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Follow us today to a 2017 Australian post-apocalyptic horror drama film titled: Cargo.
Before we start, be aware: there are spoilers!
Fires are burning in the Australian outback and an aboriginal girl named Thoomi /tu-mi/
is running.
Elsewhere, there is a family sailing a riverboat.
The father, Andy, spots a family on the side of the river but as he calls and waves but
a man shows him a gun and they continue onwards
That night he fishes a home quarantine kit out of the river.
Andy and his wife Kay are discussing their remaining rations.
They’re planning on heading to a military base with their baby daughter Rosie.
Some time later, Andy spies a wrecked yacht.
He cautiously inspects inside and collects food and drink.
He hears a noise and, unnerved, he decides to leave.
He shows Kay what he has found and while he takes a rest, she then goes to the yacht herself.
She also hears a noise but as she tries to leave she is dragged back inside.
Andy is woken as Rosie cries.
He finds Kay in the bathroom holding an injury on her leg.
He goes to get a towel while she sets a timer on her watch for 48 hours.
Andy says that they should leave immediately but Kay says that despite her injuries, she
has no symptoms so there’s no need to worry yet.
He says that they need to get to the hospital to deal with her heavy wounds regardless.
They moor the boat and walk through the outback passing stacks of burning bodies.
Thoomi is drawing pictures whilst eating.
She leaves behind a picture of a man with his head in a hole in the ground.
She throws some food into a hole and there is the sound of something eating.
Andy and Kay find a Jeep and take it.
While Andy refuels, Kay finds a yellow substance in the car.
She signals to Andy and as he gets in, a zombified man hammers on the window - they drive away
quickly.
After they have driven some kilometers, they stop to change the baby’s diaper.
Kay says she still feels normal but she suddenly drops to the ground, convulsing with blood
and yellow bile oozing out of her mouth.
He holds her until the convulsing stops and they continue driving.
As she awakens she tells him to take Rosie and go.
He refuses to do this and forcibly puts her back in the car.
A little while later, Andy narrowly avoids driving into a zombie in the road and crashes
the car.
A branch has impaled Kay.
Andy passes out.
When he comes to, he sees that Kay has written save me in her own blood.
There is a yellow substance all over her eye’s, nose and mouth.
She leans over and bites him.
He takes Rosie out of the car and then returns to kill Kay.
His arm is also bleeding badly.
He sets the timer on the watch to 48 hours.
He continues his journey on foot carrying Rosie on his back.
He sprays some of Kay’s perfume to calm the baby.
The same zombie is nearby.
He goes to confront it but Thoomi runs out and tells Andy to leave her dad alone.
She cuts her hand and wipes it on a nearby tree to attract the zombie.
That evening Andy arrives at the hospital but it seems to be abandoned.
In the shadows he finds a woman called Etta.
He tells her he has 46 hours remaining.
She looks at his arm and dresses the wound - she says it may not help much but best to
hide the wound.
She offers him to stay the night.
That evening he explores the hospital but soon drops to the floor convulsing and spewing
up blood.
That night, Thoomi is in a cave with her zombified father trapped in a cage.
She sits back and remembers happy times round the fire with her relatives.
The next morning Andy wakes with 32 hours remaining on his timer.
Etta suggests that he should find Thoomi and her family who will help him.
Shortly after, he leaves on foot and discovers some ruined buildings.
As he explores he sees a man in military uniform with his head down a hole.
As he walks past the zombified soldier follows them.
Andy sees a truck and is about to take it when a man named Vic who is trapped under
a gas cylinder calls out and tells him that it’s his - he then shoots the approaching
zombie and warns that more will follow now they heard the shot, Andy helps to free him
from beneath the cylinder and together they escape.
Vic takes them home where we meet Lorraine.
He gives her a pearl necklace and says that she will help them get settled.
Once Rosie is comfortable, Vic returns and tells Andy to come and help him while Lorraine
cares for the baby.
With 27 hours remaining, they drive out until they encounter a gang of zombies surrounding
a cage. Vic gives Andy a rifle to help shoot them and then goes to steal any valuables
from their bodies.
Thoomi has been imprisoned inside the cage as bait.
Vic is trying to gather as many valuable items as possible for when things return to normal.
Andy sees other imprisoned aborigines.
Vic spreads blood and entrails around the cage and plays loud music to attract more
zombies.
When they return, Lorraine is washing the baby’s clothes as they had been stained
with yellow bile from Andy and Kay’s injuries.
