![]() She says she's going to have to cosplay her now. You’ll have fun, fun, fun till Maddy puts the War Rig away.Become a sponsor Kingsman. George Miller has his own screwy Antipodean vision and he realizes it in a big way. Fury Road never feels like paint-by-the-numbers Hollywood garbage. Actually, there aren’t a lot of movies like this, and that may be its top selling point. Plus, whatever plot there is includes a generous helping of girl power, not often seen in movies like this. The action sequences are great, the cinematography is frequently stunning (the 3-D is actually worth it, with a great overall sense of depth and some cool jump-at-you elements), and the minor characters all have Australian accents. #MAD MAX FURY ROAD KICKASS MOVIE#Typecasting alert! But as the movie progresses and Max gets a wee bit less mad, Hardy gets to do some actual acting and he’s pretty solid. Once again he’s got a metal thing over his mouth and grumbles incoherently. Max is played by Tom Hardy, who was Bane in that overblown Batman movie. Spoiler alert: Max escapes and joins forces with Charlize Theron. (On another vehicle, there’s a heavy-metal guitarist on a stage in front, providing much of our soundtrack.) Wait a dust-covered minute!! Where’s Max? The skinny minions sent to track down Charlize are using robust Max as a “blood bag.” I have zero idea what this means, or why he’s seemingly the only person being used in this manner, strapped to the front of the car, but it’s kind of cool so whatever. She may not be as kickass as Ripley in Aliens but Theron’s still tough and smart with a pleasing hint of vulnerability. Gatsby!) Charlize has one arm, a head shaved like Sinéad, and nothing compares to her. Theron’s plan: Drive off-course and get them to safety at the magical “Green Place” on the other side of the desert. She’s made off with the pretty young things that the bad guy wants to impregnate. Except the War Rig driver, Charlize Theron, has other ideas. The mean old ruler sends his minions across the desert on a supply run, for gas and bullets. ![]() Autos are completely fetishized in this post-apocalyptic landscape. Miller strips everything down to the basics: Cars, girls, guns, and rock ‘n roll. Dark and claustrophobic one second, bright and wide-open the next. We’re right there in the middle of the action, and it’s a blast. But the old dog Miller has some new tricks. With the breathless pace of this movie in the early-going, you might guess it was the work of a young, edgy auteur. It is bravura filmmaking! And as I watched it, I thought, “This makes Avengers: Age of Ultron look like a real piece of shit.”īig kudos to 70-year-old George Miller, the co-writer/director behind all the Mad Max films. Well, I did go to see the new installment, I paid the 3-D surcharge, and… I enjoyed the hell out of this movie. I did love a recent Letterman top-10 entry on why Max is so mad: “Instead of Fury Road, GPS sent him to Fury Lane.” No Mel Gibson I guess he’s in sensitivity training or something. (Though I have enjoyed saying, “Whoa, that is totally beyond Thunderdome!” many, many times in the subsequent decades.)įlash-forward 30 years, and I had no idea what to expect from a new Mad Max movie. Tina Turner in a bloated unnecessary action sequel? No thanks, said teenage me. ![]() I definitely didn’t see Bed, Bath & Beyond Thunderdome. And then I think we rented Mad Max after the fact? Yet all I remember is dust and cars and angry Australians. The Road Warrior, I’m pretty sure I saw on home video. I have very vague recollections of the original batch of Mad Max films. ![]()
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