Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Dragonsfoe . — 02 May 2016

Furiousa's Road: Mad Max.

Fury road is the fourth installment in George Miller's Mad Max saga. This time around the titular character who used to be portrayed by Mel Gibson, has not been given to Tom Hardy. The film follows a car chase which their objective is to keep Immoten Joe's wives away from him.

First of all, this is definitely not Maxs story for the main character of this film is clearly Imperator Furiousa, who's determination and heroics set the course for the coolest action movie in recent memory. The character is brilliantly portrayed by Charlize Theron, proving she can do more serious roles. The action is mind blowing and fantastic. It is incredible in every sense of the word. The practical effects are jaw dropping, filled with flying cars, stunt work and gigantic explosions literally flying through the the screen. This plus a great percussion infused score by Hans Zimmer protà (C)gà (C) Junkie XL. The story is also good, filled with emotional, funny, and surprising moments, but all in all the films biggest points are for its action and Miller's fantastic direction. This is how you make an action movie.

One small problem with the film was how Tom Hardys voice did not fit well with the sound mix. It felt more defined, as if he had rerecorded all the scenes he spoke in. It was distracting to see him character speak on screen. Another thing I found questionable was how he barely spoke, as an audience member who hasn't seen the previous 3, I am not sure if he is supposed to be a man of few words, even Nicholas Hoult, who was great in this film, has more lines than hardy, the titular character.

This film was great, it surprised me as a person who was not very engaged by the trailers. Though It was actually Furiousa's story, it was still very enjoyable. Mad max's character had some development problems but the film remained crazy, over the top, and beautiful. This is how action should be made. And it takes a 70 year old to get it done right.

Rating: 8.4 (A-).