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Rating : 4.1
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Mad Max: Fury Road (Blu-ray HD3D+Blu-ray+DVD+Digital HD +UltraViolet Combo Pack)]]>
Review :
Exquisitely Chaotic and Brutal
The Mad Max series is finally enjoying a long awaited (30 years!) return to form (or is it?). Fury Road brings our titular hero back into the spotlight where he deserves to be. This time around Mel Gibson has been replaced with fan favorite actor Tom Hardy (Inception, Warrior, The Dark Knight Rises). Not only was Hardy a perfect cast from the aesthetic standpoint (looks very much like a younger Mel Gibson in the movie) but the way he plays the character makes it feel like he's been doing it forever.
The supporting cast was anything but lost in this one. In fact many people will say they stole the show (mostly because of Hardy's more limited role). Theron turns in an excellent performance as the Imperator Furiosa and raises the bar of the female hero almost to the levels of Sigourney Weaver's Ellen Ripley from the Alien movies. Nicholas Hoult (Google him) plays someone that hardly resembles him or anything else he's done and does a great job making you feel conflicted about...
Unpretentious vehicle haute couture extravaganza
Gratuitously violent, completely pointless, unpretentious vehicle haute couture extravaganza. I loved this film! I have been a fan of the world since this franchise launched back in 1980, I remember the shock of watching in 1982, the anticipation leading into Thunderdome, and the incredible over the top characters, cars and world building.
This newest installation was no different - after all, we watch Mad Max for the stunts, the worlds, the cars, the characters. It isn't there for deep commentary, it isn't trying to pass on a message or some world political view - it is simply an amazing feast of visual storytelling and excitement.
Mad Max is an intense world, and no longer really a character - this version of Max, played by Tom Hardy, is really just connective tissue into this world. Hardy plays it subtly, like an original Max but with much less personality shining through (and you'll recall, the original max wasn't exactly effusive). Theron is the bad ass...
I don't get why critics are convinced this has no story
It is an interesting and, at first discombobulating choice to tell the story without much in the way of exposition. But what exactly did you need to know that you didn't?
Important information:
1) A warlord named Joe keeps hundreds of people as slaves.
2) One of his deputies decides to escape with some of those slaves.
3) If they're caught, the slaves will be raped, the deputy will be tortured, and everything will end badly for everyone we care about.
4) They need to not get caught.
That's enough movie for you, right? The stakes are high if you have any imagination, because every single visual tells you just how bad Furiosa et al will catch it if Joe gets his hands on them again. The effects are superb-- all practical-- and the pacing keeps your attention. Sometimes the sudden dialogue bursts are jarring, but the nonverbal acting from just about everyone is on point.
All of the above is what makes Fury Road a good action movie...
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