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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

6/4/2024

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While it was never at the tip-top of my list of action series from the past, the fact of the matter is, somewhere along the way, the 'Mad Max' series picked up one hell of a following. All throughout the 90s and early 2000s, I can recall several references and quotes from peers that gave it a known cult following, even if I wasn't part of the cult.
Eventually, as with a lot of movies these days, we also felt the need to revisit it with some nostalgia. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't, but this is definitely a case of things working out for the best!

If you were to ask a 'Mad Max' fan what their favourite 'Mad Max' movie was before that, the odds seem to work out that it teeters between 'Road Warrior' and 'Thunderdome'. 'Fury Road' decided to capitalize on the idea of 'Road Warrior', but bring in some new and interesting things that are perhaps reminiscent of the car chase sequence in 'Thunderdome'. Of course, the highlight here being some random dude, bounding around on bungee cords, wailing away on a flame-spitting electric guitar. It's imagery that's so messed up and weird but altogether bad ass that we don't even question it. It's just pure "metal"!

Another thing 'Fury Road' brings in is female lead, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). She takes a group of innocent girls away from the clutches of Immortan Joe (
Hugh Keays-Byrne), a tyrannical madman who rules over a section of post-apocalyptic Australia. He has full control of the populous' water, and the flow of "mother's milk" which is, well... mother's milk, being harvested as a hot commodity for trade in these times. The girls Furiosa takes from Joe are his "wives", meant for the sole purpose of breeding... and one of them is pregnant.

The chase for this pregnant woman and a potential son for Joe is pretty much what fuels the chases in the film. Along the way, of course, a wandering Max (Tom Hardy) joins the party in all his awesomeness, and lends aid to these women. They are also eventually joined by a psychotic worshipper named Nux (Nicholas Hoult), convinced that one day Joe will take him with him to the gates of Valhalla. He has one of the more interesting character arcs throughout the film, and his makes for an interesting B story.

While Max is still a main character, the film does a decent job of still focusing on the characters of Furiosa and Nux, and providing some good storytelling amid all of the incredible practical action. While the action is largely what makes this movie so awesome, I can honestly also say that I care more about the characters in this chapter as opposed to anything before this. So when the action takes its breaks, I'm never bored and focused on these new, likeable characters almost more than Max, himself.

I'd say the best way to view this film is to think of it as one long car chase with slight breaks in between, providing one of the best practical action movies in recent history! However, I will say this about it - there is a bit of a "Big Screen, Big Deal" thing going on with it. In other words, it was a film that rocked my socks on the big screen in 3D, and while it's still fine on my TV screen at home, it just isn't the same. 'Avatar' is probably the primary example of such a film in said category, and I have to say, this has its similarities as far as its effect goes.

However, this still has a lot to be admired about it based on some of its original ideas, heart put into old ideas coming back, and of course, a complete smorgasbord of practical effects. If it ever finds its way back into theatres, even though I can still recommend it either way, as probably one of the best action films in recent history, you should definitely go out and catch it the way it was meant to be seen. This one is hands down my favourite of the batch. It's like some sort of heavy metal roller coaster!


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