The future belongs to the mad.
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
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Relentless, grave, epic and plot-driven.
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
Who loves it, who doesn't
68 profiled raters. Loved most by The Genre Devotees; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
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“Is it the best action film of its decade?”
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“Is this George Miller's best work?”
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“Would Mad Max: Fury Road hit harder if it came out today rather than in 2015?”
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Reviews
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- devontaeThe case forThe Thrill Chaser★★★★
Two hours of a chase and I would watch two more. Practical stunts, real cars, a story you could tell on a napkin. This is what the money is for.
- marcus_mainlineThe Genre Devotee★★★★½
Two hours of a chase and every frame tells you where everyone is. That is harder than any monologue.
Reviews on TMDB
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- Gimlyon TMDB · Apr 20199/10
**The following is a long form review that I originally wrote in 2015.** I’ll keep this’n somewhat brief, because I only saw the movie once and it was a few days ago now. Some time later on though, I will post a spoiler talk that goes into greater depth. For now though, enjoy this spoiler free review of _Mad Max: Fury Road_! The number one complaint I’ve been seeing about _Fury Road_ is that there’s not much of a story. I would respond by saying, there might not be as much story as you could **want**, but there is certainly as much as you could **need**. The plot isn’t deep, or complex, or intricate, or philosophical. but it’s there, and it makes sense. Just last year, _John Wick_ showed us that you can get away with a pretty thin premise, if you work hard enough on building a thick, palpable world. And the world of _Fury Road_ is something else entirely, I can see why people aren’t blown away by the story, but the world is incredible. There has been much discussion as to whether Max himself, or his cohort Furiosa (played by Charlize Theron) is the star of the film. I would argue that neither of them are. Director George Miller is. This is his vision. Warner Brothers took a big ris
Read the whole review on TMDB - Dark Jedion TMDB · Jan 20187/10
I would say that this movie is pretty much the kind of movie that I expected it to be. That being said I think it was a bit softer than I hoped it to be. I think that, again, the Hollywood plonkers have opted to make a movie that got a more palate rating (to them and their cash registers) than what it should have been. It is not as obvious as with Robocop and a few other movies but the feeling is there. It is still a fairly entertaining movie. It is of course yet another special effects movie and as such it does not disappoint. It differs from a lot of the usual special effects movies in that the effects are pretty down to Earth in a bizarre way. We are not talking about superheroes or near magical technologies here but instead we have a devastated landscape, scrounged together equipment and a totally ludicrous desire to blow up the last remains of human civilisation. The bizarre vehicle designs and the totally ridicules behaviour of a lot of people in this movie is alone worth watching it to be honest. As with the previous Mad Max movies this one stretches the bounds of reality (I hope) when it comes to human behaviour and how they waste the few precious resources, specifically ga
Read the whole review on TMDB - simonTheDiveron TMDB · Aug 201710/10
I was never a fan of the original Mad Max films but this one just blew me away. There was something so powerfully visceral about this on the big screen. It was a fun on assault on the sense , in a good way. Its spectacle rather than plot driven so may not fare as well on the smaller screen. Watch on the largest possible tv in a darkened room with the phone and other gadgets off. Crank up the volume.
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Cast
- Tom HardyMax Rockatansky
- Charlize TheronImperator Furiosa
- Nicholas HoultNux
- Hugh Keays-ByrneImmortan Joe
- Josh HelmanSlit
- Nathan JonesRictus Erectus
- Zoë KravitzToast the Knowing
- Rosie Huntington-WhiteleyThe Splendid Angharad
- Riley KeoughCapable
- Abbey LeeThe Dag
Crew
- George MillerDirector
- Nico LathourisWriter
- George MillerWriter
- Brendan McCarthyWriter
- John SealeDirector of Photography
- Tom HolkenborgOriginal Music Composer
- Margaret SixelEditor
- Doug MitchellProducer
- George MillerProducer
- P.J. VoetenProducer
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