This film is phenomenal .

Yea I know I was surprised to learn this movie made less than the raid 2 and that movie was in theatres for a week and a half here . Such a shame because many characters in the film seem neither good nor evil (excluding the grandma lol )

Thanks for the info

http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/must-see-summer-movies-2014.php

David Michod has followed his much-lauded family crime drama Animal Kingdom with a film that has somewhat enigmatically been described as “a futuristic Western set in the Australian outback.”

With Guy Pearce as a wronged family man salivating for vengeance and Robert Pattinson continuing to distance himself from teeny bop status, The Rover looks to be that rare summer combination of great performances, unique directorial vision, and engrossing filmmaking.
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It was plain from Cosmopolis that Pattinson could bring something to a role, but I totally agree with your sentiments that he is a revelation here. There have been many actors who have played the bumbling sidekick, the not-all-there partner, or just "the slow one" before, but I can't think of another time where I have seen an actor bring with them a sense of pathos and understated longing to this type of a character.

Also, someone give Mr. Pearce his Oscar because he's deserved it for a long, LONG time now and some of us are just waiting for the Academy to catch on with what we knew all along! It's a great film that I'm right with you on, it's gonna be one of the year's best without a doubt.
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Here is a fantastic review of The Rover Blu-ray:
http://collider.com/the-rover-blu-ray-review/

There is probably a sizable percentage of people who hate Robert Pattinson for no good reason. The Twilight star became an intense object of affection and lust for those team Edward, and for anyone who witnessed that obsessive fandom (especially those who saw it up close), it can be off-putting even if it bears little on the person’s talents.

Considering that Pattinson starred in five of the biggest movies of the last decade, he’s made some of the smartest career moves of anyone who has been suddenly thrust into superstardom: He’s now making an effort to work with talented auteurs in roles that only trade on his fame in the sense that he helps get the movies financed. Not only has he made two movies with David Cronenberg, he also starred in the David Michod film The Rover. And as for the latter, he’s excellent in it. My review of the Blu-ray of The Rover follows after the jump.

What elevates it are the performances, and Pearce and Pattinson make a great onscreen duo. The former Edward is playing McNairy’s brother, which means that both are doing a Southern accent. It seems there was some immigration to Australia after the collapse, which is how this is explained, and Rey is playing a character that seems modeled on Of Mice and Men’s Lennie, albeit slightly smarter, though just as dangerous. He seems as loyal as a dog, though he’s not the reason for the film’s title.

But it’s Pattinon’s character’s unpredictability, and how he and Pearce play off each other as an odd couple, that keeps the film engaging. For those who may have dismissed him as a pretty boy, Pattinson has been proving himself over and over since his time in Twilight, and the way he’s going it seems – more than any of the Harry Potter stars – he’ll be working and possibly heading towards awards attention before too long. And if he keeps making these sorts of career decisions, it will be earned.
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Well, co-written by Edgerton. The way Michod talks about it, it seems like they started it together and then he finished it.

I hope they can work together again someday. Joel has already worked with Pattinson, he took Phillip Seymour Hoffman's place on the Corbijn film Life, about James Dean and the photographer Dennis Stock, who took the iconic photos of Dean. Edgerton plays Stock's photo editor.
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