The Road (2009)

Directors:

John Hillcoat

Writers:

Joe Penhall

Actors:

Gina Preciado, David August Lindauer, Jack Erdie, Kirk Brown, Agnes Herrmann, Buddy Sosthand

Synopsis:

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.
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The Road (2009)

Pales in comparison to the epic, brilliant, amazing, well-wrought novel that inspired it, but still OK. McCarthy's premise is disturbing and thought-provoking: In a world in which the biosphere is dead, how would we behave? His answer ain't pretty.
smitty
April 11, 2013