![]() They meet a near-blind old man, the son persuades the father to share food with him.Īt the coast, the man leaves the boy to guard their possessions while he swims out to scavenge a beached ship. When they hear noises above, including a dog, the man decides it is too dangerous to remain and they move on. ![]() With discovery imminent, the man prepares to shoot his son, but they flee when the cannibals are distracted by the escaping captives.įurther down the road, the man and boy discover an underground shelter full of canned food and supplies. When the cannibals return, the man and his son hide. Exploring a mansion, he and the boy discover people locked in the basement, imprisoned as food for their captors. In the present, after shooting a member of a gang of cannibals who stumbles upon them, the man is left with only one bullet. Removing her coat and hat in the freezing cold, she walks into the woods, never to be seen again. When the man shoots an intruder using one of three bullets they have saved for their family as a last resort, she accuses him of wasting the bullet deliberately to prevent her suicide. Years earlier, the man's wife gives birth to their son shortly after the catastrophe and she gradually loses hope. The man and boy travel on a road to the coast in hope that they can find safe haven, scavenging for supplies in their journey, and avoiding roaming cannibalistic rape gangs armed with guns. It also received numerous nominations, including a BAFTA nomination for Best Cinematography.Ī man and his young son struggle to survive after an unspecified catastrophe results in an extinction event causing the death of all plant life and virtually all animal life. It received generally positive reviews from critics the performances of Mortensen and Smit-McPhee garnered praise. The film received a limited release in North American cinemas from November 25, 2009, and was released in United Kingdom cinemas on January 4, 2010. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. What more could I ask from a Saturday afternoon at the theater? It's this kind of movie that helps maintain a degree of integrity in the film industry among the inaneness that surrounds it.The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic science-fiction survival adventure drama film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. I imagined how many homeless people wander the streets right now with that feeling of hopelessness and desperation. I also felt like downsizing our entire life in terms of the unnecessary "stuff" we have. I had a lump in my throat through most of the movie and was desperate to get home and hug my two boys through most of it as well. However, in the midst of this recession brought on by greed and materialism, I think it's a movie that everyone of age SHOULD see in order to put things back into perspective, if only for a day. I saw this movie alone because I had a feeling my wife wouldn't be into it. If that was the goal, the people involved in the making of this movie did their job magnificently. I can't imagine the general feeling of sadness, desperation, hopelessness, terror and pain being captured more accurately. I can't imagine the bleak post-apocalyptic world being portrayed any more realistically. I can't imagine the performances being any better from any of the actors, starting at Viggo and working my way down to the smallest roles. I never read the book and therefore won't be making any comparisons. I just got home from seeing "The Road" and my stomach is still in a knot.
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