Parody of Errors

Rating: 5/10 (18 May 2015)

Tom Hardy as Mad Max, in for a treat I thought. Charlize Theron, well if anyone can match Tom Hardy playing Mad Max - I thought - then Charlize can. As for the storyline, with such a legacy, and a bit of dosh, how can you go wrong (I thought).
Opening scene, Tom Max munches up a two-headed lizard, alive. Hehe, funnnneeeyyy, good start I thought. After that, the whole thing goes tits up. You hardly notice it at first, because you're just sitting there, sucking on your smuggled popcorn, waiting to see some serious action wrapped up in great acting wrapped up in a riveting narrative. And there certainly is plenty of action in Mad Max: Fury Zzzz, but it's of the wrong, grossly overdone, silly kind. The acting is stilted, like everyone's been dubbed over, in body as well as voice. The storyline's cheap and nasty, with a dialogue to match.
Good points? Music score, definitely. Can't think of anything else.Have considered giving it 1 star, as a punishment for wasting such huge resources - and 2 hours of my vida - on this surreal parody of errors wannabe, but settled on 5 because of the soft spot I have for Hardy, on account of just having watched-loved him in Child 44, and because Theron's buffness has fresh inspired me to drop yoga and take on some army training.
In other words: move along, folks, nothing to see here.