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The Rover
10 years after the collapse of global economic, people from many countries in the world move to Australia and dola becomes the most popular currency. Social is down, law is break up and people’s live becomes more meager. Eric and Rev go through empty towns to find out their family.
13 May 1986, Barnes, London, England, UK
11 November 1977, Dallas, Texas, USA
19 January 1973, Australia
19 April 1947, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
18 November 1991, Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
March 28, 2016
Poor plot aside, it boasts two stellar performances.
November 17, 2014
The atmosphere usually gets airless as the action doesn't rove so much as drift and slow-zoom from moody moment to straggly episode. Any sharp-eyed insights into these godforsaken characters or their fallen society are few and far-between.
June 20, 2014
The Rover is so intentionally vague and shapeless, it doesn't leave much of an imprint other than Pattinson's odd, melancholy performance.
April 12, 2016
Michôd has created a frighteningly realistic apocalyptic western that's entirely his own.
September 23, 2014
A scabrous, tightly drawn chase drama—even if, ultimately, the narrative doesn't lead anywhere particularly new.
July 07, 2014
Of Mice and Men at the end of the world -- that's the general turf of The Rover.
November 26, 2014
The final scene is a clear picture of how regardless of the lawless land, principles and honor means everything.
May 11, 2016
While Michôd may not achieve that transcendental awakening in the vagabonds of this god-forsaken country, they've braved through enough hellfire for us to have mercy, and to care about them.
June 20, 2014
Director David Michod's follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Animal Kingdom, is effective in an elemental way.
December 03, 2014
Bleak, brutal, and ultimately pointless, the film stars Guy Pearce as a man whose car is stolen and who won't rest until he not only gets it back but also punishes, with extreme prejudice, the dirtbags who took it.
June 20, 2014
Like many a late 21st century Western -- regardless of the land of its origins -- The Rover asks what happens on the downslope of Manifest Destiny? As hot, parched and heated as the atmosphere is, the answers are chilling.