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Sunday 7 September 2014

THE ROVER [2014]

David Michôd's bleak Western-esque Australian road movie The Rover seems like it could what happens in the world of Mad Max before things get really, really bad.
Placed 10 years after some sort of economical collapse, it follows the story of a unhinged man hunting down his stolen car with the brother of the man who stole it.  Pearce plays the lead with calculated damaged precision, making the viewer dread the moments when he lets loose, while Robert Pattinson is wonderful as a twitchy, half-witted man who simply doesn't belong in a world so terrible.  With it's beautiful but desolate photography, memorable yet violent imagery, effectively unsettling music and award worthy performances galore the film unfortunately lacks in any sort of purpose or meaningful resolution.

3 flipped cars out of 5

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