Furiosa : A Mad Max Saga
I am a big fan of all the Mad Max movies. Of course they are terrifying but also enthralling movies about what life might really be like in a post-apocalyptic world where civilization has fallen. This week I went out to the Cinema (a very rare occurrence these days) to see the latest Mad Max movie – Furiosa. I wanted to see it on the big screen and my wife and I got day beds right up the front to really soak in the experience…
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I had heard a bit of chatter about this movie and there were reports that it was a bit of a Box Office flop. There has even been suggestion that the poor performance of this movie might jeopardise the next planned Mad Max movie (Wasteland?) but I think those reports are a bit unfair because I thoroughly enjoyed it.
As with Fury Road there is plenty of action in the movie, but there was a decent plot line and a little bit of political intrigue between the various outposts (Citadel, Gastown, Bullet Farm and the Biker Horde) which is great back-story that I definitely appreciated. As a prequel to Fury Road I thought it did a decent job. The War Boys and Immortan Joe are in there, but Mad Max himself is absent from the film. I think he gets a 2 second cameo, but that’s it.
Overall, if you like the Mad Max movies then this is worthy of the saga and it’s a VERY Australian film with the Aussie accents quite pronounced in this one. There is plenty of hooning around in the desert with ridiculous vehicles, weapons and stunts. I did laugh at a few of the crazy manoeuvres and couldn’t help but imagine how much fun they must have had making this film. It’s not for the fainthearted but if you can handle a bit of gratuitous violence then it’s definitely an enjoyable romp through the wasteland.
It’s funny. The reviews are all good, but people just don’t seem to be going to the movies. Hubby saw it (I would have gone for not family stuff). He enjoyed it.
I don't quite understand it. It's definitely a movie to watch on the big screen. Maybe it's an Aussie thing. Mad Max is one of our best exports of recent decades...
Believe it or not, I have never watched a single Mad Max movie all the way through. Not the old ones or the new ones.
I still like the original Mad Max movies, it must be the classic cars, they are the best