Posted: June 17, 2014 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Antony Partos, David Michod, Guy Pierce, Joel Edgerton, Michael Aloni, Nadav Lapid, Policeman, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, The Rover, Yiftach Klein | 1,764 Comments »
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Warning: SPOILERS
“Okay, too much testosterone around here for me.” Tyler Ann Endicott, Point Break
Two movies have just opened that filled me with much relief that smellovision never caught on. Both films are jam-packed to the brim with characters so masculine they ooze hormones to the extent their odor would grow hair on your chest if it was released into the auditorium.
In the new Australian thriller The Rover, written and directed by David (Animal Kingdom) Michod from a story by Michod and Joel Edgerton (yes, that Joel Edgerton), it’s ten years after “the collapse”, a catastrophe that is never (to the movie’s credit) clearly defined, but has resulted in a Down Under that is in a near state of anarchy with the military standing in for the police; gas and food in short supply; the American dollar being the only trusted currency (hey, it could happen); and nobody seeming to have taken a bath in years. Read the rest of this entry »
