Starts off as a revenge piece about a man losing his car to some thugs in the middle of an unforgiving harsh land. He forms an unexpected allegiance with the somewhat simple minded brother of one of the villains.
From here it turns into a road movie of sorts, as the two navigate the perils of the wasteland they're in trying to find his car.
The scenery is undoutedly great to watch, but excessive use of it make the pace lagg a bit. Also there is a lot of scentences being repeated or plain staring into the distance long periods of time, which gets a bit annoying.
Have to say that the performances of most the actors is quite good, taking into account the scope of the film. Guy Pearce does a good job as the ruthless avenger. Robert Pattinson also ok as the half-wit sidekick.
There could maybe have been more nuances to the main character which would have made it easier to understand his violent actions. As it was, large portions of the film you didn't have anyone to root for.
The ending worked for me at least to some degree, which in small part made up for the undeveloped storyline.
From here it turns into a road movie of sorts, as the two navigate the perils of the wasteland they're in trying to find his car.
The scenery is undoutedly great to watch, but excessive use of it make the pace lagg a bit. Also there is a lot of scentences being repeated or plain staring into the distance long periods of time, which gets a bit annoying.
Have to say that the performances of most the actors is quite good, taking into account the scope of the film. Guy Pearce does a good job as the ruthless avenger. Robert Pattinson also ok as the half-wit sidekick.
There could maybe have been more nuances to the main character which would have made it easier to understand his violent actions. As it was, large portions of the film you didn't have anyone to root for.
The ending worked for me at least to some degree, which in small part made up for the undeveloped storyline.