England has been overrun by a pandemic with no apparent cure. As the infection continues to spread, safety - for a lucky few - looms in the form of a damaged 747 set to seek solace abroad. It's only once the plane is airborne that the survivors discover the infection made it onto the flight with them.
パンデミック・フライト, A Contaminação, 病毒航班
Philippines
UK15
Philippines
UK
A pandemic breaks out worldwide that causes people to grow fleshy globs of skin. At least it's not zombies!
The acting is fine, the story moves along quite well, it's just a little low budget.
Apparently, according to this movie, Greenland is the place to be during a pandemic....just saying.
The survival thriller “The Carrier,” directed by Anthony Woodley, suffers from a lack of tension, suspense, and common sense. It seems unlikely to fail because a chunk of the story takes place inside a plane with infected people aboard. One touch from those housing the deadly bacteria can render another to grow massive tumors—often on the face— in a matter of minutes. There is no cure for the disease. According news reels, this strain of bacteria came about due to multiple drug resistance (MDR). As it plods along in a most brainless fashion, it becomes all the more apparent that the problem lies in the screenplay. Although four writers are involved (Woodley, Luke Healy, Helen Kingston, Stefan Mitchell), it appears…
Back in the day when 101 Films used to put out awesome direct-to-video movies, they released Outpost 11, a really cool psychological horror based in a remote Arctic outpost. It was that good, it even had a quote from ZH on the box! Obviously this came before 101-Gate, when the Brighton-based outfit wrote to us suggesting that we should give their movies more favourable reviews… I digress, but such was the impression left by Anthony Woodley’s debut feature, that his newbie was really hotly anticipated, which makes it all the more disappointing that it’s really not that great.
When a devastating infection spreads across the entire world causing chaos, the only safe place is in the air. A cabin crew…
Before COVID I would have probably rated this lower just due to the sheer volume of stupid and selfish characters. Sadly, it’s actually pretty spot on in that area.
Hooptober 7.0 - 3 virus movies
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The reviews on here really made me fear the worst of this movie, but while it wasn't great it wasn't terrible either, the stakes just seemed kind of low, like there was no real urgency that would cause people to run just to walk at a faster pace.
The flirting between the two pilots toward the beginning is painfully out of place, but I do enjoy the twist of sorts at the end. The idea that he's a selfish piece of shit and he's going to die for it is pretty satisfying.
People try to avoid a deadly virus by flying away. Then they have to land to make repairs. Acting and production value was fair. Characters and story were forgettable.
Production values and acting weren't too bad, but overall there was little tension and few surprises. I did appreciate the moral quandary that was placed around who was really the good guys / bad guys in the movie though.
Low budget deadly infection apocalypse story with an interesting premise, a decent build up but a disappointing end.
I actually stopped watching this before the end...it wasn't funny bad. there was no context to any of the characters, other than the pilot I had no idea why these people were able to get on a plane. you don't learn anything about anyone, so you can't really care for them or their situation. it's a pity, because I love the idea of a drug-resistant illness like that.
