The Road
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Directed by: John Hillcoat
Overview
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Reviews (4)
Andres Gomez (Rated: 6)
Viggo Mortensen and Smit-McPhee deliver great performances but it doesn't really hook you up.
John Chard (Rated: 8)
The clocks stopped at 1:17
The Road is directed by John Hillcoat (The Proposition) and written by Joe Penhall (Enduring Love). Based on the 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men), the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and ...
Wuchak (Rated: 5)
Grey, maudlin post-apocalyptic drama with some horrific thrills
After a mass extinction event, a man & his son (Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee) walk from western Pennsylvania to the Southeast coast trying to survive a life-or-death situation in a world without laws as people prey on e...
The Movie Mob (Rated: 6)
The Road paints a grim and genuine picture of the dangers and greed of a world surviving the collapse of society and hope.
The Road is a realistic and super depressing depiction of a post-apocalyptic world. Viggo Mortensen’s portrayal of an unyielding father doing whatever he can to keep his ...
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