Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) by Grant S — 14 Mar 2016

Entertaining but overrated.

Set in a post-apocalyptic future, an evil ruler, Immortal Joe, keeps his subjects under tight rule. Then one of his most trusted lieutenants, Imperator Furiosa, sets out to escape his regime, taking with her all his wives. Along the way she meets Max Rockatansky...

Directed by George Miller, who directed the original Mel Gibson-starring Mad Max in 1979, plus both its sequels, Mad Max: Fury Road is two hours of non-stop action. The plot is rather basic, and there's very little substance to it, but the action is frenetic and constant.

However, while this makes it entertaining, it does feel monotonous after a while. There's only so far you can go with an "all style, no substance" approach.

Ultimately reasonably interesting, but vastly overrated.