Monday, May 18, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road 2015


     This film is set in a stark desert area and is a post-apocalyptic story.  For humanity, living is a constant struggle for basic necessities.  Max has lost his wife and child and he is tormented by not being able to save them.  Imperator Furiosa believes she will have a better life if she returns across the desert to her childhood homeland. 
     There is a lot of constant action, strange characters and a more strange landscape.  Power, oil and water are the valuable currency for this age.  There isn’t much dialogue but most of the film is speeding, chasing, crashing, exploding, fighting and flying bodies.  Some of the fighters believe they will journey to an immortal life in Valhalla after dying here.  Over 80% of the visual effects are real effects, stunts, make-up and sets.  Computer images were used mainly to enhance the landscape, remove rigging and to change Furiosa’s arm.  I was really GLAD to get back to a regular Earth after viewing this film!!  4* (I really liked this movie)

120 Min, Action directed by George Miller with Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Josh Helman, Nathan Jones, Zoe Kravitz, Rose Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, John Howard, Richard Carter, Iota, Angus Sampson.

Note:  Imdb 8.8 out of 10, 98% critic 92% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 4*.
Special Note:  This is the fourth film in the Mad Max series and it has been three decades since the last film was released.  The villain Toecutter in the original Mad Max is also the villain Immortan Joe in this film.  







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