Monday, November 30, 2015

Mad Max: Fury Road Review










Mad Max: Fury Road


Release Date: 14th May 2015 - Australia


Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures (presentation)
Kennedy Miller Mitchell
Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
RatPac-Dune Entertainment
(in association with)

Distribution
Roadshow Films


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: MA15+ (Not Suitable for Young Children)

Runtime: 120 minutes


Budget: $185,100,000

Box Office Gross: $380,418,444 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Due to his dark past that has tormented him, Mad Max believes that the only way to survive is to wander alone in the desert. He joins a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by Furiosa, an elite Imperator. They are escaping from Immortan Joe and his tyranny across his Citadel, from whom they have taken something irreplaceable
that belongs to him. It
angered the Warlord and
caused him to ruthlessly
rally all his gangs and pursue
the rebels, which had arisen
in the high-octane Road War.


Cast
Tom Hardy - Max Rockatansky
Charlize Theron - Imperiator
Furiosa
Nicholas Hoult - Nux
Hugh Keays-Byrne - Immortan Joe
Josh Helman - Slit
Nathan Jones - Rictus Erectus
Zoë Kravitz - Toast the Knowing
Rosie Huntington Whiteley -
The Splendid Angharad
Riley Keough - Capable
Abbey Lee - The Dag
Courtney Eaton - Cheedo the
Fragile
John Howard - The People Eater
Richard Carter - The Bullet Farmer
Iota - The Doof Warrior
Angus Sampson - The Organic
Mechanic
Jennifer Hagan - Miss Giddy
Megan Gale - The Valkyrie
Melissa Jaffer - Keeper of the Seeds
Jon Iles - The Ace
Quentin Kenihan - Corpus Colossus
Coco Jack Gillies - Glory the Child
Chris Patton - Morsov
Stephen Dunlevy - The Rock
Rider Chief/The Winchman
Richard Norton - The Prime Imperator
Darren Andrew Mitchell - Black Mask

Crew
Writer/Producer/Director - George Miller
Writer/Concept Designs - Brendan McCarthy
Writer - Nick Lathouris
Script Supervisor - Sophie Fabbri-Jackson
Script Supervisor: Action Unit - Georgina Selby
Executive Producers - Bruce Berman,
Graeme Burke, Christopher DeFaria,
Steven Mnuchin, Iain Smith and
Courtenay Valenti
Producer - Doug Mitchell
Producer/First Assistant Director - P.J. Voeten
Casting Directors - Ronna Kress
and Nikki Barrett
Production Designer - Colin Gibson
Principal Vehicle Designer/Storyboard Artist -
Peter Pound
Principal Storyboard Artist - Mark Sexton
Supervising Art Directors - Richard Hobbs
and Charlie Revai
Set Decorators - Nicki Gardiner,
Katie Sharrock, Lisa Thompson and
Gena Vazquez
Property Master - Andrew Orlando
Costume Designer - Jenny Beavan
Hair and Makeup Designer - Lesley Vanderwalt
Prosthetic Supervisor - Damian Martin
Armoury Supervisor/Key Armourer -
Lance Peters
Director of Photography/Camera Operator -
John Seale
Director of Photography: Second Unit - David Burr
A Camera/Steadicam Operator - Simon Harding
Cablecam Operator/Stunt and Rigging
Coordinator - Keir Beck
First Assistant Camera: "A" Camera, Additional
Photography - Matt Toll
Production Supervisor/Visual Effects Producer -
Holly Radcliffe
Supervising Location Manager -
Simon Crook
Supervising Unit Production Manager -
Sally French
Second Unit Director/Stunts/
Supervising Stunt Coordinator - Guy Norris
Stunt Coordinators/Stunts - Glenn Suter,
Lawrence Woodward and Tyrone Stevenson
Stunt Coordinator/Stunt Driver: Big Foot
& Gigahorse/Stunts - Steve Griffin
Fight Coordinator - Richard Norton 
Principal Fight Choreographer/Weapons
Advisor/Consultant/Stunts - Greg van Borssum
Principal War Driver/War Rig Stunts -
Lee Adamson
Action Vehicle Supervisor - Darren Loveday
Special Effects Supervisors - Dan Oliver and
Andy Williams
Workshop Supervisor: Weta Workshop -
Rob Gillies
Visual Effects Supervisor - Andrew Jackson
Visual Effects Supervisor: Iloura - Tom Wood
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor -
David Nelson
Editor - Margaret Sixel
Additional Editors - Jason Ballantine and
Mark Perry
Supervising Sound Editors - Scott Hecker
and Mark A. Mangini
Supervising Dialogue Editors - Yulia Akerholt,
Mark Franken and Kira Roessler
Sound Designers - Christopher S. Aud,
Chuck Michael and David White
Re-Recording Mixers - Chris Jenkins,
Steve Maslow and Gregg Rudloff
Foley Artist - John Simpson
Score Wrangler - Bob Badami
Music - Junkie XL
Music Editors - Alex Gibson,
Ryan Rubin and Katrina Schiller


Review
A new and revamped instalment comes thirty years after the seemingly indefinite halt to the Mad Max series (with the third movie Beyond Thunderdome concluding the original arc). The trilogy becomes a series, with FURY ROAD as a return to form to breathe new life into the franchise. Director George Miller has returned from the digital animation pioneering of the two Happy Feet movies to the live-action genre and Mad Max, which he has proudly welcomed to a growing list of Aussie cinema classics. This instalment still sets in a radical, frightening post-apocalyptic world and a civilisation without law and order. Furthermore, FURY ROAD is in the same league as The Road Warrior with fuel-driven camera shots and high-octane action. Compared to the originals, FURY ROAD has outdone itself with the driving sequences and elaborate stunts.

The acting of Tom Hardy was good. He seems to play it safe and not take risks. Tom has this near-uncanny resemblance to the now-aged original actor Mel Gibson. All the scepticism about his acting talent has faded away. Critics' reviews have been highly positive of his portrayal. The main reason I was confident he would be up to the challenge was having witnessed his outstanding performance of the Bane character in The Dark Knight Rises. Also in this movie is the talented Charlize Theron. She plays distinctively as the leader of the female rogues (which consists of Zoë Kravitz, among others). She seems to be well-adjusted for the part and, as usual, presents a strong female character.

I now consider FURY ROAD the second-best movie in the series, with The Road Warrior still taking the lead as the best instalment. Your impression of this movie would be best if you watch the original Mad Max movies. As a standalone feature, it is not as impactful as you would have gotten lost without the titular character's backstory and his journey through the treacherous highways of the outlands.

If you're in the mood for a serving of action, edge-of-your-seat thrills and large-scale explosions, this is the film for you. If you haven't seen it, then you should.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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