Watched The Road last night, which is a film from 2009 based on a Cormac McCarthy novel. The movie stars Vigo Mortensen and saw a very limited release in the United States. It’s just been released to theaters here in Stockholm, but it’s a very low profile release with very little publicity.

The Road, is very bleak and depressing film that is set after civilization has collapsed and as the world is coming to an end. The Earth is no longer able to sustain life, animals have perished, the tress are dying, and so is man. The few men and women that are still alive have resorted to scavenging deserted cities and homes for what little food they can find, others have fallen into cannibalistic tribes that hunt for and eat other humans. In The Road Vigo Mortensen, who plays the unnamed protagonist is trying to make his way to the coastline with his son, in hopes of finding better conditions or other “good” people like them.

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