The Rover is an anti-blockbuster mainly because of its rhythm : it is very slow, therefore preventing many people to stick to it while watching it.

What you get here is not some amusement but rather gives material to think. We're not escaping from existence, like with e.g. Gravity, Hunger Games or whatever acclaimed propaganda. And it is quite disturbing as the more we go on watching the movie, the more we confront with some reflections about our time : there's no more gods, no more laws and we're getting increasingly isolated. Just the gruesome reality. People are striving to survive and protect what is theirs (always material things), though remains some hints of optimism - and Pattinson is playing quite well on this regard.

'The Rover' is one of many 'post apocalyptic' films, offering us its vision of 'life after society.' This time they don't bother adding zombies to the bleakness, choosing instead to do something dark, gritty and hopefully realistic (think 'The Road' if you've seen that).

We're introduced to Australia, a few years after 'the collapse' (whatever that might be). Either way, it's left people basically to fend for themselves and the Outback is a dangerous place to be. We meet Guy Pearce (who, despite numerous Hollywood films under his belt, I still think of him as 'Mike' from Neighbours) who has his car stolen by a gang of wasters who are on the run. This seems to tip him over the edge and he goes on a crusade to get it back... no matter who or what stands in his way.

I've seen plenty of 'revenge films' where the hero must go on a rampage in order to avenge something. However, this is the first one I've seen the hero base his sole purpose in life in order to take back a set of wheels. Unrealistic as that may sound for a plot, I suppose it's give some added credence by the fact that he doesn't seem that stable to begin with. And here's my first problem with the film. I didn't like Guy Pearce's character. I'm okay with 'anti-heroes' who have to bend and break the rules in order to bring about justice. However, he seems to be pretty much without morals. I won't go into the exact details, but, soon after meeting our 'hero' he doesn't something pretty dark which doesn't really make you identify with him. He then meets a guy who looks a bit like a fat version of Robert Pattinson. I later looked on the internet and was shocked when I realised it WAS Robert Pattinson! I'm guessing he wanted to 'bulk up' and look as different to his sparkly vampire persona as he could. And he succeeded.

Then the two of them generally continue their quest for a car (and stuff). Now, seeing as The Rover has already been in cinemas, I'm guessing that most people will now watch it on DVD. And here's the thing... because the 'story' is basically either or both Mike from Neighbours and Edward Cullen travelling through the Outback and meeting one dodgy person after the next – then 'rinse and repeat,' you can actually use the DVD's 'chapter skip' option to take you through the story and not actually miss anything. Seriously, if you tried pressing the button a few times you wouldn't miss a single pertinent plot detail. It's just 'meet the next grubby character and keep going.

Now, I know I'm being a bit negative about it all, but it does have its good points... namely its look and feel. I mentioned earlier about how it looked like 'The Road' (only in the sunnier Outback, obviously). It too is dark in tone, depressing and does a pretty good job at showing how life might be if society fell apart at the seams.

Most people will either love or hate it. And I can see both arguments. You'll either love how dark and moody it is (dialogue is often pretty light and well spaced-out!), or simply find it dull. There certainly isn't enough action in it to call it a thrilling action movie. Basically, if you're in the mood for 'bleak and slow' then you'll get something out of this. An roller-coaster ride-explosion-fest it is not.

About this film, good. A lot things hapening during the whole film. Good film, a lot of things hapening, during the film. So it's a good film with a lot of things hapening. Good. A lot things hapening. Good film with a lot of things hapening. Jack nicholson, al pacino, brando and Daniel craig performance is very good. Also Sean connery give a great performance playing Daniel craig son. Quentin tarantino is a great diretor of this film.very good performance by Guy Pearce, he show's very well a man who is suffering a lot and have nothing else to lose in a world that became a extremely dangerous place when basically anyone can't be trusted anymore, at least the part that was showed to us, but he still trying to survive because for the moment he still have one thing to do, also a very good make up work on him, that show's very well how a person would look living on those conditions.christian bale also gives a good performance of a man who is not necessarily a bad person, he has a limited mind and was more influenced to do bad things by the people's he used to live together, but in the end he don't actually wanna hurt anyone and fell guilty when he does, except when the movie need him to eliminates some peoples and save the main character, so that's kind of a negative point, but in the context of the movie this is not going to ruin the experience.the most negative point of the film are the persons who are the villains, but the real villain of the history is the world they are living, but again about the people's who are also the villains, they are not very strong during the film and until the very ending you don't understand why the main character is keep chasing them.

I'm the end the most positive part of the movie is the "friendship" between pearce and bale characters, which is a good point, but not strong enough to maintain the film.