Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Adam C — 08 Jul 2017

Really guys, why all the good ratings? Mad Max: Fury Road is a redundant, cliche, and exhausting reboot of the superior original films. Even if you are looking for just a mindless action movie, you may want to rethink stepping in line to grab a ticket. Here's why...

We see Max, a man whose lost everything, including the title of main character in his own movie. Max is brushed aside to make way for a one-dimensional female character "looking for redemption" from....we don't really know. We also meet a character who gets more screen time then max and does absolutely nothing for the story.

The "action" is insanely repetitive and never changes. There is no diversity between the antagonists and little character developement makes them all the more bland. The struggles becomes more and more anti-climactic because of the obvious ending to each situation. the good guy is in danger and, at the last moment, is saved; next scene.

The visuals are quite good and the acting and dialogue are fine, but what kills the movie is the story line. there's no depth and it leaves nothing to the imagination. It leaves you with no suspense because it's a storyline that's been done before and we all know the ending.

I'm all for reboots but please, writers, either stick to the story, or give us something fresh.

I give it 2/5.