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Rating: 1/10 (4 March 2016)

where Mad Max (1979) was just a fun peri-apocalyptic romp and a genre movie that garnered no awards, who can explain this mess winning six Oscars®? Every single aspect of this film is a travesty compared to the original. The plot, the acting, the costumes, the dialogue, the soundtrack, the action, the pacing. It's all bombastic over the top nonsense. And loud. Very very loud. I have never come across a film that so disappointed me from the opening scene. I watched it unfold and thought, "Oh for crying out loud, what is this? Surely it can't all be this bad!" But no, it starts off ponderous and loud, and gets no better. Disappointment turned to frustration and anger. There's even the cliché of a female character gradually losing her clothes that's from 1980s teen slasher films and parodied in Galaxy Quest. And did I mention some guitar playing that seems to be taken directly from Todd and the Book of Pure Evil? George Miller should have had two DVDs to consult while making this film, and watched them every night after shooting: A green box with a copy of the original Mad Max, labelled MAKE IT MORE LIKE THIS ONE, and a red box containing Waterworld and labelled MAKE IT LESS LIKE THIS ONE.