Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Brutal
- bleak
- brooding
- foreboding
- late night viewing
- arthouse thriller night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film tense, bleak, and compelling, with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson's performances compensating for narrative shortcomings.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Eric's mission is organized around tracking the gang that took his car, making the vehicle the concrete engine of the plot.
Ten years after global economic collapse, isolated towns, armed groups, and improvised authority shape everyday survival.
Eric's cold, nearly silent pursuit and refusal to abandon vengeance evoke a classic western or noir antihero.
The film repeatedly places its pursuit across the barren Australian outback, using the landscape to intensify alienation and dread.
Films like The Rover, and why
The Road
shares bleak post apocalyptic survival, austere landscapes, and morally brutal pursuit
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
shares Australian outback dystopia, taciturn antiheroism, and western-inflected crime violence
No Country for Old Men
shares neo-noir fatalism, revenge-driven crime, and damaged male protagonists
The Book of Eli
shares stripped-down dystopian world-building, nihilistic tension, and stark social collapse
Movie Details
- Director
- David Michôd
- Release Date
- 2014-06-04
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (1099)
Cast
- Guy Pearce
- Robert Pattinson
- Scoot McNairy
- David Field
- Susan Prior
- Anthony Hayes
- Tawanda Manyimo
- Nash Edgerton
- Gillian Jones
- Richard Green
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Rover about?
- In a collapsed Australia, a remorseless drifter's hunt for his stolen car becomes an uneasy journey with a wounded gang member.
- What is The Rover like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Rover as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Rover violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Rover as brutal.
- What did critics think of The Rover?
- Critics broadly found the film tense, bleak, and compelling, with Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson's performances compensating for narrative shortcomings.
- Which films are like The Rover?
- Films with a similar feel include The Road, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, No Country for Old Men, and The Book of Eli.
- How long is The Rover?
- The Rover runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Rover?
- In United States, The Rover streams on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max.
