Directed by:
David MichôdCinematography:
Natasha BraierComposer:
Antony PartosCast:
Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, Nash Edgerton, David Field, Scott Perry, Tawanda Manyimo, Jamie Fallon, Gillian Jones, Richard Green (more)VOD (1)
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Set in the near future, the world of The Rover is one where mankind's greed and excesses have pushed civilization to the breaking point. With society in decline, the rule of law has disintegrated and life is cheap. Hardened loner Eric (Pearce) travels the desolate towns and roads of the Australian outback. When a brutal gang of thieves steals his car and only remaining possession, they leave behind the wounded Rey (Pattinson) in their wake. Forcing Rey to help track the gang, Eric gives chase. Determined beyond reason, unrelenting in the pursuit of his prey, Eric will go to any lengths to take back the one thing that matters to him. Animal Kingdom established Michôd as a master of brooding, slow-burning tension. (A24)
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The Rover is certainly an interesting film, although it heavily depends on whether you enjoy slow, contemplative movies where every second feels like it actually lasts three seconds. It drags on, but the story being told here isn't completely bad in itself. It just doesn't impress. I'm a fan of Robert Pattinson, and here he proves that he's stepped out of his box and is a capable actor. Guy Pearce proved that long ago, but he tends to play similar types of roles too often.
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Michôd doesn’t make things much easier for the viewer and without any explanation he follows Guy Pearce and his retarded partner (Pattison finally finds his feet as an actor and as a village idiot is entertaining and completely natural) in the hunt for a stolen car, heading daringly toward the twisted finale. The rosy future is just roads and sand or an ugly human caricature with a gun. The first half hour before the main characters meet makes watching more difficult. Many will find it terribly boring, but I quite liked this naturalistic road movie.
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Quentin Tarantino called this film the best post-apocalyptic film since the original Mad Max. And I say congratulations to David Michôd for being able to produce such a hundred-percent concentrate of first-class boredom! The Rover is a kind of self-infatuated blob in which you will wait in vain for some twist and regretfully think about Mad Max and its epic moments. At least, the final scene makes sense and prevents a total fail. But, you, Quentin, please watch your mouth! [KVIFF 2014]
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After my great concern, this ended up up being a very solid and slow-moving post-apocalyptic thriller with a very pissed-off Guy Pearce and a convincing performance by Robert Pattinson. I liked the occasional brutality and the host of weird inhabitants. These Final Hours was handily outclassed by The Rover, hence I'm taking out one star. 65%
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With the atmosphere of its Australian outback in a realistic (i.e. non-fantasy) post-apocalyptic form with a lot of bleak social goings-on, The Rover is a superbly engaging thriller. Furthermore, I really like these reticent opuses in which we get to know the characters just a bit at a time. But the more sophisticated The Rover gets, the more futile it seems in some of its would-be philosophical dialogue, and the more unsatisfying its ending becomes. It’s as if it admitted that it was shit (and considered that to be its creative strength).
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