Could have been a great film if it wasn't for the prevalent "buy one, get three" of the film industry.

Rating: 5/10 (26 June 2015)

Could have been a great film if it wasn't for the "buy one, get three" mentality of modern Hollywood.
Where was the big explosion killing Nux and the pursuing war party? Where was happy ending with a view of life after taking the citadel? These loose ends will be tied up over the next couple of years through a series of increasingly frustrating disappointments.
The Lord of the rings was naturally okay as a trilogy; The first Matrix was great as a single film so who cares if the producers then cash in on couple of lame sequels - at least they delivered one good one! Hunger Games is beating down the divide between Movie and soap opera; Where as Mad Max feels more like a vanilla Audi... it looks the part but really its just an empty box, and you'll soon want to buy something else! If we take the whole upcoming Mad Max trilogy, or however many it is they plan to spit out of the sausage machine, then condense them into one 2.5-3hr film then it would probably be worth the 98% fresh rating sited above so i will divide the 98% by 3 to result in an average rating of 33%, which i have adjusted up to 50% as the first will surely be better than the rest.
Shame!!!