Humanity Sucks During the Apocalypse – The Road Movie Review

The short review, this movie is super heavy and REALLY depressing.

Viggo Mortensen is the Man. He is a great actor whether he is playing the King of Middle Earth, the Devil or an undercover cop turned Russian mobster. It is his performance in the Road which makes this movie worth watching. His acting combined with the cinematography enables the audience to sit through 119 minutes of post apocalyptic views and interpretations of the human condition. Everything from love to first impressions take a front seat in this film which analyzes and discusses humanity or lack of humanity throughout this world. More so it shows the audience a real future and how human beings would turn on each other. Paranoia is what drives Viggo’s character to keep heading south, presumably to find warmer weather. His son is a reflection of a youth who only knows this world that he was born into, cold, cannibalistic, grey, both silent and loud. The Road does a good job of portraying impending doom, its constantly in the atmosphere, lurking in the shadows, pumping through your heart. Its this tangible setting that engages you, that forces you to see what is happening in this world, and the fear is this is what our futures could come to, or in some parts of the world already has. There are places in this world, right now that are already in hell, a hell on earth, and this idea resonated with me while I watched this film.

Charlize Theron’s character who isn’t in the film much but impacts the movie with a Mortal Kombat uppercut. Viggo’s character is full of hope(or survival) and Charlize Theron’s character shows what happens when that fire inside yourself goes out. Minimal time on the screen, but a significant impact.

So my recommendation?

1.-Don’t see this movie with your girl.
2.-Dont see this movie if you are emotionally unstable, the flick will put you in a Kurt Cobain state of mind, very grunge.
3.-Mountain Dew

If you can stand depressing or into really good film and symbology (BoonDocks Saints reference ) than this movie is for you.

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