unbelievably disappointing

Rating: 2/10 (2 July 2015)

i went into this viewing all excited, thinking it was a remake of the original mad max, which i love. i also really like tom hardy and charlize theron box. i was crushed when i realized it's a remake/spin off of the road warrior, which i dislike almost as much as i detest beyond thunderdome. but, i wanted to give it a chance, hoping they would redeem the original sequel.
uh, no. they took all the cheesiest elements of the original road warrior and put them on steroids, dumbed down the dialog, amped up the special effects, spat out the worst script i've seen in years, put them all in a cocktail shaker, and let fly. i love, love, love a good action flick but this movie is pure drivel and not saved by all the stunts in the world thrown together.
if you actually LIKE the original road warrior, you might enjoy this. i liked road warrior when it came out; i was about 18 or 19, and in the 80's it seemed pretty cool. i cannot watch it anymore though. at least road warrior had national flavor, and it was somewhat innovative for its time.
for me, watching this spin off was like being forced to eat cardboard when i was looking forward to a great steak. tom hardy turns his normally stoic but palpable screen presence into a painfully wooden caricature of himself. charlize, who is incredibly talented, is mostly wasted.