Furiously entertaining

Rating: 8/10 (20 May 2015)

I've never seen such relentless spectacle. George Miller's long awaited, long delayed, 'Mad Max: Fury Road' is a total carnage ballet. And yet despite its pedal to the metal pace and bare bones plot, it somehow gains enough emotional purchase by the end to give it all some meaning.
Much has been made of its "feminist" subtext. Too much as it turns out. By the time I went into the theater I was expecting a two hour long Andrea Dworkin manifesto. What's here is nothing more than a plot device, and it even comes free of preaching and finger pointing. I've seen greater feminist subtext in a Skinemax flick.
To my complete surprise, the hype is justified.