Action Movie of the 2000s and 2010s

Rating: 9/10 (16 May 2015)

Every decade has its defining action movie. The 1970s had Mad Max, the 1980s had Terminator and Die Hard, the 1990s had Terminator 2 and Golden Eye, the 2000s and 2010s have Mad Max: Fury Road. I, for one, am not a fan of modern day action movies. They are lazy, CGI clusters that are just made to look good, and they can't even do that right. Modern day directors simply don't understand how to make an action movie. Thankfully, George Miller hasn't forgotten. Miller's Mad Max remembers something that all others seem to have forgotten, the fun aspect. Fury Road is pure fun. It doesn't let story of perfect development get in the way of that. The story remains simple, as it should be. The other major problem with modern day action is the overuse of CGI. Fury Road has an astounding lack of it. The amount of practical effects in this movie is amazing, the movie simply looks great. If it had all been done with CGI, this would have been much more disappointing. I highly recommend Mad Max: Fury Road to all action movie fans out there, as it is the best one in decades.