Mikelikesnotlikes Carriers is nothing special but it would make a reasonable addition to the apocalypse shelf of your collection. It fits in the psychological/drama side of the genre and explores how two young couples deal with losing everything in the world they know.I found the premise and plot progression basic and fairly realistic. I don't know if people who have been exposed to the horrors of a pandemic would be as stable as these 4 acted, but the young are nothing if not resilient.Possibly the hardest thing to believe was Brian ditching Bobby almost on the spur of the moment when they find out she is infected. I felt it could have been portrayed differently. I get that they are all adjusting to abnormal societal expectations and responses, but to heartlessly ditch someone who you've shared your mind and body with would be very difficult.Overall it's a pretty good, honest movie with just enough action to keep it moving. Be warned though, it is very slow.

ezicat Trite, predictable, boring movie that's essentially a "this is what we had to do to survive tale". So people died - well, I didn't care. They were unlikeable. I had no sympathies for them.And seriously? The only minority shown is a dead one? What was the point of the racial slur? To show the viewers that the guys in the masks were aholes? You know, it would have been better if you had kept them guessing. "Oh look there's help. Finally! Maybe. Oh wait...damn! Human nature 1; Decency 0.Epic fail!

Namron7 I'm tired of these 'science fiction' films which are made with no reference to junior science. It's very annoying, and it spoils all the other worthy stuff such as good acting, plot, direction and production. A scientific adviser would cost what....$500 per day? For, what.... two days? Why not invest in that so as to avoid obvious nonsense such as:1. There was no point in quarantining the father and daughter in the back of the SUV. The whole SUV was infected, and Chlorox would not make any difference. Nor would polythene and masking tape 2. There is no point in differentiating the degree of potential infectiousness of either daughter or father, in that that the father is fine to run about but the daughter isn't. I find this ironic in view of the film's title3. The gun the father is given is a MAJOR vector for infection when he passes it back again (they stand back from him though - like he is a leper, LOL!) 4. Dust masks are not effective barriers for either viruses or bacteriaSo it's a fail from the word go. An ignorant film, made by the ignorant for the ignorant.

Theo Robertson I just caught this on Channel 4 knowing absolutely nothing about it . This shouldn't be too surprising because CARRIERS is a film that must have been a nightmare to market and a big non prize to anyone who can work out why so many people on this page feel bitterly disappointed by it . Let's discuss the premise " A virus spreads through out the world and a handful of survivors try to find sanctuary only to discover the virus isn't the only thing to threaten them " Hey sounds a bit like a certain British horror film from about ten years ago directed by Danny Boyle . You can understand that it boils down to it a lot of people are expecting a horror movie which CARRIERS certainly isn't What we do get is a slow burning cerebral drama analyzing how far people will go to survive . It's a fact of life that he who saves themselves saves the entire human race and that human society is anti-Darwinian in nature . Strip away the veneer of civilization and unfortunately it's survival of the fittest which might seem the antithesis of morality but morality is entirely subjective . What might seem decent in one set of circumstances will be painfully impractical in another set of circumstances and the film explores these issues as best it can . Perhaps if some of the characters had been a little bit more practical then the film might have ended on a somewhat happier note As it stands this is an American film that has the classic British apocalyptic fiction of the 1950s about and I was often reminded of the original BBC drama from the 1970s SURVIVORS . Not a lot happens incident wise , those hoping for a horror film will be disappointed , those hoping for zombie horror will be doubly disappointed , those scared and depressed by post apocalypse fiction ( Hello Mr Moo ) will be too depressed to enjoy it but those interested in this genre will greatly respect CARRIERS for being an American movie that examines kinship and friendship in the face of adversity without resorting to hyperactive living dead and biker gangs