Carriers (2009)
The rules are simple. You break them, you die...
Carriers rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb5.9/10· 52K votes
Rotten Tomatoes62%
TMDb6/10· 1K votesWith 62% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 5.9/10 on IMDb, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Carriers
A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.
Cast of Carriers
Lou Taylor Pucci
as Danny Green
Chris Pine
as Brian Green
Piper Perabo
as Bobby
Emily VanCamp
as Kate
Christopher Meloni
as Frank Holloway
Kiernan Shipka
as Jodie Holloway
Ron McClary
as Preacher
Mark Moses
as Doctor
Josh Berry
as Survivalist
Tim Janis
as Survivalist
Dylan Kenin
as Tom
- L
LeAnne Lynch
as Rose
Carriers facts
- Box office
- $5.8M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Pandemic survival premise feels timely and disturbingly plausible
- •Biohazard threat maintains tension across multiple story arcs
- •Disease infection stakes create compelling character conflict
What the audience disliked
- •Multiple genre tones clash without cohesive narrative focus
- •Survival logic feels inconsistent with character decision-making
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