Perfect Reboot

Rating: 10/10 (12 August 2015)

Seeing the teaser of this film I rolled my eyes at the thought of another reboot offending cult classics and violating nostalgia with over the top CG and mundane acting. Charlize Theron; one of the best character actors of my generation, brought me to give this film a chance. Ironically, redemption being a driving force in Fury Road, redeemed the negative stigma I've attached to reboots. Fury Road seamlessly pays homage to all Mad Max films while standing as a separate entity for those who aren't familiar with the previous films.
Furiosa: Charlize Theron, and Max: Tom Hardy are both trying to escape a tyrannical leader, Immortal Joe. Max is taken to be used as a "bloodbag" for "war boys", most likely unhealthy because of the toxicity left in the land. Furiosa is introduced as the leader of a war boys attack convoy, and at the plot point shows she's smuggling away beautiful women used as sex slaves for Immortal Joe and his top men. Max eventually commandeers her war vehicle and together they must escape the ridiculous amount of road warriors sent to retrieve Immortal Joe's "breeders".
Fury Road is nonstop action from start to finish. The imagery is absolutely amazing. The road warriors/war boys weapons, vehicles and costume design mesh cult and industrial wonderfully. There is very little dialogue between characters and somehow they still pull off a strong character arc and semblance of a deep back story. The Male/Female roles are blended well. Furiosa is androgynous with her war torn body and shaved head but didn't shove the feminism theme in our face. Survival overshadows those themes, they help each other equally. The war and action can be over the top and unrealistic but It is done so well it works. I was very impressed by Fury Road. It moves in a straight line but still manages to have some depth. And for fans of the original Mad Max films there are tons of subtle little easter eggs