Review of The Rover (2014) by Simon M — 29 Oct 2014

And the movie finally made sense in the final minute! It took a bit to get there, and it wasn't always clear what this was entirely about, so The Rover sits near the bottom of the totem pole of films based off the collapse of society.

The pacing was very slow from director David Michod. It takes place in the outback, and it's a real dark and grisly place to be when the apocalypse hits, but the lulls were too long. The acting was near perfect though from a stoic and silent, but deadly, Guy Pearce.

Bigger props go to the transformation of Rob Pattinson from Englishman to insufferable goof. He did a great job of making the viewer care about his plight even if you didn't full understand the entire scope of why he was in it in the first place.