The Road (2009 film)

The Road is a 2009 film that is a post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible. Directed by John Hillcoat. Written by Joe Penhall, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy. In a moment the world changed forever. Man The clocks stopped at one seventeen. There was a long shear of bright light, then a series of low concussions. By day the dead impaled on spikes along the road. I think it's October but I can't be sure. I haven't kept a calender for five years. Each day is more gray than the one before. It is cold and growing colder as the world slowly dies. No animals have survived and all the crops are long gone. Soon all the trees in the world will fall. The roads are peopled by refugees towing carts and gangs carrying weapons, looking for fuel and food. Within a year there was fire on the ridges and deranged chanting. There has been cannibalism. Cannibalism is the great fear. Mostly I worry about food. Always food. Food and the cold and our shoes. Sometimes I tell the boy old stories of courage and justice - difficult as they are to remember. All I know is the child is my warrant and if he is not the word of God, then God never spoke. I told the boy when you dream about bad things happening, it means you're still fighting and you're still alive. It's when you start to dream about good things that you should start to worry. [to the boy] I will kill anyone who touches you. Because that's my job. If I were God, I would have made the world just so and no different. And so I have you... I have you. Dialogue Man: Everything depends on reaching the coast. I told you I would do whatever it takes. Woman: Like what? Like what? Boy: How many people do you think are still alive? Man: In the world? Not very many. [A dilapidated truck carrying a gang of cannibals breaks down nearby, and one of the men steps away into the woods, then spots the Man and the Boy] Gang Member: [seeing the revolver pointed at him] You ain't gonna shoot that thing. Ain't got but two shells, maybe one. And they'll hear the shot. Man: Maybe. But you won't. Gang Member: You a doctor? Man: I'm not anything. Gang Member: We got a hurt man. Be worth your while. Man: You look at him again, I'll shoot you in the head. Gang Member: That boy looks hungry. Why don't ya'll come on to the truck? Get you somethin' to eat? Don't need to be such a hardass. Man: You don't have anything to eat. Gang Member: You know what I think? I think you're chickenshit. You never killed a man in your life. Man: [to the Boy] Come on. Let's go. Gang Member: I ain't goin' nowheres. [The Gang Member charges as the truck starts up again and tries to take the Boy hostage; the Man shoots and kills him] Man: You have to keep carrying the fire. Boy: What fire? Man: The fire inside you. Boy: You one of the good guys? Veteran: You'll just have to take a shot. Cast Viggo Mortensen - Man Kodi Smit-McPhee - Boy Robert Duvall - Old Man Guy Pearce - Veteran Molly Parker - Motherly Woman Michael K. Williams - The Thief Charlize Theron - Woman Garret Dillahunt - Gang Member External links The Road (2009 film) 0898367 The Road the_road The Road Official website Category:2009 films Category:2000s American films Category:Adventure films Category:Drama films Category:Post-apocalyptic films Category:Road films Category:Survival films Category:Films based on works by Cormac McCarthy Category:Films about father–son relationships Category:Nonlinear narrative films fa:جاده