Give Me the Old Mel G. Max Movies

Rating: 2/10 (11 March 2016)

Not really a spoiler. This Fury Road is so far over the top as to be no more than a circus of pyrotechnics and gymnastic stunts. You'll find no story here; any old silly plot line would do. Notice how the movie is cut off at 120 minutes exactly? It could have been 101 minutes or 137 minutes or some other number and not made any difference. Too bad. Good promo for a video game tho. P.S. Each review is to have at least 10 lines of text. This movies doesn't deserve ten-line review. that's too bad, as I mentioned. Mel Max had a reason to fight, that is, his wife and child were murdered by the local motorcycle gang. The movie is pitifully derivative, For example, the bad guy is a takeoff of Darth Vader. How original. The one good thing I saw was the location in Africa; that was wild with crazy table lands. Theron was terrific but in a meh role. Was she following the Hollywood trick of getting a big paycheck for a blockbuster and then doing a "meaningful" artsy movie? Again, too bad, because Mad Max: Fury Road is no blockbuster, just a bust.