His name is Max and his movie is brilliant.

Rating: 10/10 (24 May 2015)

Oh what a day! What a LOVELY day!
Director George Millar returns over 30 years later to add a new story to his original Mad Max trilogy. But this sequel, fitting right in with all the previous entries, pushes the already full throttle franchise to near-biblical proportions. Mad Max: Fury Road is an epic race of humanity versus the utterly insane, and it is stunningly beautiful, a visual feast indeed. Every aspect of it is over the top fun. From its color palette to its extreme costume and mechanical styling, this is definitely a modern day opera.
The landscape is empty and bleak, like a blank orange canvas being splattered with white zombie torsos and spiked hedgehog cars. I've never actually wanted to be inside of a dust storm until now. I have never wanted dirt in my mouth as much as I did watching this movie. To be in the thick of all the parched craziness, it's a testament to the visual designers of this film that such extremely hot and dry conditions look gorgeously appealing.
As the dust kicks up and the action starts, Fury Road will not let you forget that this franchise is best known for its car chase scenes. If you're a car person, this movie will absolutely make you lose your mind. But if you're not a car person, well... This movie will still make you lose your mind. The high octane, high speed action here is unreal. It's all just absurd, in the best possible way. These scenes are so engrossing that they sweep you right into them, and just when you think it couldn't possibly push any further, it does. This is like watching Gods fight, which is fitting as the film has an overall mythological feel to it. By the time the very first car chase scene ends, you've already been taken on several loops and thrown to the ground, left to ask yourself "What did I just watch?!" And that's just the first one, all while fully establishing our main characters.
The cast is absolutely on point. Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky is a great succession to Mel Gibson: quiet and strong but still growing madder and madder after all these years on his never ending Odyssey. Nicholas Hoult is quite inspired as Nux. He's feral and tasty, both sour and sweet. The true strength of the film's characters, though, comes in a different form.
The women of Fury Road are more than just pretty faces. In fact, they are extremely important to the survival of anyone in this film. They are mothers, wives, daughters and sisters. They plant the seeds of life. They offer the milk of growth and strength. They release the waters to replenish. They are goddesses. The core group of women here, whose perfect supermodel bodies are covered in only wispy pure white cloth, are furies not to be reckoned with. They are sirens and they are oracles and they will certainly be the end of you.
Charlize Theron's Imperator Furiosa is the leader these women need. She's ruthless and does want needs to be done to get the job done. At the same time, she's haunted and not without heart. She's the female equivalent of Max himself, only better. Even Max realizes he wouldn't make it without her and it is a wonder to watch these two work together.
They are aided by Junkie XL's down right dirty score. It sounds grimy and savage in itself, with a harsh drum line and textured electronics. If you could get the musical equivalent of rust brushing against itself in an epic thematic score, this is pretty much it.
It doesn't get much better than this, as far as action flicks go. This is George Miller's masterpiece. With all the high profile movies coming out in the remainder of this year, I'm already calling Mad Max: Fury Road my movie of the year. I would be thoroughly surprised to see any other sequel or remake coming have this much style, originality and symbolism ingrained into such strong characters.
His name is Max and his movie is brilliant.