The Road

The Roadending is just as bleak as the rest of the post-apocalyptic drama.

Director John Hillcoat adapted Cormac McCarthys bookThe Roadin 2009.

ByThe Roadending, the pair finally arrive at the coast.

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However, the man is shot in the leg with an arrow by a paranoid survivor.

Some have a much darker interpretation of this potentially hopeful ending forThe Roadmovie.

However, some have a much darker interpretation of this potentially hopeful ending forThe Roadmovie.

A coolage of images from the movie The Road - Created by Tom Russell

That being said,The Roadis considered a somewhat faithful adaptation.

An example fromThe Roadincludes the death of the Father.

The horrors of the Marauders are also downplayed in the movie.

Kodi Smit-McPhee as Boy lying with Viggo Mortensen as Man in The Road

Based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same name, The Road centers on a father and son who attempt to make it to the coast after a global apocalypse wipes out all plant and animal life on Earth. The Road was directed by John Hillcoat and stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

It’s not just the wider world that’s gone for the Man and the Boy.

It’s rare for an acclaimed book to be translated into a film note for note.

That almost happened in the case of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road.

Viggo Mortensen as Man traveling with Boy with a shopping cart in The Road

There are also fans who see the family at the end as salvation.

The Road was directed by John Hillcoat and stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

Split image of two men staring in Snowpiercer and a father and son walking in The Road

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Guy Pearce as Veteran talking to Boy in The Road

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