A road chase that never ends

Rating: 3/10 (13 February 2016)

First its important to say what Mad Max Fury Road isn't. The rich vein that was the story and world of the original Mad Max movie is destroyed along with the car in the first ten minutes. That effectively is the end of the Mad Max connection and back story and now we start a road chase that goes for two hours out into the desert.
Some fantastic stunts and rare Australian cars are destroyed for an audience who probably never appreciated what they were looking at in the first place, as Max goes for a ride in a truck. Max is a sideline character in his own film as an actor not suited to the character mostly grunts his way through a film where he occasionally tries with mixed success to carry an Australian accent. To be fair the whole film tries and fails to be Australian, as part of this film were shot in Africa and its painfully obvious to those who know what Australia should look like.
This film is intended to be a rich visual stunt spectacular and at that it truly does succeed. The story itself could have been written in an afternoon after lunch and is intended not to stretch the brain cells of the audience so their heads wont hurt. It is all about the visuals and really did I mention the visuals.
So if you were hoping for a genuine Mad Max reboot, the answer is a firm no. This film is in no way for you. If you want to watch some well done visual stunts and you thought Fast and the Furious was the most realistic and well written film franchise you have ever seen - Mad Max Fury Road is waiting for you.
It isn't a bad film if you part your brain, but it isn't in any way Mad Max and that is the problem.
At least it was better than Beyond Thunderdome.