A real surprise!

Rating: 8/10 (25 May 2015)

I have to say that Mad Max: Fury Road was not a film that excited me. After a run of similar action adventure movies that failed to deliver wasn't really expecting Mad Max to stand out. But thankfully Mad Max proved to be a thoroughly enjoyable movie experience.
What really makes the film stand out is the fact that you have a connection with the characters. This is sadly not the case with so many of todays action adventure movies. In Mad Max you obviously have Max who lost his family in the apocalypse and wanders the world alone. It is also great that the film has a really strong lead female character Furiosa who wants to leave the citadel and head east to where she was born. To be honest Furiosa is really the lead character and Charlize Theron is brilliant in the role. The leader of the war boys is Immortan Joe who is suitably horrible. There are a host of supporting characters who are also very well explored and the great thing is that you care about what is going on during the frequent heavy duty action sequences. If you see one action blockbuster this year make it mad Max as you'll have a blast!