SummaryTen years after the collapse of society, the rule of the law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Eric (Guy Pearce) travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind a wounded Rey (Robert Pattinson) in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths t...
SummaryTen years after the collapse of society, the rule of the law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Eric (Guy Pearce) travels the desolate towns and roads of the outback. When a gang of thieves steals his car they leave behind a wounded Rey (Robert Pattinson) in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric will go to any lengths t...
There is nothing noble about Eric's mission or about the considerable violence he resorts to to get the job done, but Pearce's willingness to give him an integrity of purpose mixes well with Michôd's intense, controlled direction and his ability to blend unexpected, empathetic character moments with all the killing.
A post-apocalyptic story that rates amongst the best of the genre. Pearce delivers another solid performance, but it is Pattinson that will surprise the most in a career best performance.
Outstanding performances. Against the rushed storylines, over bloated budgeted blockbuster... The Rover is a standout. Stands on it's own. Sit back or sit up on the edge of your seat and enjoy the ride.
All you really need to know is that The Rover is a modern Western that explodes the terms good and evil; that its desolation is brilliantly rendered by Michôd and cinematographer Natasha Braier; that Pearce and Pattinson are a blazing pair of opposites.
The Rover fascinates and frustrates in equal measure, with Michod withholding details of plot and character so thoroughly that a nihilistic fog sets in.
After an exciting high-speed car chase reminiscent of the Mad Max pictures, The Rover settles into a two-character drama between Eric and Rey, but Pearce is so one-note that their relationship is never engaging.
Michôd’s film consciously plays like an outback western, peppered with jagged and unpredictable outbursts of hard brutality. But it could do with losing control a little more often – and with establishing the dangers of its dog-eat-dog world more precisely.
O filme foi muito bem produzido,o elenco está perfeito! Algo que se admira é como o filme toma um rumo do começo ao fim! Sinceramente um dos melhores filmes do ano
The archetype of an average film. The narrative's slight and the music is occasionally misplaced. However the visuals are solid and Pattinson & Pearce turn in good performances -- of course they're reliable.
6/10 [C]
This is a crime and drama film, with themes covered including threats, sibling relationships, confessions and theft. It is quite a bleak film, with a desolate setting. It features chilly, unsettling, menacing sounding even music in the form of what sounded like almost slow, painful ****, trudging noises in the background, which sounded quite haunting. Some of the dialogue I found to be quite unsettling too. There are a variety of characters, which may not be what you might expect, although I won't say anymore so as not to provide any spoilers but suffice to say that some of the people he comes across aren't what you may expect to find in such a setting. At times I felt it had the look of an old fashioned western film - there are various gun shootouts, for one thing.
I found the start of the film a bit confusing, as it doesn't really try to explain whats going on and so it seems like your already perhaps mid way through a film, rather than at the start. Its only as the plot slowly develops that we get a glimpse in to whats happened before and why the main character, Eric, is doing what he's doing, why he is in the position he is.
I noticed there were some quite impressive landscape camera shots, i.e. good cinematography present at times. This reinforces the bleak environment at times but also shows some of the beauty of nature in such a desolate place at other times as well.
Cast wise, Guy Pearce plays the main character Eric. He comes across as quite cold blooded/cold hearted, quite a quick witted person, very determined and steely - someone to be nervous of, thats for sure. He plays the role quite deadpan and so his portrayal does seem eerily realistic. Meanwhile, Robert Pattinson plays the unlikely 'friend' Rey, who is less self assured and less witty but does seem genuinely quite uncomfortable and nervous, as anyone would in his situation. I thought it was interesting to see Pattinson take on what seems like a different type of role to his previous films. Rey is more of a sort of naive country bumpkin sibling type and I thought he was played well by Pattinson in this film and I did find myself feeling quite sorry for him, as he presumably didn't realise from the outset what he was getting in to. His southern accent sounded relatively genuine to me but then I've not been to the area, so it might be bad for all I'd know, I suppose! im perhaps not the best person to judge that(?). Other characters include Scoot McNairy as Henry and David Field as Archie.
Content wise, the film contains very strong language, some sex references and violence (mainly gunfire related) including bloody violence with bloody injuries shown on screen. The film as a whole is quite dark in tone and the violent scenes can be quite sudden, so they may be more distressing or frightening to some people - suffice to say its not for the very feignt hearted. The film has been given a 15 rating in the UK due to said content.
Yes, I'd recommend this film as I felt it was very atmospheric, spooky and mysterious and it features good performances from the main cast. It is quite dark and bleak and so won't suit everyone but for what it is, its a good film, certainly not a predictable one.
suffers from too low a budget. The movie tries to remain interesting with Guy Pierce's good acting, parading a cast of circus characters, bizarro back drop, and depressing tone. The writing, characters, and dialog is just not where it needs to be. Too many inconsistencies in them to be convincing, or worth a watch. Comparing this to similar "the road", a similarly depressing but unlike Rover, Road's plot more carefully ironed out, it's world better crafted with a larger budget. Worth a fast forward if you liked the Road.
If you were to take all the scenes of delayed importance and poor attempts of tension out this movie it would go for about 20 minutes. I can quite honestly say this is the most boring movie I have ever watched, it suffers from a severe lack of content and is instead replaced by the most frustrating style of dialogue I have ever had to sit through. A one line sentence from the main character literally becomes a 5-10 minute scene where nothing of any importance or significance to the story eventuates, in between these mundane set pieces of characters staring at each other aimlessly over the top of ear crunching music which is a mix between the action scenes from full metal jacket and a rusty tin shed being trampled my a heard of pissed off cows there are moments of violence, random people get shot etc....Rinse and repeat this method a few times and you come to the end of the movie where once again you are left shaking your head and saying to **** that it?
Go watch mad max, nothing to see here.