You either love this film, or hate it.

Rating: 9/10 (23 July 2019)

Fury Road is a movie that forces you to use your eyes and your head. Instead of force-feeding you exposition via pointless and unrealistic dialogue, this movie is the embodiment of "show, don't tell."
That is why some people hate this movie, and why I was somewhat confused as well at first; I was only doing what I'd got so used to doing in action films; listening for the story and looking for the eyecandy.
But this film puts everything from the small-but-saves-a-characters-life details to the overarching background story into the shots instead of the audio. The characters' clothing, equipment, vehicles, background and mannerisms tell as much as any dialogue could. Look for the story and you'll find this piece is an exercise in world-building like no other.
Combine that with incredibly creative and unendingly intense action and you have yourself one hell of a movie.
And to those saying Hardy's acting is poor: again, look at his face. Clue's in the name; Max is insane. His face does the telling, his words are but the pressured utterings of a man driven far beyond the edge.