an overload of extravagant action set pieces, metal soundtrack, and post-apocalyptic setting

Rating: 8/10 (11 August 2019)

Mad Max: Fury Road is an overload of an overload of extravagant action set pieces, metal soundtrack, and post-apocalyptic setting. It relishes in all its glorious action, but isn't enough to carry the film on an emotional level.
Driven by characters who battles for survival in a barren and water-less world, Fury Road touches upon themes of loss, higher purpose, tyranny and, surprisingly, feminist message. Tom Hardy, playing the titular character, is haunted by the loss of someone who constantly appears in his imagination. Driven by guilt and or sadness, he seeks survival as the tyrannical, cult regime of Immortan Joe forces the people around him to beg for water. Charlize Theron stars as Furiosa, the leader of an escaped group of females who seek the Green Place. Nicholas Hoult plays Nux, a fanatic member of Immortan Joe who would die willingly for his cause. The characters are driven by their respective motives, each being revealed as the film progresses. However, there is too much action for the drama and character interactions to settle and majority of the best emotional moments are placed near the end leaving the rest of the film lacking much in substance.
7.5/10