Max Max: Fury Road

Ratings: 7.5/10

Film Class: B+

Genre: Action

A visual spectacle of what looked like raw, crude cinematography and loads of action-packed car-chases scenes sewn together. Mad Max: Fury Road is yet another gloomy-looking post apocalyptic movie about the degradation of humanity, redemption and hope. It's horded with loads of mutated looking beings all fighting to get back a ruler's supermodel-looking wives... who were rescued by a kick-ass heroine played by Charlize Theron. An unlikely alliance was formed when Max (Tom Hardy) was thrown into the tracks of the armored tanker truck driven by Charlize Theron, literally. And I have to say, Max is one mad hardy son of a gun...

The names of the cast was catchy, with names like Immortan Joe, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron), The People Eater, Nux (Nicholas Hoult), Rictus Erectus etc. it's hard not to associate this with coolness - like a graphic novel, or even a superhero cartoon. However, the names were not repeatedly mentioned, which meant that if you missed it the first time, you'll probably just identify with the cast with the way they looked (every one had their own unique look) instead of their catchy names. 

There were also many female eye candies amidst the hideous male cast. Yup, the make-up of the guys in this movie are just repulsive, with the exception of the male lead, Max. They were either massively scarred, physically mutated or had weird things stuck to either their faces and bodies. Not my cup of tea. Which really made the eye candies soooo soooo liberating to the eyes.... 

What I really liked was the stark contrast of the "good team". Mainly female eye candies, with only 2 male leads, Tom Hardy and Nicholas Hoult. Which kinda helped shined the focus on the 2 guys who were more, how should I say this, more susceptible to getting their hands dirty. Of course there's Charlize Theron, who was equally as badass, but the most human-like of all. Furiosa acted as a reminder of humanity, Max as a dependent hero and Nux as the unsung hero. 

The reason I'm not waving my underwear and making cave-man calls is because of the savagery and senseless gore portrayed. It's mainly brainless fighting, and the plot was simple. There was a slight twist, to be more accurate a U-turn in the plot, which didn't bode well with me. My wife said that it's about finding new hope, I say it's much ado about nothing. 

Action scenes were cool, intense at times, and the best fight scene for me was the one without vehicles (ironically) - the duel between Furiosa and Max. I was never a huge fan of car chases, and this movie was 90% car-chasing action-packed.  

A revolutionary movie which dared to test the boundaries of cinematic creativity, Mad Max: Fury Road is in a class of its own, twisted but entertaining. There were horror-like scenes at times, humorous ones as well, but the bulk of it was just plain head-on-explosive-guy-flick-like impressive. However not much substance in the plot, but overall a great movie worth torturing your eardrums for.

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As an afterthought just for fun, if I could I sum this up with movie references, it would be:-
A group of slasher flicks deformed antagonists and "Silent Hill" underlings mounting vehicle mods like "Death Race" to hunt down a rugged-looking Daniel Craig "James Bond" and "G.I. Jane" to bring back a group of girls who turned out to be more "Sucker Punch" girls than Victoria Secrets supermodels, set in a backdrop of "The Hills Have Eyes". Short bursts of haunting scenes reminiscence of Sam Raimi's "Spider-man" with heavy metal soundtrack.