Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Ray G — 30 Mar 2016

What a film, what a lovely film!!!

Set in a world where people had finally had enough of 30 indistinguishable superhero films every summer and decided to end it all, 'Fury Road' is a balls-to-the-wall, punk-rock masterpiece that offers an education in tone setting, cinematography, subtle characterisation and mind-blowing action to any would be spandex loving director.

The film is a blistering high speed chase through the Australian outback that never once lets you catch your breath..... and that's really all it is....... except it isn't;.

You could count the number of lines of dialogue in this film on one hand and yet it still manages to fully flesh out every single character, we know who they are and what their motivation is, that is an astounding piece of storytelling. The setting for the film is beautiful and Miller masterfully shows us this wasteland rather than tells us about it, unlike a lot of summer blockbusters, this film remembers that cinema is a VISUAL storytelling medium. The action will have to go without saying because you just have to see it to believe it, I lack the vocabulary to truly explain what this film does with its action scenes.

5 out of 5, I honestly can't say a single bad thing about it.