The story of Cargo takes place on rusty space-freighter KASSANDRA on its way to Station 42. The young medic Laura is the only one awake on board while the rest of the crew lies frozen in hibernation sleep. In 4 months Laura’s shift will be over.
During her daily patrols, through the eerily empty ship, Laura begins to get the feeling that she is not alone on-board. A discovery mission in the dark and ice-cold cargo hold ends in catastrophe. The remainder of the crew is awakened. A cat and mouse game begins in which nothing is what it seems. What lies hidden in the strange freight containers and who, or what, is also on-board? —SXSW
Great visuals and set designs but the story has been told a hundred times before and way better than this. It starts out pretty strong but after half an hour it becomes painfully obvious that the movie is going nowhere fast.
The Twitch review says it perfectly: for a Swiss production, it's an astonishing achievement that rivals any big budget Hollywood fare. But the story is indeed "a pastiche of other better known films", which is unfortunate because this genre depends on a factor of unpredictability that is completely missing here. I have my hopes up for Engler's next effort.
A solid and virtually unknown sci-fi thriller that can hold its own with films coming from the big H and even surpasses many shallow action flicks both in scope and storytelling. The films draws a… read review
