Oct 30 2009 New 'The Road' Trailer: Big Budget Bumfights

It's still hard to tell if The Road is going to be an overblown Roland Emmerich of a mess or a post-apocalyptic classic that will do its source material proud, but just from this new trailer I'm ready to give the film its first two awards.

Award 1: Best Score That Makes Me Think the Trailer Will End with Someone Landing on the Moon. I'm not sure if this is the film's actual score or a track lifted from a classic I'm failing to recognize, but hearing it has me on the edge of my seat waiting for that American flag to strike the lunar surface.

Award 2: Most Disarmingly Gratuitous Use of the Wilhelm Scream. If you're going to be that blatant about it, it should at least be followed by a cartoon "splat."

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May 14 2009 'The Road' Trailer: Apocalyptic Disasters Have Really Messed Up Our Roads

Ready to follow Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, and their fictional son on a post-apocalyptic Homeward Bound: Incredible Journey? Then it's time to watch this new trailer for The Road, John Hillcoat's upcoming film based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy.

If you take one thing away from this, let it be the knowledge that even after a worldwide disaster that leaves few human survivors, hill-jacks will still act pretty much the same way they always have:

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