A Fast, furious, adrenaline fuelled thrill ride!

Rating: 9/10 (15 January 2016)

Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action movie directed by George Miller, the mastermind behind the Mad Max franchise. In short, Mad Max: FR is a high octane, no holds barred action flick with epic set pieces and fast cars. In long, Mad Max: FR is another look into the now legendary Max Rockantansky's insane world and his struggle to live, fight and survive in it. The originals were often considered some of the greatest action movies ever made and Mad Max: FR shines and blows our mind once again. From the devastated nuclear landscape to the high speed, high adrenaline fuelled road war and to the surprisingly vast amount of both character development and emotion, ranks this once again as one of the all time greats. The movie never lets up right from the get go, huge Michael Bay style explosions, brutal, gritty fight scenes and giant chases. Tom Hardy fills the shoes of the legendary Max, a role he portrays with great depth, his quiet, stern and seemingly mysterious portrayal certainly make him one to rival Gibson as well as a fantastic supporting cast with equally insanely 'mad' characters played by Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Keays- Byrne as the terrifying and power hungry villain, Immortan Joe. My only flaws with the film is a slight feeling of repetitiveness and slightly unsatisfactory villain confrontation in the third act of the film, also a very unmemorable soundtrack with no real scores featured to accompany the mayhem. Overall however, Mad Max is a fast, furious, adrenaline fuelled thrill ride filled with beautifully shot action sequences, accompanied with intriguing and exciting characters in a phenomenal action adventure. 9/10