Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Andrew K — 02 Aug 2016

This movie is ridiculously overrated by its fans, who seem to mainly consist of ADHD suffering millennials thrilled by a movie so filled with action set pieces that even if they forgot to take their Ritalin they won't have time to be bored with pesky things like dialog and character development before the next explosion.

It's a summer blockbuster, and it certainly succeeds on that level, but so do the Fast and Furious movies, but those aren't usually held up by critics as great film making as is being done by a lot of critics with Fury Road.

We do at least have a comprehensible plot, the character motivations are for the most part reasonable, the post-apocalyptic insanity of Miller's world itself undoubtedly appeals to the video game crowd, but at the end of the day it just plays like a more nihilistic Water World.

People running around, blowing things up, without creating any emotional attachment for the audience, or spending the time necessary to delve into it's deeper themes at more than a surface level. It may be better than the average blockbuster, but don't be fooled into believing that makes it a better than average movie.