Cargo

Not nearly as nasty or indeed as powerful as the 'Seasoning House' but still a memorable and worthy, social comment on sexual slavery. A grubby subject, ultimately hidden deep within the criminal underworld and mostly untouched by the authorities. The lead actress, in what would be the very toughest of roles, is very good and convincing.

Space SciFi from the Swiss. The exhausted planet Earth has been mostly abandoned. Folks are saving coins and heading for Rhea, a great new world. Travel takes eight years in massive cryogenic / cargo ships. After three years, our heroine is roused to be bulky suited, glorified patrol guard, prowling the vast emptiness of dim corridors. Why? There is a stowaway loose, endangering lives and the ship. Gradually, darker discoveries emerge. Several CGI shots, luckily kept to a minimum. Unoriginal plot. Decent, post industrial "wet" sets (just curious, why doesn't leaking water freeze in space? heating a massive vessel so that water puddles about strikes me as a colossal waste of energy. sorry). Not a bad film, but not a good one, either. Predictable, derivative.

I thought this would be like most human trafficking films. But Cargo surprised me. I felt it was more about getting to know the main characters than anything else. We learned their story, we got to understand them. For the most part, the film took place in one setting, but that was fine by me, especially considering the dialogue that was being exchanged through this setting. The characters had a bond, whether you notice or not, it's there. Both actors were fantastic. Natasha Rinis actually made me tear up a little, because she let us feel what she was going through. I would like to see her in more films, giving that same emotion. The same with Sayed Badreya, great work. Cargo surprised me a lot.

I would be interesting in more of the writers/directors work. 8/10 rating and I would recommend.

Cargo" (2011) is a powerful, emotional B-movie with a gripping story about human trafficking and moral conflict. Natasha, a young Russian woman smuggled into the U. S., bonds with her transporter-a desperate father trying to save his son. She questions his faith, exposing the clash between morality and survival. The film's low-budget feel adds realism. I'm tired of over-polished Netflix films-this one proves B-movies often tell better stories. Lead actress Natasha Rinis gave a great performance and carried the entire film. I think she's from Moldova, and though she's relatively unknown, I hope to see her in more films. She brought vulnerability and strength to the role and made the story truly believable.

At last film makers are uncovering the despicable trade of human trafficking. In this film a girl is smuggled to America, she is faceless, lost and unprotected. It is the same theme as the excellent films TAKEN which was set in France, and FREIGHT which was set in the UK. This happens, that is what makes these films uncomfortable to watch. They are the area of life that politicians can gain nothing from tackling, but these great film makers do. Well done. The horror the girl feels is very real which makes this different from Taken. In Taken we follow Liam Neeson's character as a hero, here we see the pain of the girl as we do in the UK film Freight. Somehow that perspective is so much more powerful, and it hurts. You feel the girls pain.