What a lovely day, to watch a good over-the-top popcorn carmaggeddon film! Mad Max: Fury Road was a lot of fun, watching.

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2015)

Mad Max is back on the road to success, after years of being off course. Don't get me wrong, the original ozxploitation Mad Max film franchises (1979 to 1985) by George Miller is probably the most famous post-apocalypse films to come out of the Australian New Wave of the 1970s, but this film series hasn't aged, well. First off, Mad Max's main star, Mel Gibson, fell from public grace, due his controversy statements against Jews, women and homosexuals. Second off, the film series hit a road bump, in 1985, when the movie, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome tries a more kid friendly approach by going PG-13. It got released with mixed feelings from critics, and audience members. The 1985 sequel also didn't yield the box office results that the producers wanted. It was only moderate successful, so any plans for sequels went into development hell for thirty years. Due to those reasons, the film series almost seem like it run out of gas. It wasn't until its driver, George Miller repacked, Mad Max as Fury Road, a continuity reboot; did the engines start to move again. Fury Road, once again, tells the story of 'Mad' Max Rockatansky, now played by actor, Tom Hardy, who must teams up with the a mysterious driver Furiosa, (Charlize Theron), to help a group of sex-slaves flee from their capturer, the evil warlord, Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). Max and Furiosa must cross the post-apocalypse desert world in hopes of reaching, a mythic place call, the Green Place. Can they make it to the safe haven or will Joe recapture them? Watch it to find out! Without spoiling too much of the film, the film is visually impressing. The cinematography for this movie, is just as amazing. They made the Namibia deserts seem as colorful as possible in order to differentiate the film from other post-apocalyptic movies which typically have bleak desaturated colors. It remind me, so much of 1962's Lawrence in Arabia, with how visually appealing, it was to watch. This movie is a must watch in 3D for that, alone. Still, there were some things that were too gimmicky or corny. The Doof Warrior's guitar, as it flies towards the camera in Fury Road, is jarringly poorly done. Especially given the utterly flawless effects throughout the rest of the film. Another thing, that I love about the film is how over 80% of the effects seen in the film are real practical effects, stunts, make-up and sets. CGI was used sparingly mainly to enhance the Namibian landscape, remove stunt rigging and for removing Charlize Theron's left arm. The stunt work is intense. It's extremely violent, with nonstop car chase scenes, explosions, and hand to hand combat. This movie is a good example that the Academy Awards need to have a category for stunt work. Still, the movie does go over the top, unrealistic at times. It's funny, how many bullets are wasted for a post-apocalypse film. The acting is pretty good as well. Charlize Theron is great, as the female lead. She shows that female action heroes can be, awesome. The film is driven by strong women and can be seemed as a feminist movie. Mad Max is pretty much a supporting character, to be honest. Still, you see a lot of him. Tom Hardy really gets the character of Max. A man of action and of few words. He was build, to be an action star. Still, the character has a confusing, origins story. The writers try to suggest that this Max's origin is the same as the original films, but clearly something were changed. While, yes he kinda wears a near-identical outfit, while wearing a leg brace as he did at the end of 1979's Mad Max and the entirety of Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, but the movie gives him, some really haunting flashbacks, that we haven't witness, before. I don't know, where his hauntings came from or who the girl, was. It wasn't in the original films. There was a few other things to nitpick. I wish, he drove the modified police Interceptor, more and he looks a little more like Mel Gibson's Max. The movie has a lot of odd-looking supporting characters. At much, as I love the character of Nux (Nicholas Hoult). I can't buy into his heel to face turn and his love story with one of the sex slaves. It was a bit forced. Another weird moment in the film is the freaky looking side-characters. It remind me of 2006's 300 in a bit when it comes to the grotesque. Still, this movie makes more sense, since it take place, after a nuclear holocaust, but there were some really over the top gross-villains. It makes me, wonder if the water at the citadel is honestly, safe to drink. In my opinion, it seem poisoned. Overall: This demolition derby testosterone full film is a lot of fun, to watch. It's amazing that Miller has been in charge of the Mad Max series for so many decades, and I'll be looking forward to the next series of Mad Max films, from him. This is a must-watch. You have to be crazy, not to watch this film.