Review: Mad Max Fury Road (2015)

• Directed by George Miller
• Written by George Miller, Brendan McCarthy, Nick Lathouris
• Stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult
• Run Time: 2 Hours
• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8

Spoiler-Free Judgment Zone

This isn’t quite a sequel or a reboot of the first three films. It’s more of a parallel set in the same world of the third movie, with a different Max in a different part of Australia. It takes the elements and mood of the third movie and cranks up the volume, with almost non-stop action. Charlize Theron and the baddies carry the movie about as much as Max does. We thought it was very entertaining and well made.

Spoilery Synopsis

We hear about the “Oil Wars” as credits roll. Max narrates his earlier life, and then the nuclear war, and then the world fell. We zoom in on Max, who kills and eats a gecko. He gets back into his car as he’s pursued by a gang of bandits. They overturn his car spectacularly and drag him to their lair, where they cut off his hair, tattoo him, and start to brand him. He almost escapes, but we see that he’s haunted by his past. Credits roll.