Right Approach

Rating: 8/10 (18 January 2016)

It was with some trepidation that I watched this film. Too many times I have watched films that claim to be reboots but are poorly conceived, imagined or simply bear more than a striking resemblance to the original(s).
In my opinion this isn't one of them. The most notable cast are Theron and Hardy and they are both excellent. There are nods to Max's past, but the film is also well filmed and finished product could easily have been the third part of the trilogy I wished we'd had instead of Thunderdome.
The film is bleak as you'd expect, but some of the slightly sped up scenes such as Max trying to remove his mask all took me back to the earlier two films. There is humour here as well and that is always welcome in a film with a lot of violence. That they have chosen to use sparse special effects and rely and real-life action is a credit to the production. The FX here are used to enhance small aspects of the film but in no way dominate it.
I liked the first two films a lot, almost because it didn't look slick and filmed to death. I liked this one as well so maybe there is hope for reboots.