I don’t even like this type of movie but goddamn, the execution is everything. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max. With Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne. This is more Theron’s movie that Hardy’s, he doesn’t say much and does next to nothing for the first third or so. Mad Max: Fury Road: Directed by George Miller. Plus it is a dark film, which made it even better I don’t think I have ever heard a yank do an Aussie accent even close to well, was Hardy actually trying for that? Either way, he didn’t talk much so it didn’t really matter. It kicked off fast and barely stopped, and the lulls were amplified by the insanity preceding them. I thought to myself more than once, ‘I think I am loving this more than Terminator 2’ but other than that, there wasn’t time to think. The action is so brutal and appropriately high-octane. The stunts are so much fun, the FX so great, it is the first movie I have seen where I have thoroughly enjoyed all this type of stuff – probably because the cinematography for once doesn’t suffer cos of it. This is seriously a movie I thought I’d never see: a CGI-filled blockbuster that I flat out loved. A blockbuster that is gritty and doesn’t have a sense of humour that could be equated to a fluffy kitten. Sheer madness that isn’t sullied by bad acting or laughable lines. I was left speechless when this finished.
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