"My name is Max. My world is fire and blood. Once, I was a cop. A road warrior searching for a righteous cause. As the world fell, each of us in our own way was broken. It was hard to know who was more crazy... me... or everyone else."

"I am the one that runs from both the living and the dead. Hunted by the scavangers, haunted by those I could not protect. So I exist in the wasteland, recuded to one instinct: to survive."

Although I know that everyone calls "Mad Max Fury Road" the best film in "Mad Max" franchise, I have to admit that after watching "Mad Max 3" a few days ago, I was a little skeptical about this film. "Mad Max 3" is a terrible movie, not to repeat myself, I wrote everything in the review a few days ago. It seems that George Miller has learned something in the 30 years that have passed between these two films, because "Mad Max Fury Road" is better than all its predecessors in every aspect.

"Mad Max Fury Road" succeeds mostly for the technical aspects and the action. Action sequences here are for once genuinely well filmed and well executed. And they are, what a surprise, actually engaging and very entertaining. Action here is filmed very smartly with some excellent movements and camera angles thus helping you see the whole thing properly and not missing anything. That was great about it. And although there was too much of it in the first half, all of the action in the film is spectacular, wonderfully realized, always involving and accompanied with a sense of danger and consequences.

What I also liked a lot in "Mad Max Fury Road" is definitely the tone. It is amazing. The approach is very intriguing here as it sometimes seems realistic, or somewhat realistic, but it then compensates for it with a bunch of really crazy and weird stuff thrown at you. But overall that tone is great as it is mostly serious with deadly circumstances and action, but once in a while there comes the humor which is very interesting, weird and crazy. The world-building here is absolutely terrific. Everything is so well conceived and depicted, wonderfully imagined with excellent attention to detail. Everything about it technically is a pure miracle. The cinematography is ridiculously good with great camera movements as mentioned before. The scenery is beautiful and really pleasing to the eye with even the dark imagery in night scenes really well filmed. The colors are very appealing and a great choice, from orange in daylight to blue during night.

The dialogue is not the greatest, but the directing from George Miller is very good. I also like how the film, although in this genre, still manages to have both heart and brain as it has some warm moments and it makes you care for the characters while also having the necessary realism, some political overtones and deadly consequences.

One of the best aspects of "Mad Max Fury Road" is that it gave the "Mad Max" franchise a great new hero: Furiosa. Imperator Furiosa is just as much of a protagonist of "Fury Road" as Max himself, with her being the driving force behind much of the film's story. Charlize Theron is absolutely incredible. She became Furiousa which was so hard as this role is incredibly difficult and demanding, both emotionally and physically. But she managed to pull it off and created one of the very best female action heroes of all time. Add Theron's Furiosa to the pantheon of kick-ass female action heroes alongside Alien's Sigourney Weaver and Terminator 2's Linda Hamilton.

I have always thought that Tom Hardy is a great actor, he confirmed it in this role. It's always difficult following a popular actor who has left an indelible stamp on a role. I never thought for a moment that I miss Mel Gibson in this role, I might even dare to say that Tom Hardy is better. He embraces the over-the-top lunacy of the production and gives us a Max who grumbles and snarls his way through 120 minutes of chaos. Max Rockatansky has never been an incredibly deep character, but "Fury Road" fleshes him out the most since the original film. Max reluctantly helping Furiosa on her mission to save those women is an interesting arc that gives the film a unique spin on the hero's journey. Plus, Max's visions of the little girl do just enough to give him an emotional core for audiences to latch on to while still leaving the character shrouded in mystery.

Overall, "Mad Max Fury Road" looks amazing with fantastic cinematography and some beautiful imagery and the action is spectacular as it is for once executed properly with good camera movements, it’s accompanied with excellent score and sound effects and it has deadly consequences thus making it exciting and genuinely entertaining which is so commendable as it is so rarely realized as well. Although the backstory never get properly explored, and for someone who hasn't seen the previous movies or played the video game, it can be hard to get into the story because the movie doesn't really explain much. Apart from that, "Mad Max Fury Road" is one of the best recent action films as it has excellent performances, positively crazy characters and humor, remarkable world-building, some incredibly powerful and memorable moments and one of the best female action heroes of all time. "Furiosa", expectations are HUGE, please don't disappoint.