A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food--and each other.
Written by Sean Pollock
One of the reasons why Joe Penhall landed the gig to write the screenplay was because he felt that there was no need to change the dialog that was already in the novel.
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Goofs
Errors in geography:
When the Man is walking to the ocean pier through the amusement park where his leg gets shot by an arrow, the entrance sign to the park clearly says "Conneaut LAKE Park."
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Quotes
[first lines]
Wife:
What's happening? Why are you taking a bath? The Man:
I'm not. See more »
Crazy Credits
Over the end credits, we hear the sounds of children playing. What the world must have been like in happier times.
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