The film doesn't say exactly what happened, starting just a few years after the disaster, the Earth is in a moribund situation, with harsh climates, extinction of creatures, and death of vegetation. The surviving humans hunted and killed the same kind in order to survive, and some people hid in the dark to survive silently. There is such a pair of father and son who adhere to the moral belief that they are "good people" and strive to go south. After the son was born in the disaster, the mother left in complete despair. A man's love for his son is very deep and selfish. In addition to protecting his son, he also faces his inner self-blame-it may really be a mistake to live.
The doomsday depicted in the film is hopeless. The absence of women makes the world completely animalistic. Women and children will only be raped and then killed. Obviously, what the father insists on is not suitable for this world. It's not scary to be in a predicament, it's scary to know that there is no end to the predicament. When hope is almost zero, living becomes the most hopeless thing. Without birth, there is no death, without love, there is no hate, and there are only two simple words - alive.
In the film, the father digs out a vending machine for a long time, finds a stuck can of Coca-Cola, and gives it to his son who has never drank Coca-Cola. The son tastes it and says it tastes good. The father refused to drink, and the son could not drink any more. This is the doomsday, when all the things that are accustomed to be readily available have disappeared, and those that you thought can be squandered at will become the most precious treasures.
The film is based on Cormac McCarthy's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Road" of the same name (published in China). A thrilling conflict, giving people a very strong sense of impact. Naturally, the movie cannot be adapted in this way, and this is brought forward to the beginning of the film. There is no previous contrast like in the novel, and the shock is weakened, but this is also a helpless move. Hollywood movies have no conflict in the first ten pages of the script, and no one will invest. In the rest of the film, the film is basically based on the novel, but the sequence of some scenes is reversed.
What is the end of the world, it reminds us that the end is coming, but in fact every day is the end. Many of us thought there would be a next time, but suddenly disappeared. If so, I would rather do the end or at least say goodbye.
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