Mad Max: Fury Road

— This is another film I missed in theaters so I picked up the DVD. It is a really, really good installment in the “Mad Max” series. I have to admit I loved the original dystopian film from 1979 and I liked the next installment (1981, “Mad Max: The Road Warrior”) almost as much. I was faithful when Tina Turner joined the in the fun in 1985 for “Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome” but I was beginning to think things were getting a little too glitzy. Maybe George Miller thought the same thing and that’s why he waited 30 years to come out with the fourth installment. Chases have been always been an integral part of Mad Max films, but “Fury Road” takes it the extreme and the entire film is a chase. Honestly, I know that sounds dull, particularly since there isn’t much dialogue either, but it isn’t dull at all. I was easily mesmerized by the post-apocalyptic ride with sand blowing everywhere and noise blaring, with fireballs and wanton destruction. It’s a wasteland where things are black and white, where you make your own mark or leave no mark, where people like Max wander in search of their better selves.

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[2015. 120 min. Directed by George Miller. Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, and Nicholas Hoult.]
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