Tagline: The rules are simple. You break them, you die.
An infectious virus has spread worldwide, killing almost the entire population – this disease is spread by breath. Two brothers, Brian and Daniel “Danny” Green, along with Brian’s girlfriend, Bobby, and Danny’s school friend, Kate, are heading to Turtle Beach in the Southwestern United States, a secluded beach motel where they believe they can wait for the viral pandemic to die out and so they can start a new life. They strictly follow a set of rules that they believe will keep them all alive and stop them from becoming infected.
On their way there, they meet a man, Frank Holloway, and his infected young daughter Jodie, who are stranded in the middle of a deserted road due to their Suburban running out of fuel. After attempting to drive away from them, their car breaks down. The four end up returning to Frank in order to acquire his car, and are forced to take Frank and Jodie to a nearby high school where a serum for the pandemic is rumored to have been developed. Upon arrival they discover that the serum does not work, and the only doctor still alive is about to commit suicide with a remaining group of infected children (whom he plans to kill through non-voluntary euthanasia).
Meanwhile, Bobby is accidentally infected by Jodie while trying to help her when she coughs blood on her. She hides her infection from the others by wiping her face and hiding her blood covered shirt. Jodie tells her father that she needs the toilet, however she can’t walk there alone due to the illness. Frank carries Jodie to the toilet, telling Danny that he knows he’s a good person. However, Brian leaves Frank and Jodie behind and takes their car.
After this, they stop at a golf course hotel. Brian almost becomes infected after nearly slipping into a swimming pool containing the body of an infected man, however Danny manages to grab him in time. Bobby talks herself into believing she is not infected, as she is still unsure that Jodie’s blood infected her. However, despite Bobby’s efforts to prevent it, Brian kisses her and inadvertently infects himself.
Bobby berates Kate for believing her parents may still be alive, and suddenly a small group of armed survivalists, who are using the golf course as a base, ambush and capture the group. After a tense Mexican standoff, they declare their intent to keep the girls. As they force the girls to disrobe to check them for infection, they discover Bobby’s rashes and bruises and force them away at gunpoint. Kate stresses that they will end up dead if Bobby continues to travel with them, and Brian ends up leaving a weeping Bobby behind at a deserted gas station.
Carriers is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic horror film written and directed by Àlex and David Pastor. It stars Piper Perabo, Chris Pine, Emily VanCamp, Josh Berry, Sequoyah Adams-Rice, Josh Berry, Jeremy Burnell, Brighid Fleming, Jason E. Hill, Tim Janis, Kiernan Shipka and LeAnne Lynch.
Carriers (2009)
Directed by: Alex and David Pastor
Starring: Piper Perabo, Chris Pine, Emily VanCamp, Josh Berry, Sequoyah Adams-Rice, Josh Berry, Jeremy Burnell, Brighid Fleming, Jason E. Hill, Tim Janis, Kiernan Shipka, LeAnne Lynch
Screenplay: Alex and David Pastor
Production Design by: Clark Hunter
Cinematography by: Benoît Debie
Film Editing by: Craig McKay
Costume Design by: Jill Newell
Set Decoration by: Gabriella Villarreal
Music by: Peter Nashel
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing content and language.
Distributed by: Paramount Vantage
Release Date: September 4, 2009
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