Cargo (2006)

Cargo: Directed by Clive Gordon. With Peter Mullan, Daniel Brühl, Luis Tosar, Samuli Edelmann. A young backpacker gets into some trouble in Africa and stows away on a cargo ship heading to Europe.

“Very strong film. I just viewed it at the Sundance Film Fest. Top-notch cast, especially Peter Mullan as the Captain. His voice is like a limestone quarry. Great cinematography (and in the tight quarters of a cargo ship) executed by a crew that comes from documentaries. It is the directoru0026#39;s debut fiction feature. Apparently all of his previous work has been in the documentary genre. I say a very good first outing.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOthers felt it dragged at times, but I disagree. Very well-paced. It begins as a young manu0026#39;s desperate journey home to Europe and becomes a study of a depraved Captain. The subtext is a comment on governmentu0026#39;s tendency to outsource dirty work (in this case dealing with stowaways).”