Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Austin W — 16 Jan 2017

I'm not going to write this comparing it to the original Mad Max film, I just don't think it's worth while to do so, they're just different movies and casts (get over it!). I WILL say on that note that this movie is as impressive today as the original MM was then.

.. perhaps even more so. This was truly one of the most insane movie going experiences I've ever had. It's like a Burning Man, Cirque de Soliel, inverted Blue Man Group mash-up acid-trip in the best possible sense.

Low on story complexity and script but overflowing with art, camp and very intricate, flawlessly executed action sequences. That said, there are some over-the-top moments I could have done without for sure (guitar-guy!?), but there was such attention to detail in almost every single frame that it's almost irresistibly artful in its way.

There's just something really impressive here. The performances are very strong considering the restraints of an almost non-existent script, and the action is simply unprecedented in this genre (IMO).

The intro scene alone of the film is so good and tight that the theatre actually broke out in a smattering of applause just for that. At the end of the movie all you can do is laugh and applaud in exhaustion, trying to comprehend the unyielding bombastic action and absurdity of what the hell it was you just witnessed.

Now you have to keep an open mind that if you only like say Wes Anderson films, or rich scripted little art house films, this is NOT going to be your jam, in fact you're probably going to loath it.

But if you're like me and you have room in your world for any well executed art regardless of genre this is just not a movie to be missed. Trust me, it's much more enjoyable than your hollow, run-of-the-mill action movie.