Carriers vs Elysium

Elysium has the higher audience score (6.5/10 against 6.1/10 for Carriers). Carriers is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 49m. Carriers is the older of the two (2009 against 2013). Both are action, drama, science fiction movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Carriers posterCarriers2009 VS Elysium posterElysium2013
CarriersElysium
Audience score★ 6.1/10★ 6.5/10
Year20092013
Length1h 24m1h 49m
GenresAction, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction, ThrillerAction, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Country––
DirectorÀlex Pastor, David PastorNeill Blomkamp
Main castKiernan Shipka, Emily VanCamp, Christopher Meloni, Piper Perabo, Chris PineAlice Braga, Jodie Foster, Jared Keeso, Wagner Moura, Diego Luna

Synopsis

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.

Elysium

In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When…

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