Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 09/04/09 (Limited) Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing content and language Running Time 1 hour 24 minutes Genre Horror, Suspense Director Alex Pastor, David Pastor Writer Alex Pastor, David Pastor Cast Chris Pine, Lou Taylor Pucci, Piper Perabo, Emily Van Camp Studio Paramount Vantage |
CARRIERS (2009)
SYNOPSIS
Four kids are driving through the desert on the way to
the beach, but things are not what they seem: this isn’t
Spring Break. They’re trying to outrun the end of the
world – and trying to outrun each other.
In Álex & David Pastor’s CARRIERS, no one is safe from
the viral pandemic threatening to wipe out the human
race. Determined to elude the deadly virus, Danny (Lou
Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), his
girlfriend Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Danny’s school
friend Kate (Emily Van Camp) speed across the
Southwestern U.S. to reach a place of possible safety.
Encouraged by a childhood memory, Danny has
convinced the group that a secluded surfer beach in
the Gulf of Mexico is their best bet. Once there, they
can live peacefully and wait out the end of the virus to
emerge into a new day as survivors of this apocalyptic
disease.
The rules of their new world order are simple: take
obscure roads; avoid contact with other humans at any
cost. Yet their carefree attitudes start to wither the
longer they travel, their childhood innocence slowly
eroding amidst the remains of empty highways and
towns, as they face battles with equally self-protective
survivors or the infected reaching out in a hopeless bid
for help.
Over the course of four days, the group is faced with
moral decisions that no human should ever be forced
to confront. They discover that their greatest enemy is
not the virus attacking humanity, but the darkness they
discover within themselves.
Four kids are driving through the desert on the way to
the beach, but things are not what they seem: this isn’t
Spring Break. They’re trying to outrun the end of the
world – and trying to outrun each other.
In Álex & David Pastor’s CARRIERS, no one is safe from
the viral pandemic threatening to wipe out the human
race. Determined to elude the deadly virus, Danny (Lou
Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), his
girlfriend Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Danny’s school
friend Kate (Emily Van Camp) speed across the
Southwestern U.S. to reach a place of possible safety.
Encouraged by a childhood memory, Danny has
convinced the group that a secluded surfer beach in
the Gulf of Mexico is their best bet. Once there, they
can live peacefully and wait out the end of the virus to
emerge into a new day as survivors of this apocalyptic
disease.
The rules of their new world order are simple: take
obscure roads; avoid contact with other humans at any
cost. Yet their carefree attitudes start to wither the
longer they travel, their childhood innocence slowly
eroding amidst the remains of empty highways and
towns, as they face battles with equally self-protective
survivors or the infected reaching out in a hopeless bid
for help.
Over the course of four days, the group is faced with
moral decisions that no human should ever be forced
to confront. They discover that their greatest enemy is
not the virus attacking humanity, but the darkness they
discover within themselves.
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