The Road

With so many films that focus on the end of the world as we know it, I'm looking at you Roland Emmerich, this film chooses to focus on how people deal with the after effects. The reason for the earth being in this post apocalyptic state is never given, I guess it is seen as being irrelevant, which I though was a nice touch, you don't need to know why this has happened just that it has.

The film follows a father and son on their way south where they believe the weather to be warmer and the food to be more plentiful. Their main concern is a band of Hills Have Eyes style hillbilly cannibals that have resorted to eating people because of a massive food shortage and they will kill women and children with out a second thought.

The film was touted as an Oscar contender before its release but fell a bit flat at the box office and got forgotten about and I can see why, the scenes with just the father and son can feel overly long at times, but not that its a slow film it just could have been a bit more entertaining.

I give this film 3 out of 5.