Movie | The Rover | PASS

Guy Pearce returns to spectacular form in this amazing, slow-paced, savagely violent depiction of a very near and possible future. Yes, it's that Robert Pattinson from the Twilight series. He's absolutely phenomenal here, definitely not in keeping with his heart-throb image. In fact, I'm sure his performance would completely upset fans of the series that made him famous.

I kept thinking of Mad Max, Of Mice and Men and (of course) The Road and The Proposition...both of which had the same director, John Hillcoat and both of which had Pearce in them (the guy knows how to pick some great projects, that's for sure).

The director and co-writer of this also did Animal House. That was pretty good, but this was spectacular. Not for folks who insist on movies that all threads are wrapped up nice and neat!