George Miller knocks it out of the park once again with a riotously entertaining and rich follow up to Fury Road.
Serving as a prequel, