'The Road'

Based on the novel by "No Country for Old Men" author Cormac McCarthy, this melodrama casts Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smith-McPhee as a father and son in search of others who have survived an apocalypse.

Their journey is fraught with peril, since others want what anyone else has, and most will resort to any means to get it. The noteworthy cast also includes Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall and Guy Pearce. DVD extras: "making-of" documentary; audio commentary by director John Hillcoat; deleted scenes. *** (R: AS. P, V) (Also on Blu-ray)

Buy 'The Road' on DVD.