Mad Max: Fury Road

It’s been thirty years since we have seen Mad Max and about a decade of rumors of a new one on the way.  The filming of Mad Max: Fury Road took place two years ago and was marked for release awhile back and then all the sudden Warner Brothers pushed this to summer as one of their big tent pole releases.  Usually when you hear that that means there is trouble with the pic but let me tell you this action movie is awesome and has been well worth the wait.

This pic runs at a brisk 120 minutes.  It opens, you meet Max and the V8 Interceptor and then all hell breaks loose and does not stop.  When this pic finally began production the question I and everyone else has was is this sequel, reboot, or a remake?  Director George Miller, who has helmed all the Mad Max movies described it as a “reimagining” and it was a story he has had in his head for a while that he wanted to get out there.  I did not really care; I just wanted Max back on the big screen even if it was not Mel Gibson. 

This movie is all about the action and the cars.  It is lean on dialogue and that is okay when you have cars, people, and things flying all over the screen.  The film is beautiful with the orange desert and bluish sky as all of this is just fantastic eye candy.  Tom Hardy is a worthy Mad Max replacement as he grunts his way thru the film with very few lines just like Mel use to do it.  Max is almost the supporting character in this as the Charlize Theron character leads this way in this chase.  There are plenty of nods to the old Mad Max movies in this so if you are a Mad Max fan this is highly recommended and if you have never seen a Mad Max film you can jump right in on this one and have a blast too!  This is a lovely movie.