They spent $150M making _that_ one-dimential piece of &&&&&& ???!!!

Rating: 3/10 (30 May 2015)

Don't get me wrong. I'm a huge fan of Mad Max. Even this movie had the best cinematography, choreography, though I'd argue some of the drama and humor to offset the seriousness of the chase scenes.
But the problem is they forgot to hire a *writer*! This is for testosterone junkies who enjoy what is basically a two hour chase scene where they get away an hour in to the movie (by which time I was still looking at my watch, waiting to see some real plot developments. No such luck.) Then they all change their minds and decide to go back to the place they escaped from and take it over (Which, implausible as it sounds, takes 30 seconds and is rather anti-climatic.)
I could list any of a number of bad movies who got lower rating from critics but had more substance to them than a cup of chicken bullion, which is where I would rate just this very movie. It didn't have more substance than a cup of chicken bullion when it came to a plot, story, character development, character development that affected the audience through it's unfolding, or anything other than wild costumes, a philosophy of life was said in less than 2 sentences, and then back to chases.
This movie is one thing that points out my very frustration with the Hollywood system as it is. 150M gets thrown at making this, while there are a lot of other writers put out much better scripts, but can't get noticed.
Just one more thing... I'm not writing this because I've got a screenplay that blows the one for this one away. (That's not hard to do with Mad Max IV.) I went to watch this Mad Max, honestly thinking it would be my grave as a writer. Instead, I come away feeling gypted and all the more aware of how much talent the Hollywood system throws away - and it's not just me.
Please improve your game, Hollywood. We're tired of watching comic books brought to the screen, then done all over again, this sort of stuff just because George Miller carries a good rep (now retire, please,) - and please pay attention to the real talent that you turn away from your door everyday.
But if you want to go watch a 2-hour, motorized chase scene, then by all means help yourself.