The Road

A bleak, unsettling movie that might be too dark for some and doesn't have the emotional pull it thinks it does, but nonetheless provides 2 solid hours of material that will stick with you long after the credits roll. There isn't much story to speak of and they never go into the specifics of how Earth was annihilated. Instead it focuses on the bond between father and son and how far people are willing to go to survive, no matter the cost to our humanity. Strong performances from Mortensen and Mcphee help the movie coast along on the weight of their characters, before it ultimately unravels from the final 15 minutes where things just don't seem in place and don't make much sense in retrospect. Until then though, the movie does just enough to get a slight recommendation. It could have been better, but what's there is still quality cinema.