An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
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Mad Max, a very sensible science fiction screenplay, is also a great action film directed by George Miller Day, starring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.George Miller is not getting the gaza come to the film watching the movie so well used The film shows us how the world is and what it is.
Literally the only thing that holds this movie back from being truly amazing is the fact that it's got such a weak plot and script. Couple of rogues travel out into the middle of nowhere to the woman's homeland, then basically head back to where they started out from all the while being mercilessly harassed by the various hunting parties/clans or whatever you want to call them. That's pretty much the long and short of it. Hardly any character development to go with it which just makes the plot even more redundant. The two main actors, Hardy and Theron, are dreadful on screen. No chemistry whatsoever between the two and apart from some occasional (and weak) dialogue, the main interactions they tend to have with one another is either fighting or pointing guns in each other's faces.James Cameron said it himself, "When you're making a movie, if you have a good enough story, everything else will fall into place and you'll have a great film" and that's not just coming from any ordinary film maker, that's coming from the guy who directed Titanic. George Miller should definitely take notes!Obviously the one thing this movie will shine for is the visual effects and the action sequences. I admit they are ridiculously well done and it is a very entertaining movie to watch if a bit of mindless fun is what you're after. In terms of action, Fury Road hardly lets up for a minute and is entertaining as hell from start to finish, but falls short due to its dull plot and a complete disregard for character development. Fury Road is very much one of those Yin and Yang situations, you're either going to love it, or hate it. Check it out anyway; it's definitely worth seeing at least once.
Just one positive thing about this movie and that is the atmosphere, nothing more than this.
One of the things that stands out about this film is how Miller manager to develop the character of Max without even using words or dialog - a truly great example in storytelling of " show, don't tell". The pacing of the movie is great - it is slower paced, but yet you're never bored and it never *feels* slow. Miller does a superb job of bringing to life the world he has created.Another great thing I love about this film is that Miller doesn't go crazy with CGI - in a day and age when it seems nearly every movie uses way too much of it - this movie feels very organic and it looks amazing because of it. This movie will hold up for a very long time. I can't wait for a sequel to come out! (hopefully one does!)