What does this say about us?

Rating: 1/10 (8 October 2017)

On a cow pie scale of 1 to 10, this is a 10. Non-stop action to stretch a thin (and ridiculous) plot line to 2 hrs. Early on, Hardy's acrobatics are not simply the stuff of MA fighting. They are childishly unrealistic. He meets Theron, and it's obvious they are both running from the same common enemy - yet both continue to think they are adversaries. Perhaps in the future, all will have forgotten the fundamental principle that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Gas is scarce, yet everyone's chasing them with souped-up racers that burn more fuel in an hour than most of us do in a month. Bullets are prized items, yet somehow everyone's got oddles to spare - enough for Hardy to fire warning shots at the girls.
As some have noted, the CG graphics are amateurish. Plot holes anyone? How about continuing to drive in a sand storm? Or supercharging your engine by pouring gas directly into the intake manifold. Uh, huh. Or on the return trip - presumably a few days later - the bad guys are still there, far from their base, waiting around for...what? Theron's acting is flat, perhaps more because of the script than her own limited range. Hardy is the better actor, but there's little for him to do with his wooden character. Probably more the writer's fault than the director's.
What really bothers me is that so many think this is a really neeto keeno film. It isn't. It's not even good escapism. Character development is minimal for the heroes, and nothing for everyone else; the plot is thin and unconvincing, even if we stretch our credulity to a reasonable limit. The high opinion speaks to the loss of aesthetic judgement so prevalent in this country - perhaps loss of judgement, period.