The Road

About The Road

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water.

John Hillcoat's The Road is a 2009 adventure drama film. Viggo Mortensen takes the lead as Father, Kodi Smit-McPhee as Boy, Charlize Theron as Mother, and Robert Duvall as Old Man - Eli.

It runs 111 minutes and was released in November 2009. Written by Joe Penhall. It was produced by 2929 Productions, Chockstone Pictures, and Dimension Films. The story is adapted from a novel.

Shelv files it under post-apocalyptic future, the end of the world, cannibalism, and on the road. In the United States it streams on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 4,466 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.

I Am Legend, The Book of Eli, and Mad Max: Fury Road make useful companions to The Road, all filed under dystopia.