In the near future, Max (Hardy) is surviving
out on the
wastelands as he is running from the dead (haunted by visions of the people he
couldn’t save) and the living (scavengers).
He is captured by Immortan Joe’s War Boys and branded/ tattooed as a
donor. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa
(Theron) is planning to escape to the Green Place
she remembers from childhood and she is taking tyrant cult leader Immortan Joe’s wives/ breeders with
her. Soon the chase is on as Joe wants
his five wives back and Furiosa to be punished before she dies. Max
manages to get free and he reluctantly
joins Furiosa in her quest to get the breeders to a safe place.
MAD MAX:
FURY ROAD
is an over-the-top action film with an epic music score by Junkie XL. It
is a sight to behold as George Miller has
created one of the best MAD MAX
films on a visual level. The first two
have more believable plots and even the third one has a plot that doesn’t
escape logic as much as the apocalyptic future imagined on a grand scale in
this latest film which re-imagines the MAD MAX
series. It flows with a perfect pace as
the action is paced with character moments in-between the big action scenes
which are a visual sight on the scale you have never seen before in this
series. It was originally imagined as a
fourth entry in the series starring Mel Gibson, but after being shelved years
ago before filming and some false starts due to very wet Australian
weather. The harsh landscape of the
Namibian desert fits the peak landscape of a world gone mad as a few still look
for hope in a harsh future after everything has fallen apart. Every scene is
filled with so many details
that multiple viewings will reveal more and more what work has went into this
production which was a long (and sometimes hard shoot for some of the actors). I
hope another MAD
MAX movie does get made soon even if it
isn’t on the scale as this movie (which probably has a bigger budget than the
first three movies combined). I think
any movie coming out this season is going to find it hard to match the sheer joy
I experienced watching a movie that has lived up to the insane trailers. Don’t
miss out on MAD
MAX: FURY ROAD
as it is probably going to the best popcorn summer action movie of this year.
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