |
Apocalypse Nerds | 2012 | 5 | Comedy / Action |
Zombie with a Shotgun | 2019 | 4 | Infection / Drama |
Soon Enough | 2018 | 3 | Action / Drama |
Range 15 | 2016 | 2 | Comedy / Action |
Army of the Dead | 2008 | 2 | Action / Horror |
Eyes Of The Dead | 2015 | 1 | Action / Infection |
Pandemic | 2009 | 1 | Drama / Action |
Nazi Undead | 2018 | 1 | Paranormal / Horror |
Dead End | 2003 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Broadcast Dead | 2018 | 0 | Horror / Thriller |
Afflicted | 2013 | 0 | Drama / Infection |
Carriers | 2009 | 0 | Drama / Not Zombies |
Curse of the Blind Dead | 2020 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |
All My Friends Are Dead | 2021 | 0 | Horror / Not Zombies |