The space time paradox that never is - until now?

Rating: 3/10 (7 July 2015)

Tom Hardy manages to grunt his broody way through this; luckily he had his few lines written on the back of a postage stamp to help him remember. Being a canny lad with a few primo performances under his belt like 'Bronson' and 'The Drop' he realised that the over reliance on 3D effects would negate the need for him to act, so didn't.
I watched this in lowly 2D yet was still annoyed by all of the effects department's 'aren't we clever!?' 3D moments which came thick and fast to the point of saturation. The only real surprise is that no one stuck their finger or face right up to the camera lens.
The post apocalyptic 'Steam Punk' world has evolved faster than first portrayed in the originals, so the space time paradox starts. Either that or Max is getting younger every year as a result of radiation poisoning? How can a whole culture, including language, religion and aristocracy evolve in a decade or two? It makes no sense; not even East London changes cultures that quickly, and it's done Yiddish, Cypriot, Caribbean, Bangladeshi and ultra cool white media types in less than 60 years!
The 'Breeders', fresh out of modelling school and a beauty salon were the cherry on top. Bad man wants to breed warrior sons, yet chooses the skinniest, and ergo the weakest of all the females to do this? Surely he should have enslaved the butchest, toughest and strongest of the women for this purpose? It's no fun for either party when bonking a butch dike, but it will certainly produce 'warriors'; but reduce the possibility of appealing to hormone riddled teenagers and sex starved dads in the potential audience. No loss of 'ker-ching!' for the sake of believability here. Eye candy = mucho deniero, even in radiation blasted desert wastelands.
Charlize Theron's character had some charm and depth - hard for a 'one armed trucker with a gun' role, so she is forgiven. Although we didn't see her map reading or parallel parking skills, a legendary problem for all one armed road kings around the world, with or without a middle leg.
If you're new to 'Max' then this is an 'almost okay' good vs evil (half) road movie - why half? Because they change their minds and come back again. If you're a fan of the original 'Max' do yourself a favour, preserve your admiration for radical Australian cinema and don't watch this unless;
1.Drunk
2.High
3.Stupid
4.Currently being tortured in Guantanimo Bay and want the mental pain to seem less.........painful. Five minutes of this and you'll be begging the CIA goons to start up again with the white noise and black hood.
There's a tonne of reviews on here already so I don't think anyone will read this. I just had to let it out before the festering hate degenerates and I become a gun wielding nutter that kills his workmates on a whim one sunny day. Or maybe I could run them down with a barb wire festooned truck....................? Mmmmmmmmmm?