Miller's dream realised at last

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2015)

Stunning non stop action tour de force from Miller. Seat of the pants, superbly choreographed stunts, without the obvious fakery of CGI, leading presumably to many injuries from the consummate cast.
Hardy is outstanding as the jittery, haunted Max. A man of few of words, many regrets, and plagued by visions of a violent and heartbroken past. Theron's moody portrayal of the rebel Furiosa, whom Max reluctantly assists with escape is equally excellent, reminiscent of a young Ellen Ripley.
Visually, Fury Road - with the help of 2000AD's renowned Brendan McCarthy - has refined Miller's post apocalyptic dream to perfection. It is glorious to behold, and sets, makeup and costumes are incredible.
Like previous outings for Max Rockatansky, little is discussed about the why and the how, and much is implied through snippets combined with meaningful gazes between the main leads. This adds to the mythology of the franchise, the modern day western, the man with no name.
Less is more is done very well yet again by Miller, and this insane romp of a car chase, exploding across a parched land consisting of the broken, diseased and insane remnants of humanity, is presumably what he envisioned in 1979. Then he had the talent in Gibson, but not the money, but still managed to produce a reasonable facsimile of his minds eye.
In Fury Road the vision is finally realised, and hopefully in further installments we may discover "Who killed the World?" in an attempt to untangle the past, and give hope to Max's future.