Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.

Director David Michôd follows his countrymen’s tradition of Mad Max with this thrilling brutal and dystopic neo-western. Instead of action bombast, he goes for sinister atmosphere, but the patina of desperation is the same hue. The cast—Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, and Scoot McNairy—is perfect.