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15 August 2014updated 14 Sep 2021 3:21pm

Sun, sand and sadism: The Rover by David Michôd

Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson star in David Michôd’s distopian thriller The Rover: a film with an uncertain mission at its core, like a post-apocalyptic Dude, Where’s My Car?

By Ryan Gilbey

The Rover (15)
dir: David Michôd

Most actors bring associations from previous roles but Guy Pearce’s baggage is strictly of the carry-on variety. So it’s a minor in-joke to see the man who couldn’t remember anything in Memento starring in The Rover as someone who can’t forget. He plays Eric, who once did a terrible thing and now plods implacably through the outback in khaki shorts, sporting a steel-wool beard. “You should never stop thinking about a life you’ve taken,” he grunts. “That’s the price you pay for taking it.”

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