The Road (2009)

Directed by: John Hillcoat
Produced by: Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz
Written by: Cormac McCarthy (Novel), Joe Penhall (Screenplay)
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Kodi McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce
Genre: Action, Adventure
Studio: 2929 Productions
Distributed by: Dimension Films, The Weinstein Company
Release date: November 25, 2009
Running time: 119 min.
Country: United States
Language: English
Rated: R

Synopsis: An unnamed father (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) struggle to survive after an unspecified apocalypse and make their way toward the coast for possible food, shelter, safety, or to potentially find other survivors of the cataclysmic events. Along the way, they encounter grave struggles and hardships across the barren landscapes, with scarce shelter and resources available to them, and having to avoid bands of cannibals and other desperate gangs looking to pillage valuables and food. Various flashback sequences occur where the Man remembers events prior to the catastrophe, many involving his deceased wife.