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Rating: 9/10 (13 September 2015)

When was Mad Max EVER about the story line? When was Mad Max EVER about deep character development? The answer is: Never. To all the whiners and soft-bodied movie critics out there, know this; Mad Max has always been about action, fuel, chrome, punks, fast cars, spikes, super-charged engines and bad-ass guns. It's as simple as that. If you want anything else, go hire The Notebook. I remember watching Mad Max 2 as a kid and walking out totally shell shocked at the roller coaster ride I had just been through. Only Star Wars came close to embedding itself into my subconscious in such a way. Back in the late 70's and 80's, post apocalyptic movies and shows were common. It was a cheap and easy setting for directors to create. All you needed were old factories, dry landscapes, a few rusty barrels and barbed wire. That's pretty much what Mad Max is, but in Fury Road you can add a dash of nitro. Mad Max is the king of post-apocalyptic adventure.
For those who haven't grown up on Mad Max, you really need to accept that this movie is all about non-stop, turbo-charged, over-the-top action. Once you understand what Mad Max is all about, you can sit back and just enjoy the spectacle. You won't see action this good in any movie. Just think of it as a roller coaster ride for your brain.
Mad Max is set in Australia, years after a nuclear war has desolated the planet. There's little hope for the human race and man has fallen back into the age of barbarians. As Max explains, "I exist in this wasteland, reduced to one instinct: survive." That's pretty much all you need to know. The almost non-existent plot fills in small gaps between raging, high octane induced action. The stunts are fast and awe inspiring.
The only gripe I have with Fury Road is that, like most movies these days, the do-gooder, left-wing, progressive dribble has seeped into this production. Here we see the need to show the world that women are strong willed, powerf... Zzzzz... Oh, yeah, you'll see 80-year old women jumping on the tops of racing trucks and Theron personally taking down an army of lean barbarians. It doesn't work. No matter how hard you try and force feed us this pre-fabricated notion that everyone is physically equal, we'll never fall for it.
That said, I recommend this movie if you are in the mood for action and don't really care for a deep story.