A Step Way Above the Rest

Rating: 8/10 (8 September 2015)

"Mad Max Fury Road" was a movie I decided to see with great trepidation. I thought it was a remake of "The Road Warrior." A friend of mine pointed out to me that this was a reboot of the franchise. I'm glad I listened.
All I ask for in an action movie is, well, action. However, some have failed to live up to a very simple premise. Such was not the case here. The action began at the start of the movie, and it did not end until the movie was over. The cinematography and art direction were absolutely superb. Colors were used to the greatest effort to depict various moods.
The story is simple: a crazed ruler lords over a vast area of wasteland. He is in charge of the water and the vegetation. He also pedals flesh in the form of his breeders--women who are sent to various places to repopulate this barren nothingness. Max and his band of merry widows (so to speak) are trying to find the "green patch" in all this desolation.
Tom Hardy (as Max) and Charlese Theron (as the female lead) were terrific. The supporting cast was very good, and the stunts and visual effects were out of this world. This movie is rated "R" for violence and adult situations. I highly recommend this one.