Mad Max: Fury
Road is a film you have to see. It starts on a high, settles on a plain
for a trot, and then goes even higher. The movie maintains a fast pace (after
its initial setup introducing the cast) as we watch a chase between a group of
survivors and their former captors.
It’s not often
we see the lead actor play a supportive role in their own movie, but here, Max
feels more like a passerby in a sea of chaos. Charlize Theron was the best part
of this movie—her portrayal of the life-saving Furiosa is one I’ll remember her
by for years to come. The movie’s script is well done, and it reminded me
of Mad
Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981). This movie (Fury Road) is the best
in the Mad Max franchise.
Mad Max 4 isn’t
actually a reboot of the franchise, nor does it bear any continuity with the
previous films. George Miller explains that the story takes place after Mad
Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and wants us to view each Mad
Max movie as a "legend of the Road Warrior," with each one
standing alone and not connected to the others—just stories of Max Rockatansky.
The movie starts
with Max being captured and used as a "blood bag" for a sick warrior
boy named Nux (Nicholas Hoult).
If you’re familiar with the Mad Max movies, you’ll know the world is
now a vast wasteland after a nuclear war destroyed everything. People move in
groups, driving fast cars and bikes, while water and fuel are scarce
commodities everyone craves.
The captor,
Immortan Joe, is shocked when he discovers one of his lead riders, Imperator
Furiosa (Charlize Theron), has gone off track, fleeing with his five
wives—selected for breeding. He launches a pursuit to retrieve his wives and
kill their captors. Max escapes from Nux and joins Furiosa as she and the five
women try to evade Joe and his army.
This movie will
definitely spawn more sequels, as it’s both a critical and financial success.
You have to see Mad Max: Fury Road.
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