A tight, focused, crazy, visceral action masterpiece

Rating: 9/10 (28 September 2015)

After watching this movie I was like "That is exactly what an action movie should be.". When did action movies forget how to have fun, or be completely mad and crazy? Or have a deep subtext without lots of boring exposition? This masterpiece pulls you in, and for two hours it never lets you go, save for a moment here and there that are perfectly timed to let you catch your breath.
As the movie went on, and to my delighted surprise, this turned out to not only be a story about Furiosa, Max, and Joe's wives, but this was also the story of Nux, of transformation. A crazed brainwashed thug who rediscovers his humanity through the kindness of Capable, one of the fugitives he was tasked with hunting down. He makes good, helping them, even being grudgingly befriended by Max, who obtains a boot for him in one of the battles, replacing the one Max 'borrowed' from him earlier in the movie.
At the beginning of the movie, Nux tells Slit how he wants to die historic on the Fury Road, that he was destined for something great. Ironically he achieves his goal, not as a brainwashed suicide bomber as he originally envisioned, but as a true hero. In laying down his life, he saves his new friends. As a result he also brings freedom to the people of the Citadel.
I imagine that in the new Citadel, they will sing songs and tell tales of the Warboy who defied Immortan Joe...who died historic on the Fury Road...and gave Citadel the hope of a better future...the Warboy Nux, who rides forever in Valhalla, shiny and chrome.