• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.

Netflix movie Cargo - New Apocalyptic film with Martin Freeman premiers today - 88% RT

FreezePeach

FreezePeach

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
12,811
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cargo_2018

Cargo-Movie-Netflix-Cast-Plot-Wiki.jpg


Haven't watched this yet, but am about to. Hoping it's good. Seems to be much better received than typical Netflix stuff. Post thoughts/reviews etc.
 
GavinUK86

GavinUK86

Member
Oct 25, 2017
2,736
Looks cool, I'll check it out. 88% is pretty high for a Netflix film. Okja was the last one I watched that was actually decent.
 
Einchy

Einchy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
42,659
I was really surprised when I saw the score since the trailer straight up looked like dogshit. It was one of the worst trailers I've seen recently.
 
Sgt. Demblant

Sgt. Demblant

Self-requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
7,030
France
I just watched the Kermode review 5 minutes ago and it sounds pretty interesting.



And it's based on this short:

 
NameUser

NameUser

Member
Oct 25, 2017
13,980
Going in blind. Netflix has been on fire lately. Just finished Safe and it was excellent.
 
Egg0

Egg0

Member
Oct 25, 2017
4,656
Can't remember the last Netflix movie I've watched, but I really liked the short the movie is based on.

Will give it look.
 
NameUser

NameUser

Member
Oct 25, 2017
13,980
HP_Wuvcraft said:
Is Safe a NetFlix original, though?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...
It's one of those weird shows like The End of F***ing World. So I count them since I'm in America and wouldn't have heard of them without Netflix. Also with how popular things become on their service, they can always take over and fund new seasons like they did with Black Mirror.
 
TaterTots

TaterTots

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,962
Gonna watch it now. I heard about this movie a few days ago, but didn't know it was gonna be up on Netflix.
 
OgTheEnigma

OgTheEnigma

Member
Oct 27, 2017
2,803
Liverpool
The horrible trailer put me off so I'm surprised at the critical reception. I might have to give it a watch at some point, although I wasn't going to before.
 

Deleted member 8257

Oct 26, 2017
24,586
I watched it. Overall I liked it. One of the better zombie apocalypse movies. The subject matter is heavy so with the baby involved and the premise, its heartbreaking. The movie unfortunately has characters doing stupid things.
 
InteractiveSoftwareUser

InteractiveSoftwareUser

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
472
Just watched this, pretty terrible to be honest. It started good but went downhill as soon as the story got going. The main character's unfathomably stupid decisions is the only thing driving the plot forward. I have no idea where the good reviews are coming from, very dumb film.

PS: FYI, I watched the excellent 'Phantom Thread' directly prior to diving into this one, which probably didn't help matters.
 
InteractiveSoftwareUser

InteractiveSoftwareUser

User requested ban
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
472
Extra Sauce said:
Do they really need to market the movie if it's the first thing anyone who might be into that sort of thing sees the next time they open Netflix?
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I get the feeling that Netflix isn't overly concerned with the quality of what they put out. Good enough is more than fine, terrible isn't much of a concern either. Those who are into the genre will check it out regardless, because of the nature of the service Netflix provide. The way people (including myself) watch movies and series is changing, I think we see more stuff but don't pay attention as closely as we used to before on-demand streaming became a thing.
 
takriel

takriel

Attempted to circumvent ban with alt account
Banned
Oct 25, 2017
10,221
The movie can't go 5 minutes without a character doing a stupid thing.
 

meow

The Fallen
Oct 27, 2017
1,094
NYC
I feel like I watched the whole movie when I watched that trailer that Netflix plays at the top of the home page.
 
CloseTalker

CloseTalker

Member
Oct 25, 2017
30,545
Might check it out if I have nothing else to watch. Netflix has been pumping out some real garbage when it comes to original movies though, so I'm not super hopeful.
 
TaterTots

TaterTots

Member
Oct 27, 2017
12,962
RustyNails said:
I watched it. Overall I liked it. One of the better zombie apocalypse movies. The subject matter is heavy so with the baby involved and the premise, its heartbreaking. The movie unfortunately has characters doing stupid things.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Yup. I just finished a bit ago myself and this is how I feel. There are a few scenes that make you think, "who in their right mind would do this?"
 

Deleted member 29676

User Requested Account Closure
Banned
Nov 1, 2017
1,804
Train to Busan is still the Apex zombie movie. Freeman has no damn spacial awareness or survival instinct.
 

Revenus Victor

Banned
Nov 11, 2017
206
"What happened to Monday" was another good Netflix film that I enjoyed. Not sure why they can't get the quality of the film up there with the shows.
 
Dringus

Dringus

Member
Oct 27, 2017
1,929
InteractiveSoftwareUser said:
Just watched this, pretty terrible to be honest. It started good but went downhill as soon as the story got going. The main character's unfathomably stupid decisions is the only thing driving the plot forward. I have no idea where the good reviews are coming from, very dumb film.

PS: FYI, I watched the excellent 'Phantom Thread' directly prior to diving into this one, which probably didn't help matters.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Yeah, reviews had me excited, ended up feeling like a complete waste of time. Just a ton of dumb shit, I wouldn't recommend this to anyone.
 
Conciliator

Conciliator

Member
Oct 25, 2017
5,122
yo I'm not gonna say this is a four star movie exactly but it has a beautiful ending and the cast is perfect.

he and thoomi kind of show them how the zombies could almost be domesticated. kind of interesting.
 
SolidChamp

SolidChamp

Banned
Oct 27, 2017
4,867
RustyNails said:
I watched it. Overall I liked it. One of the better zombie apocalypse movies. The subject matter is heavy so with the baby involved and the premise, its heartbreaking. The movie unfortunately has characters doing stupid things.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

I need to be spoiled on this so I know whether to watch it or not.

Does the baby die?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.