A benchmark for all action movies to come...

Rating: 8/10 (19 June 2015)

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking of the many positives to this movie is that there is no attempt to slowly introduce the characters and the setting. Straight away the film drops you into the action and it's just non-stop adrenaline from there. The movie is Raw, violent and gritty and that is exactly what i went into the cinema expecting, the tension is incredible throughout the entire film and the struggle for survival is evident through the acting of every cast member.
The post-apocalyptic setting is also fantastic and you can really see how the world has fallen to its knees. Civilisation is almost non-existent and any human principles are long gone which plays to the setting perfectly. The citadel plays a huge part in the plot of the movie and is also where we are introduced to the primary antagonist Immortan Joe. Both Immortan Joe and the war boys are intimidating, cold hearted and ruthless which shows how harsh the empire that Immortan Joe had created truly was.
However, after watching the film i was definitely able to find a few negatives. There isn't a lot of character development which made it quite difficult to care about the characters. For example, Tom Hardy was raw and emotionless which was part of his character and that was great but his performance was on the dull side and he definitely lacked the charisma that Mel Gibson had in the previous Mad Max movies. There was also minimal character development for supporting characters like the 5 wives or Rictus (the youngest son of Immortan Joe) who was supposedly the main supporting antagonist in the movie. Yet i do believe that Nux was the best supporting character in the movie and allowed the audience to see the transition from blood thirsty war boy to something more human. In my opinion Charlize Theron gave the best performance as Imperator Furiosa, you could see the pain she had experienced in the past through her acting which was excellent.
I really enjoyed the movie, the action was intense from start to finish. Overall i believe it was a top quality action movie. - 8/10