Cargo

 

Cargo 2017

• Director: Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke
• Cast: Martin Freeman, Simone Landers, Susie Porter, Kris McQuade, Anthony Hayes, Caren Pistorious·       
• Why? Martin Freeman
• Seen: 7 November 2025      

       We don’t realise this is an Australian zombie film in until about half an hour in. Then we learn that it takes exactly 48 hours for one bitten to turn into a zombie. They even have wrist bands counting down the hours.

       Andy (Freeman) is bitten. He has 48 hours to get his baby Rosie to safety. His only hope is to get her to an aboriginal group who have so far succeeded in fending off the zombies.

       It’s more than a zombie film. It’s about racism, human values and love.

       Freeman is, as always, terrific. They all are. 

4 ½ * of 5