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The Road is a 2006 post-apocalyptic novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. The book details the grueling journey of a father and his young son over a period of several months across a landscape blasted by an unspecified cataclysm that has destroyed industrial civilization and almost all life.
Nov 25, 2009 · 87. Play trailer 1:59. 10 Videos. 99+ Photos. Drama Thriller. In a dangerous post-apocalyptic world, an ailing father defends his son as they slowly travel to the sea. Director. John Hillcoat. Writers. Joe Penhall. Cormac McCarthy. Stars. Viggo Mortensen. Charlize Theron. Kodi Smit-McPhee. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. RENT/BUY.
The Road is a 2009 American post-apocalyptic survival film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. The film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
A farmhouse with an abundantly stocked underground bomb shelter provides a refuge when most needed. The wreck of a sailboat provides a first-aid kit and a flare gun that save the father’s life. Encounters on the road test the father’s and son’s mettle and shape their character.
Rated: 7/10 • Nov 29, 2020. America is a grim, gray shadow of itself after a catastrophe. A man (Viggo Mortensen) and his young son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) wander through this post-apocalyptic world ...
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Pages 1-29. The Road takes place after some unknown apocalyptic event has nearly wiped out the earth. In this landscape everything is dead and burnt, the sun is blotted out by ash, all plants and animals are extinct, and most humans are either lone travelers or members of cannibalistic communes.
The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are currently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live.
