The Rover

  • Theatrical - Wide 2014-06-04
Box Office Gross: $2,510,007
Running Time: 103 minutes
Language: English
Production Company: Porchlight Films, Screen Australia, Screen NSW, Blue-Tongue Films, Lava Bear Films, South Australian Film Corporation
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JoBlo's Rating

8/10

Synopsis

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... See more behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.

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Review: The Rover

PLOT: Australia: ten years after the fall. When Eric’s (Guy Pearce) car is stolen by a gang of thugs, he pursues them across the outback. He stumbles upon the wounded Ray (Robert Pattinson) – a former member of said gang....
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PLOT: In an Australia wallowing in dusty squalor after the fall of society, a man with nothing to lose gives chase after the men who stole his last worldy possession – his car – with one of the gang’s fallen...

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