

When you first meet Max he’s a loner living with the guilt of not being able to save his wife and child.

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Yes, it’s still a Mad Max movie and we still see plenty of Max being a major badass, but he’s on an equal playing field with the female characters of the film, sharing screen time with Imperator Furiosa and showing moviegoers how two characters of opposite genders work together to bring down a system that does nothing to benefit anyone except Immortan Joe himself. While those are fun and entertaining to watch, a true cinematic marvel meant to be appreciated on the big screen, what really makes the film worthwhile to watch and a standout amongst the other big blockbusters that have yet to be released this summer is pushing women into the forefront of the plot with Max acting as a supporting character throughout much of the movie. Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosaįury Road has everything you would expect from an action film––fast car chases, insane stunts, and big explosions. Furiosa dares to defy Immortan Joe by staging her biggest act of rebellion no one has ever attempted––steal and smuggle Immotran Joe’s most beautiful and prized wives away from the Citadel and take them back to Furiosa’s homeland, simply known as “the Green Place,” in the hope of building a better life away from Immortan Joe’s tyrannical dictatorship. Played with a balance of true grit and vulnerability by actress Charlize Theron, Furiosa is a woman with a mechanical arm, a massive War Rig, and a whole lot of rage against the system and society constructed and ruled over by Immortan Joe (played by Hugh Keays-Byrne). The following post will contain spoilers, so please read at your own discretion. Max Rockatansky introduces us to this world in the first few minutes of Fury Road’s opening, but the real surprise is when the viewer begins to realize this isn’t really Max’s story. There’s little room, if any, for hope, compassion or goodwill towards men. The plot of Fury Road is pretty much the same, set in a post-apocalyptic world in a barren desert wasteland, where corruption, totalitarianism, and self-preservation reigns supreme in this grim and harsh landscape. Directed and co-written by George Miller, who also co-wrote and directed the original Mad Max films starring a much younger and then unknown movie actor named Mel Gibson, it’s a sort of sequel to the films with actor Tom Hardy now in the role of Mad Max. Last month I saw one of the biggest and most critically acclaimed movies of the summer ––Mad Max: Fury Road.
