2009 · drama · sci-fi
The Road
Directed by John Hillcoat1h 51m2009
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Our read: The Road (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · sci-fi entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / sci-fi, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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