MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Plot:

During a post nuclear catastrophic era, Max (Hardy) who is a roaming nomad is taken captive by a group of blood harvesting speed junkies led by Immortan Joe (Byrne) an aged mad man who controls the people by controlling the food and water sources from the poor souls. Max is allowed an opportunity to escape when Furiosa (Theron) a fuel scout, hijacks a fuel tanker that is harboring a group of beautiful women that are concubines to the crazed leader who wants them back and so Max is able to climb aboard for an unwelcome ride. Eventually the two rebels realize that they must trust each other if they have any chance of surviving their cross desolated country journey while being chased by an army of savage unrelenting bandits. 


Reel Talk:

WOW!!! It has been 36 years since George Miller directed the first Mad Mad that graced the screens and 30 years since Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome closed out the third installment for the Mad Max trilogy series, all which were classics thanks to a young Mel Gibson. So with Miller back at the helm with having such a long hiatus, will he be able to bring anything to the 2015 Mad Max: Fury Road? Well lets just say he injected a dose of steroids into this one. From the start to the end it is an action packed thrill ride rolling at full throttle with some heavy special effects. Hardy who snarls more and speaks less as Mad Max than his veteran colleague Gibson who made the character an icon, compensates with his overshadowing action. Now you have to remember that movies like this is only designed to entertain and so this is exactly what it does. Charlize Theron was menacing as the one armed robotic heroine who was more madder than Max. Unlike the previous Mad Max films that give some incite to his life before becoming the nomad this one just starts with him on the road, no history about him whatsoever. Still Mad Max fans will not be disappointed, this is a very thrilling and entertaining movie that is worth the admission.

Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne and Zoe Kravitz
Directed by: George Miller
Rated: R

I give it 3 corn dogs.

By: The Reel Hustler