Mad Max: Fury Road

It’s not often a film series has a 30 year wait before the next installment –audiences have a tendency to move on. But here’s Mad Max: Fury Road, and not only is Max mad, he’s an entirely different person. Mel Gibson is out, and Tom Hardy is in as the title character, though the movie may as well have been called Mad Maxine, as Charlize Theron may be more important to the story. As Imperator Furiosa, Theron has taken the Wasteland vengeful leader’s wives for a journey to her homeland and the hope to somehow restore civilization. Max is along for the ride. Chaos ensues.

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You’ve probably noticed a pattern developing with the offensive content of the Mad Max movies: brief scenes of nudity, minimal profanity, and lots and lots of violence. Fury Road is no exception as cars explode, weapons are thrown, and people are annihilated. The ClearPlayed version is still bleak and scary, but mature teens should be fine.

“Is Max still crazy after all these years?...”

It’s hard to believe, but this reboot of the post-apocalyptic franchise stands with the best of the series. Hardy is fine, Theron steals the show, but it’s Aussie director George Miller’s limitless creativity and vision that makes these movies stand out. Bleak? Sure. But for metalheads and racers, the destruction of humanity couldn’t be more fun.

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Rated R for intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images; 120 Mins; Directed by George Miller