Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road

The title of this movie is Mad Max: Fury Road and though Tom Hardy gives an excellent portrayal of a man driven over the edge of insanity by his past and isolated life in the wasteland it is Charlize Theron’s character Imperator Furiosa who is the real star of this picture. Simply put she is the heart and soul of this balls-to-the-walls actioner and she takes no prisoners. Calling this film an “action movie” is almost an understatement for once all the characters are in place the action barely stops to let you catch your breath.

Most of this movie’s two-hour running time is action and George Miller holds nothing back, with but few pauses for character moments that I bet are there mainly so as not to kill the audience. Visually it is a feast of the bizarre from the menacingly masked Immortan Joe to his war party that looks like they could have escaped from the pages of Judge Dredd.

And who could not love a car chase that brings its own drum section and a flame-throwing guitarist?

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