The Road: Trailer Revealed

One of the most hotly anticipated movies of the year has released its first trailer and, I have to say, it's a good one. Directed by John Hillcoat and starring Viggo Mortensen, The Road tells the story of a father and son struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic United States. Picture Road Warrior with more humanity and less Australian accents. Adapted from the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy (who also penned No Country for Old Men), this trailer will have a lot of people buzzing. It looks bleak and epic at the same time. Viggo Mortensen brings an amazing intensity to the father and, even from the few short minutes of the trailer, he seems to embody the role as relayed in McCarthy's novel. It seems they've built up the part of the mother, played by Charlize Theron, but I suppose that is to be expected. I'm a little concerned that the film may play up a lot of the action elements that were missing in the book. The trailer definitely seems to suggest this. I hope that they don't add too much action to the detriment of the haunting and touching tale of a father and son struggling to survive.

The Road hits theaters on October 16. I will be there, front and center. Check out the trailer below:



Source: FirstShowing.net