The World belongs to the Mad

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2015)

The pitch of the film is not very complicated : a car chase in the desert.
The world in which George Miller takes us is a hostile world, a world that is no longer the world as we know it. And the film may lack some elements staging the madness of this world's individuals outside the action scenes : indeed, although they are visually impressive (we are finally getting rid of CGI for most of the film) we can not prevent this tendency of Fury Road to repeat itself in identical sets. We could almost be tempted to say that the film lacks madness ... And, finally, it should be noted that Max is not the main character of this film ; his character is always a witness of the scene in which he is located. And indeed, it is a bit all the approach taken in the film : the viewer is projected despite his will and his ideal in this world without landmarks, without sufficient reason, as Max is. Thus, the vision of Miller seems diminished since it never takes enough space in the narrative. But the film remains a very decent & entertaining piece of work and deserves the praise it gets.