This version in the Mad Max saga stars Tom Hardy as “Mad”
Max Rockatansky and Charlize Theron as Furiosa.
Max is a loner with bad memories from his past. He is captured by war boys and taken to the
citadel to be used as a blood donor for War Boy Nux who is sick.
The citadel is a kind of cult led by the Immortan Joe. Joe has five women who have been chosen as
wives to be breeders for him. Furiosa
hides the women in her war rig and takes them with her to search for gas. Furiosa goes off course infuriating Joe once
he realizes his wives are gone. He and
his army go after her taking Max with them so he can continue supplying blood
for Nux. After a skirmish, Max and
Furiosa join up and continue on while evading the armies that are in
pursuit.
In my opinion this was the worst edition of all the Mad Max
movies. I don’t think Charlize Theron is a good actress and Tom Hardy performed
one the worst acting jobs of his career - not at all filling in well for Mel Gibson. There were several lesser known actors in
this movie and none of them really had to act and didn’t. The acting was terrible in every aspect of
this movie. It was a complete sleeper.
George Miller did a great job directing in the first three
Mad Max movies starring Mel Gibson opposite Tina Turner. Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy were a
nightmare. The special effects were
pretty cool to look at but that’s about the only positive.
The story line was weak so it was doomed from the
beginning. I went into this movie hoping
to be entertained but wasn’t. I feel
that George Miller could have cast the parts better as well.
I gave this movie 1 ½ out of 4 stars.
