Official Australian release date: 14/5/15. Viewed: 19/5/15.
Director: George Miller
Actors: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne
Genre: Action
Rating: MA
‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ doesn’t – to the
best of my recollection – pick up from where the third film ended, which is
fine, seeing as ‘Beyond Thunderdome’ came out the year I was born! I don’t
recall too many specifics from the original trilogy, other than it was a post-apocalyptic
desert (Australian) wasteland and motorcycle and car gangs reigned supreme. ‘Fury
Road’ keeps that tradition alive – at its core, it is a road/chase film, and is
relentless throughout with everything it does, from the scenery, soundtrack,
stunts, cars, violence and explosions.
The over-the-top-ness serves the film
well, though – much in the same way ‘300’ was hyper-visualised, this is the
same, but instead of heaps of slow-motion, some of it is sped up, keeping the
pace of the chase buzzing. It also has the same silly-ness, in that none of it
is remotely realistic, but it all works within the universe the film inhabits
(except for where all the fuel comes from!). Miller must’ve dreamt up most of
the car/truck hybrids when he was a kid – and kudos to him for making them a
reality, especially the pole-swinging guys and the main rig – certainly great
to watch.
Hardy is satisfactory as Max (there’s
not many lines for the brooding hero) and Theron is good as the vengeful Furiosa,
trying to protect a group of women from the evil Emperor (or whatever his name
is – played by Keays-Byrne, with Billy Connolly hair). Not sure why Hardy had
to have a Bane-like face covering for some of the film, after ‘The Dark Knight
Rises’ – detracted a bit from the film. Favourite bit – the guitarist on the
front of the truck! Loved how the drums and his riffs only came to the fore
when the camera panned to them.
Overall: Exciting action/pursuit film.
Beware driving after watching – “road rage” is a given!
Gav's Rating: 4 stars.
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