Once Rosie is asleep, Andy clutches his injured arm and contemplates ending his own life.
Lorraine finds him and begs him not to.
He asks her to look after Rosie - at least she will be safe there.
Lorraine reveals that Vic is not her husband - Vic left her husband to die at the gas plant
with everyone else.
She will look after Rosie - but not there.
He suggests taking them to the family he saw at the river.
Suddenly they’re interrupted by Vic who suspects that he is trying to steal Lorraine.
Vic hits Andy and knocks him unconscious.
He comes to the cage chained to Thoomi.
He angrily rattles the cage and calls for Vic.
Thoomi sits there frightened.
He apologizes for what happened when they met the day before.
She tells him that she wants the keys to the clever man’s cage.
He agrees although he doesn’t really understand what she means.
They manage to escape from the cage and return to Vic’s place.
They wake Lorraine and take Rosie, a rifle and the truck keys.
As they sneak out, Vic appears and shoots at them.
Lorraine gets in the way and is shot.
Vic runs down as the others escape.
They go back to the cages to find the clever man but Thoomi says he’s gone - he had been
rescued by a group of his own people some time earlier.
Vic is looking for them but they hide in a cave.
He demands that Andy return Thoomi.
After he goes, they manage to release the chains.
Later Thoomi is woken by Andy standing by the wall banging his face against it.
She embraces Rosie but he soon goes back to normal.
The next day, on their way to find the family by the river, Thoomi explains that the clever
man is a magic man who it is believed can return a man’s soul.
She thinks that he can heal her father and maybe Andy as well.
She walks away to go to a tree where her father has been imprisoned but he is already dead.
She begins to hit herself on the head repeatedly with a rock.
Andy appears and tells her to stop.
She tells him to go away, he knows nothing.
She says it’s her fault - she took too long.
He tells her that he has to leave and wants her to come with him.
When she tells him that she doesn't care about him or his baby, he leaves her.
The watch says that he has nine hours remaining.
Suddenly he falls over and starts clawing at the ground.
When he comes to, he sees Thoomi nearby, holding Rosie.
She leads him to the river where they find a motor boat and go to where he saw the family
earlier.
As they arrive they see a caravan and cautiously enter.
He sprays perfume again to calm Rosie.
As he attends to the wound on Thoomi’s head, she explains that she believes that when the
wound on her head heals that her heart will also be healed.
Andy soon goes out to find the family.
When he sees them it is clear that the father has been infected.
He plans to use a gun to mercifully kill his family and offers Andy the remaining two bullets.
Andy leaves and hears the gunshots behind him.
A while later Andy is sitting with Rosie.
Thoomi comes close and says that she wants to go home.
He asks her to look after Rosie if he doesn’t make it.
As they travel they observe zombies feasting.
They walk through a train tunnel and see some zombies hibernating - holding their heads
against the wall.
Suddenly they see Vic and his truck in the tunnel.
He hears something and as he investigates Thoomi climbs into the cab.
Andy lines up with the other Zombies and calls out to Vic - as Vic hits each of them round
the head, Andy shoots him.
They fight and Vic also shoots Andy.
Vic returns to the cab and throws Thoomi out.
Andy goes looking for Rosie - she is sat with Vic a few meters away.
Vic threatens to kill her but as he realises that he is dying anyway he breaks down in
tears and returns the baby.
Thoomi is lying on the rails with a concussion.
They walk away together but she is in a daze.
He talks to her to keep her focused.
They stop as he begins to lose control again.
As he lifts his head the yellow slime is forming on his face.
He looks over at some rotting meat but resists the temptation to eat it.
A group of aborigines - including the clever man - are performing a ceremony and killing
zombies that approach.
Andy collapses again and takes some of the meat out of his pocket and attaches it to
a stick.
He tells Thoomi that he’s leaving now and to look after Rosie.
He says goodbye to them.
He digs a hole, puts in a mouthguard from the quarantine kit and puts his head in the
hole.
The aborigines are fighting off a group of zombies.
When they are finished, they hear a whistling.
Thoomi is on Andy’s back with Rosie, using the meat on a stick to lead him onwards.
The aborigines restrain him and take Thoomi and Rosie to safety.
The clever man proceeds to stab Andy through the chest but Thoomi stops him and first sprays
Kay’s perfume.
As she holds Andy’s hand the clever man kills him.
The sun sets over the outback as they walk off with Rosie into the wilderness.
They go to join another group of survivors who greet them enthusiastically.
Andy has written thank you onto Rosie’s stomach.
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