Maxed out and running on fumes...

Rating: 4/10 (7 October 2015)

THE ROAD WARRIOR is easily the finest of the quartet; MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is the worst. The reason: THE ROAD WARRIOR delved- however briefly- into the CHARACTER of Max the Mad; FURY ROAD deals more with high-octane, pedal-to-the-metal fx. Max himself is literally little more than a hood ornament for the first part of the film. (Is this supposed to be the same character from the first three films...?) His derring-do is undercut by the very CGI that saves him- at least THE ROAD WARRIOR (like, say, George Romero's KNIGHTRIDERS) featured some truly stunning stuntwork; in FURY ROAD there's never any doubt that he'll pull through (as long as programmers at computer terminals have got his back, anyway). When the action abruptly stops, the movie comes to a screeching halt. There simply isn't anything in the way of STORY to keep it interesting. For hardcore video gamers only.