5th June 2015: 18:00pm - Bolton
Oh, What a Lovely Day!
Diving straight into the action and not letting up for two hours, Mad Max Fury Road is a visual masterpiece of practical effects, great story development and just sheer entertainment.
Taking part in some kind of alternate Mad Max time frame, Fury Road starts with a 5 minute chase scene with no explanation, who are the people chasing our hero? Why are they branding him,. and where are they? Moments later we are introduced to Imperator Furiosa, a big rig driver who has a secret. All the characters are not given any exposition or back story, you learn as the film progresses.
Fury Road then goes on a monstrously massive car chase sequence with little dialogue. The spectacles of the chase scenes are just beautiful yet disfigured, I sat forward for most of the film, laughing at the ridiculous transports such as the Rock Band Rig, or the porcupine cars, being taken in by the action, and drawn to the characters of Max, Furiosa, Nux, Immortan Joe and the Wives.
Furiosa for me is the main character and Max only used as a name to link the film to an apocalyptic world without explanation. Charize Theron is brilliant cast and superbly acted throughout, as her story evolves the character of Furiosa becomes more human and endearing, and leaves you yearning for more.
Immortan Joe is a Bane-esque bad guy who has warped the minds of his "war-boys" who spray their mouth with chrome paint before jumping to their deaths hoping for Valhalla. He is a haunting nemesis with one thing on his mind, and relentless with his task.
Nicholas Hoult plays Nox, one of the War Boys mentioned above, who has probably the biggest character arc in the whole film, very entertaining to watch as he goes from completely warped and brain washed going to hero of the day.
Mad Max Fury Road is a must watch on big screen film, and recommended. It is slightly gruesome in parts, but very entertaining
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