Action, Action and Then More Action

Rating: 8/10 (17 May 2015)

I just finished watching Mad Max Fury Road and boy am I tired. Not tired in the sense of the movie being boring but exactly the opposite. The movie is exactly the opposite. There is just so much going on.
From the opening scene you get propelled into this world. This world of survival. This world of no breaks in action. This world of pushing forward. I don't know how else to describe it except to say that in a 2 hour movie there is 1 hour and 45 minutes of solid action. You don't get to take a break. It is exhausting.
I could talk to you about the great cast, Charlize Theron is her usually fantastic self. Shaved head, arm missing, covered in dirt and she is still just the definition of beauty. Tom Hardy as usual puts his own spin on the Mad Max character, where mad max is almost more animal than man. More mad than sane. He is a perfect fit for this world that exists at the end of humanity.
But the real star of this movie is not the actors and actresses but it is the dessert. It is a world in which everything hurts. Everything is a struggle. Existence is pain. The action sequences just help to highlight the fact that there is no life at all in the dessert it is just you and your car.
In the end Mad Max is short on pot. Short on dialogue. Every word seems to be a struggle coming out of the characters mouth. But I think that is by design. Because in this world there is no small talk, there is no joy, there is only survival. And to survive you must keep moving. And that is exactly what Fury Road does. From the opening scene to the closing credits. It keeps moving.