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The Rover

Fear the man with nothing left to lose.

2014 · 1h 43m · R Crime, Drama
Directed by David Michôd

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Overview

Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.

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66%
Tomatometer
Rotten

Bleak, brutal, and ultimately pointless, the film stars Guy Pearce as a man whose car is stolen and who won't rest until he not only gets it back but also punishes, with extreme prejudice, the dirtbags who took it.

Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten

The deadpan irony of the final sequence feels like the punch line of a mournful but very thin joke.

Wesley Morris, Grantland
Fresh

Director David Michod's follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Animal Kingdom, is effective in an elemental way.

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh

Like many a late 21st century Western -- regardless of the land of its origins -- The Rover asks what happens on the downslope of Manifest Destiny? As hot, parched and heated as the atmosphere is, the answers are chilling.

Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten

The Rover is so intentionally vague and shapeless, it doesn't leave much of an imprint other than Pattinson's odd, melancholy performance.

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald

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