Mad Max is pretty good!

Rating: 8/10 (1 October 2015)

With Mad Max the movie was amazing and the characters were great and fleshed-out for not having a lot of time to create a big story arc as it is an action-based movie. There were no issues with any of the performances from what I saw and I was fully invested in the characters the whole way through because none of them seemed "invincible" which is an issue with lots of western-made action movies. There were lots of times where the combat footage was sped-up to give the illusion of fast fighting but I think it lends itself to the style and didn't take me out of it. The pacing was great and they were able to fit in subtle nuances as to why Max is a complete lunatic without making the flashbacks and backstory cheesy. Overall a really good movie for what it was aiming for and I give it a 8/10