Mad Max: Fury Road
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Review by Daniel Patron

Mad Max: Fury Road 2015

★★★★½

Rewatched Jun 03, 2024

The Road to Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

We know the story. It had been three decades. Never seemed like much. From the years of development to the high strung tension on set. It felt almost doomed to fail, however, where there is a storm, lightning strikes.

It has taken time to come around this. One of those experiences that was always special, but as years go on, it keeps on aging better than just about anything else. Not until this rewatch that I could say I truly do love this film.

George Miller took his world that was already beloved and pumped it full of the most chaotic drugs possible; while transitioning it almost flawlessly for newer audiences, as cinema has changed a lot since Max was last seen.

Simply a mesmerising and incredible ride from those opening moments to the very end. It's hard to imagine that we've seen anyone even come close to having this unstoppable energy, where you aren't given time to breathe.

That can make it a little exhausting towards the end, however, there's a lot done brilliantly that you can't help but still enjoy what is on screen. It still has me in shock that Miller was able to put this all together so perfectly.

When you see the behind the scenes, and then revisit this, it's jaw dropping. Not much can be said that hasn't been said already too, as the film is just continuing to grow in popularity, deservedly so, because it is magnificent.

It did take a few watches to love this, it does get a little tiring after awhile, but on a technical level, I still can't help but share the love for this like many others. Especially when you have the flaming guitar dude in the entire film.

Tom Hardy becomes Max almost instantly, very seamless transition from the days of Mel Gibson. Loved the minimal dialogue approach, as he and this whole film was more focused on showing, rather than telling things to us.

Obviously the complete show stopper is Charlize Theron. No matter how much time passes. She crushes in this as one of the most badass female action heroines of all time; with maybe the coolest of names ever created.

Simply a wonderful blockbuster. It won't be for everyone. And that's fine. As much as this tries to become more accessible to new audiences, it doesn't let this feel restricting, as at the end of the day, the Road Warrior rides on.

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