Film Review

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) — how to survive the apocalyptic wasteland

The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa before her encounter and teamup with Mad Max.

You must conceal your deepest emotions to survive in George Miller’s apocalypse. You need to make yourself useful to those in power. And above all, you’ll have to learn how to change gears and handle a rifle.

When foraging for fruit, the young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is taken by bandits, who marvel at the existence of land still supporting vegetation. She is raised by Dementus (Chris Hemsworth), a cult-like leader of the Biker Horde, who tortures Furiosa’s mother, Mary (Charlee Fraser), in an attempt to discover the location of The Green Place. Neither Mary nor Furiosa reveal the hidden paradise. And as the years pass, Dementus has designs on becoming a powerful figure in the precarious wasteland that surrounds them all.

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a fantastic addition to Miller’s ever-more-ambitious franchise. With audacious action sequences and awe-inspiring visuals, the Australian filmmaker once again…