10 years after a globally spread economical collapse, a lonely man is vigorously pursuing those who stole his car, having no other companion than the brother of one of the pursued.
An apocalyptic drama/thriller that wants itself to be and manages to be different from others of the same genre to the extent that the action could very well take place in so many places in our world today. Depressive but also captivating from the first scene, The Rover manages to maintain an almost invariable rhythm through a mixture of perfectly balanced tension and intrigue. The soundtrack is also a good source of contrasting senses, appreciated but that fact still makes you wonder for a brief second if the film only benefited from a rushed post production.
The film does not offer any characters that could be generating sympathies, either through lack of context or just by insisting on making them do terrible things.
The emotional substrate is so thin that you almost miss it.
The lack of anything too obvious, however, does not steal at all from the emotional effect of the edifying end.
Screenplay: Joel Edgerton
Directed by: David Michôd
With: Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson
Rating: 8/10
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