George Miller is back, directing and co-writing a return
to the franchise he started decades ago, a film series that pretty much defined
post-apocalyptic film making and of which all post-apocalyptic films are
compared. Tom Hardy plays the title role (replacing Mel Gibson) as Max and
Charlize Theron his female counterpart. Simply said, this is the best film I’ve
seen so far this year, a bombastic, adrenalin ride through a nightmarish
wasteland of mutants, road pirates and runaway breeders. It’s the kind of film
action fans have wanted to see for some time. It’s violent, it’s well-crafted, it’s
fun and surprisingly emotionally rewarding. There really is not a dull moment
through the entire race across the desert. Miller doesn’t copy himself, he
re-invents his world, making it bolder and giving us even more strange and
disturbing images. This is the world after we nuke it, it’s the world we
deserve after we wasted what was so precious. Unless someone didn’t care for
the originals, I really can’t see how anyone would dislike this film. The art
direction is superb and the acting is perfect. The only complain I have is that
it ended at all. Bring me more Mad Max, please, and don’t make me wait another
thirty years. Grade: A
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