I had reservations watching Mad Max: Fury Road since almost all apocalyptic themed films are almost the same in execution and the last one in the series Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was released 30 years ago. Things changed once the opening credits started. This new reimagining, conceptualized by it's original creator director George Miller is an exciting, beautifully shot action film anchored surprisingly not by Tom Hardy's lead performance of the iconic Max Rockatansy but by Charlize Theron's phenomenal Imperator Furiosa.
Max and Furiosa team up to escape the wrath of the ruler of their area Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) and brought along his 5 wives to escape to her birthplace. 90% of the film happens on "Fury Road" when the villains are chasing the leads and where all the glorious action and mayhem occurs. Cinematographer John Seale found beauty in a post apocalyptic world and it ain't like those similarly themed films.
Hardy channeling his The Dark Knight Rises' character Bane's mask and voice has the Mel Gibson aka the original Mad Max's aura and demeanor. He displayed strength and flexibility in all the action scenes in the film. Ironically even though the title says Mad Max, the film's lead is actually Charlize Theron whose character Furiosa provides the required action scenes yet gives great emotion as the mother figure of the 5 wives plus the trauma of her past experience before driving the War Rig. Her performance here in Mad Max: Fury Road ranks alongside Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in the Alien Series and Linda Hamilton's Sarah Connor in Terminator 2 as one of the best female performances in an action movie in recent memory.
Also starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz and Rosie Huntington-Whitely, Mad Max: Fury Road successfully brought back the franchise that we all thought would never see the light of day again.
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