Ugly, but in a good way.

Rating: 9/10 (17 May 2015)

Who would have thought that 30 years after Beyond Thunderdome we'd be treated to an actually decent Mad Max movie? Actually, just plain decent doesn't do this movie justice; it was fantastic.
Beyond Thunderdome took the Mad Max series into a cutesy, kid-friendly direction. Thunderdome was closer to being The Goonies than having anything to do with the stellar second film, The Road Warrior. Thankfully Fury Road is ugly, gritty and fast paced. There is maybe a total of 12 minutes of this film that have no action.
Fury Road is exceptional because of how relentlessly it throws images of carnage at the viewer. Take the infamous big rig chase scene from the Road Warrior, multiply it by 10 and you've got Fury Road. However, it's still even so much more than that! I was astonished at how nicely shot and clear all the stunts were in this film. I say clear because I pretty much never lost track of what was going on amidst all the boom boom. Coherency is so rare in modern action films, of which many are full of boisterous CG effects that destroy your perception of what is happening.
The only thing I can ding this movie for is that the plot is slightly jagged. However, the sheer brilliance in the pacing of this film smooths even those hiccups.
I highly recommend Mad Max: Fury Road. If you're going to see only one film this summer, get in the driver's seat and go watch this.
9/10