Mad Max : Fury Road

As a young boy in my hometown Uddevalla,  i rented a hell of a lot of VHS films.  As long as there was action,  horror,  thrillers, sci fi and westerns,  i was feeling great.  Now, i will admit that I was probably too young to rent some films, but i knew the guys at Videomix so they did not care.  Besides, they were movie maniacs just like myself. One of my greatest memories of renting VHS films was the really violent ones.  Unfortunately,  they were very censored because some feminist bastards said :- A naked woman with a knife?  We cant show that? Even if i loved the VHS covers,  i did not like the fact that almost every movie was censored when it was released. One great example was the Mad Max films,  especially The Road Warrior.  The VHS version was cut several minutes,  and that should have been forbidden.  You dont cut cult films like Mad Max,  i am sure that there is a law in the Haag Convention that can confirm this. Mad Max is probably one of the biggest icon characters from australian films, i would say he is much bigger icon than Crocodile Dundee. Mel Gibson proved himself to be a really good action actor, and fit perfect as Mad Max. I actually did not see the first Mad Max film until in the late 90´s, probably because The Road Warrior was easier to get back in the VHS days. To be honest, i love the second film best, because this is one of the greatest action films of the 80´s, and still stand strong, even to this day. The third film, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, was ok, but to be honest the worst of the Mad Max films. There were some good ideas behind the project, but the film did not deliver on the same level as the previous films. The third film came out in 1985, so it has taken a very long time to bring back this legendary character back on a big screen. From what i remember, George Miller informed us back in 2003 that a script was being developed to a new film. A lot of things happened after that, and it would take many years until George Miller could begin working on the new film. With 30 years between the last film with Mel Gibson, i was really happy to see that Mad Max would return. Especially when the second trailer came out, that looked so good i could almost cry of joy. With the original director George Miller back directing a new chapter, and the new Mad Max is played by Tom Hardy, is this a worthy film to the classic ones, or should he have left Mad Max alone after all these years ?

In a wasteland, where there is no hope, the only thing that matters is to survive, Mad Max ( Tom Hardy ) ride the highways, trying to deal with his past. Long ago, his wife and child was murdered, since then he lost his hope and future. While driving in the wasteland, Max is captured by the War Boys, the army of tyrannical cult leader King Immortan Joe ( Hugh Keays - Byrne. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa ( Charlize Theron ) is driving a War Rig,  to collect fuel.  While driving she takes a different road. King Joe finds out that Furiosa brought his 5 Wives with her, selected for breeding.  He order his army to hunt them down.  Max is chained in the front of War Boy Nux ( Nicholas Hoult ) car, used as a blood bank for sick Boy Nux. While King Joe is getting closer,  Max manage to get Boy Nux cut him loose,  and help him on this journey.  Furiosa dont trust Max,  but realise she might need his help to make sure that the 5 Wives will survive. King Joe is prepared to kill anyone who stops his plans,  but Mad Max is prepared to finish this journey,  no matter what happens. 

Do you remember the last time you walked out of a cinema and want to hug everyone,  even throw your clothes off,  just because you are so happy?  Mad Max : Fury Road will give you that feeling,  and i feel so wonderful today,  after watching one of this years most beautiful film. The cinematography is brilliant, the action scenes are the best i have seen in many years. The fact that George Miller is back as the director, makes this adaption even more special. When all the violence kicks right in your face, you realise what it must feel like being in love for the first time. For those who might say that The Best Of Me was such a wonderful romantic film, i only have one thing to say. You can shove that dvd up your ass, because Mad Max: Fury Road shows you what real romance looks like. Lots of explosives, fighting, lots of weapons, girls fighting, now....you finally understand what romance means. This is almost like a beautiful violence opera, with so many amazing ingredients, you just don´t want it to stop. I don´t think we should compare Tom Hardy as Mad Max, to compare him to Mel Gibson, because it is always hard to be as good as the original actor. I would still say he does his performance very well, even if he have very little dialogue. The strength of Tom Hardy, is that he tries to both look like Mad Max, and act really tough, this is exactly how Mad Max is supposed to be. The biggest surprise in this film is actually Charlize Theron, as Imperator Furiosa. Damn, she is kicking ass, and she is almost like another version of Ripley in Alien. This is exactly what we need to see more of, women can be bad ass, just like men. The insane car scenes are so awsome, that i think the whole audience wanted to stand up and applaude every single time something brutal happened. Some might think that the violence is extreme, but that is the whole idea of an Mad Max film. If you look at The Road Warrior from 1981, it was extremely violent for that time period. This latest film is even more extreme, but it makes everything better inded. I can now already confirm this, that Mad Max: Fury Road is one of the best films of this year, so far. And it is only May, talk about a full strike. I would personally like to thank George Miller for bringing back Mad Max to the big screen again, this is the most educational film you can find this year, without a doubt. It should be screened at every University, in every High School, so young people can learn what biology is all about. I am close to giving this a full rating, but i will still say this is a film that should be seen by everyone across the world. There is no film out there that explain what love is all about, better than Mad Max: Fury Road. I suggest you even have a Mad Max wedding, in a desert with guns, wow.....i am so good at this romance stuff.

Run to your local cinema now and buy tickets, that is all you need to know.

Rating : DDDD