What is It: A post-“civilization collapse” story, where lawlessness and destitution play out against the dry, bleak Australian landscape, The Rover generates obvious parallels to The Road and Mad Max films. Unlike those films however,  it isn’t so much a story about survival, though that simmers throughout the film, but about closure. The film beings after the “collapse” and doesn’t offer much explanation. It thrusts us into the action and leaves the audience to piece things together.  After an event that the audience isn’t privy to, Eric (Pierce) has his car stolen by some random survivors.  Eric spends the rest of the film trying to get it back.