Not all its cracked up to be

Rating: Null/10 (15 June 2015)

This movie is a good one to catch in theater, esp in 3D, but its not all its cracked up to be. Fortunately, its still better then the movies they've been putting out. At least its watchable! Lets start with the good: Its colorful, action packed, loud, full of explosions. The costuming and makeup is FABULOUS. It lets itself be quirky, which gives it that 80's movie twinkle that looks good on gritty action flicks. It could have been a movie without the shameless mad max branding. Now time for the bad: First off, the plot is weak and a serious rip off of the movie Phoenix the Warrior (1988) and then the scenes of the city are obviously ripping off Metropolis (1927)...Seriously guys? -Max and the 'wives' are weak...Poor character development and motivation. Unrecognizable as a Mad max, hes so unnecessary for the plot that one of the bad guys seems to be the good guy instead. The wives are offensively stereotyped, unrelateable, and poorly cast. The only good acting in the whole movie is from the older women. -There is no gore/splatter and surprisingly little blood or violence for an action flick, it all happens off screen. People survive car crashes that throw them from the vehicle etc without a scratch. At the same time things are stylized, giving the movie a childish, animated feel like they were seeking a PG13 rating. -Finally, technical stuff. The lighting on the CG is poor at best. The CG is weak when the movie is not in 3D (and its full of cringe worthy moments designed for 3D that don't hold up without). The audio of the voices and guns are too low compared to the music and sound effects. Its causes a lot of 'whats happening' moments, because you cant tell what someone said, or that someone shot a gun etc. It doesn't help that everyone is talking in awful put on WWE wrestling voices, calling each other 'brother' like hulk hogan and their accents keep changing. The dialog is TERRIBLE even for an action flick. You cant even understand what all the main characters names are they are so poorly presented.