Review by: anthony nolan

Just staggered out from the feverish post-apocalyptic Puritan world of Cormack McCarthy’s book now film “The Road”. Nothing new in the film – just the usual manicheanism that characterises McCarthy within a westerns trope of “good guys ‘n bad guys”. The take home messages are that humans are social beings, love is the essential value and that the US will not fare well in the event of a significant natural/political disaster because neoliberal individualism poorly equips the citizens for survival. Useful tips from the movie include that gunpowder goes stale over time so you are better off with a bow and arrow (which is also a silent weapon) and that cannibals do quite well as they are able to organise themselves into extended hunter-family groupings. This should be heartening news for fundamentalists and Republicans alike. Oh yeah, watch out for an old guy called Eli.

A disturbed film from a disturbed culture looking to the Old Testament for guidance.

Rating: Wait For Video