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: $185,200,000

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

The long-awaited new 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 that breathes 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 is set 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 its fuel-driven camera work 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 towards 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 a distinctive role as the leader, Furiosa, who leads a group of other females (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 edge-of-your-seat action, 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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