20 Best Netflix Original Movies Of 2018 - Ranked
8. Cargo
Proving that there's plenty of life left in the zombie genre yet, this riveting and surprisingly affecting post-apocalyptic survival tale gives Martin Freeman the floor to deliver perhaps the strongest performance of his career.
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This was terrifically shot and splendidly acted throughout while touting a unique Australian locale and unconventional approach to the undead horde.
It's easy to imagine a different version of this movie which played far more broadly and dabbled more aggressively in genre tropes, but thankfully Cargo is all about the characters.
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Wringing tremendous emotion out of Freeman's beleaguered protagonist attempting to get his baby daughter to safety, this is a gemstone in Netflix's recent genre output.