The Rover

Parental Rating:

Contains: Language    Violence    Adult Content    

Jill's Review

Opens June 27, 2014

Runs 102 minutes

The western world has collapsed and Australia is now a barren wasteland being robbed of its natural resources. Eric (Guy Pearce) is a loner drifting from town to town. He stops for a drink and while he is at the bar, a band of theives traveling through town steal his one possession...his car.  His sole focus becomes getting his car back and he will do whatever it takes to seek his revenge on the thugs who stole it. Luckily, one of the gang was shot and left behind. Eric snatches Rey (Robert Pattison) from the grips of death and takes him to an out of the way healer. He needs Rey to help find the rest of the gang and get his car back. After Rey has regained a little strength, he and Eric set out to find the others and retrieve Eric's car. 

This movie is kind of a snoozefest. I'm sure the concept looked good on paper, but the movie is much too slow for a revenge thriller. Guy Pearce barely speaks three sentences during the whole movie. It is supposed to be post-apocalyptic. The landscape is barren and the people are scheming and dirty. It just isn't very pleasant to watch. I say skip it.

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