Cinematic Action Masterpiece

Rating: 8/10 (15 May 2015)

Mad Max: Fury Road stars Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky, alongside Charlize Theron as Furiosa. Its the 4th installment of the Mad Max series albeit 25 years after the 3rd film. It takes place in a post apocalyptic world sometime after the last film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. It was pegged as a sequel with a loose connection to the first three, and the first to star Tom Hardy playing Max Rockatansky as opposed to Mel Gibson.
"In a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland."
George Miller when asked what first came to mind for him to explain the film said its a "2 hour chase scene". He sure wasn't joking, besides 10-20 minutes the entire film is one giant chase scene. Its non-stop action, with different beautiful real scenic shots of landscape and some death defying real stunts. From an action standpoint its perfect even better when seen in 3d, it feels like you're apart of the heart pounding action.
When you dig a little deeper there are a few flaws, the big one being a complete lack of any real character development. If you saw the original three films there was a decent amount of character development, along with a polarizing of Max Rockatanskys actions, going from kind and caring to downright cruel, Fury Road lacked all of that.
The second big flaw is its R rating. With minimal more cuts it could have easily dropped to a PG-13 rating and it would have been fine and more widely viewed(Don't worry anyone who's timid, its barely an R). However since it was rated R already they certainly left some possible scenes that would have made the film seem more real off the table.
What I can say for sure is the best way to go into Mad Max: Fury Road is with an open mind, an expectation of great action, great landscape shots, and a disconnect from the original trilogy. When viewed in that light the film becomes so much more enjoyable, it almost made me wish its title and its main characters names were different, so this film could stand on its own merit and not be compared or likened to the original trilogy.
That being said it was a solid 8/10 as a film, but based purely against action movies as of late I would easily give it a 10/10, its non-stop, and its great. Its defiantly worth seeing in theaters, as I'm sure its viewing power will decrease when not in 3d, and certainly in home theaters. Happy Viewing!