The film I saw more than ten years ago, at that time I thought it was a very shocking visual impact. Watching it again, I recognized Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce who appeared for a minute or two at the end of the film.
The background of the story is the great escape of mankind after the destruction of the earth. Charlize Theron, the male protagonist's wife, couldn't stand the destruction of the earth and committed suicide in despair, leaving her husband and young children behind. It is estimated that the male protagonist chose to continue to survive for the sake of the child. With a pistol with only one or two bullets, he used a supermarket trolley to push all his belongings to the beach to see if there was a better chance of survival. Along the way, we have to find food and shelter from the cold, and we must also avoid the pursuit of murderous humans (cannibals, guns). The pistol is the last killer of the father and son. It cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary. Even when being chased, try to avoid shooting. First, the sound of gunfire will attract more bad guys. Second, there are really not many bullets. After the male protagonist dies, it is a continuation to leave the pistol to his son to save his life.
The father really did a good job, with messy hair and beard, ragged clothes, sunken cheeks, eyes full of despair and hunger, and always vigilant and nervous, looking at his image and willing to believe that this is what a human being after destruction looks like. The little boy was almost intrigued. He looked very clean and his clothes were not tattered enough. Could it be that he was protected by his father too well? Then he was really lucky. The character setting of the little boy feels too simple or even ignorant. He is fleeing at the end of the day, and he also asks why his father wants to kill the bad guy. It's too evil, and he has a small temper. Baby, you are about to be killed, if your father is cruel enough, you can't live. However, the father and son did not become the same devil as the bad guys because of a trace of kindness in their hearts, and they were open to the single black people who robbed them.
There are still doubts about some of the plots, which are not explained clearly. 1. Who are the bad guys? Where did it come from? How did you get the gun and the gasoline car? 2. Passing by a place, I found an underground storage room, which stored a lot of food. Why can't others find it? After you have eaten and drank enough, why can't you stay for the time being, anyway, you will die wherever you go, and you have to work hard to carry a pile of food (you can't finish it) and push it around with a cart. Isn't this eye-catching? So get robbed. 3. Later, when you arrive at an abandoned house, you can actually stay and avoid the bad guys. Why do you have to escape to the seaside? 4. What is there on the seaside? How did you know there was hope for survival there? 5. He deified his father. He can save danger every time. The little boy is basically a burden. I didn't see what he did to save his life purely by relying on his father. Skill. 6. When the child finally went to the beach, he asked if you are a good person, so you can judge that the other person is a good person and then left? What the world is too simple, baby. 7. The repeatedly said "fire", what is fire in the end? Survival instinct? human civilization?
The middle part of the whole film is still relatively full. The fighting scenes and food-seeking scenes are very exciting. The ending is a bit weak, and the strength is not strong enough to support a grand theme, or is it deliberately weakened and left with an open ending? The tone of the film is well rendered, the image is gray and dirty, the broken car, the burning tree, the scorched land, the barren desert, and no background music is set, which makes it even more empty, quiet, barren, dead, and desperate. The visual feeling is that after watching it, you will at least have a little gratitude for your current life, and the world should not be destroyed.
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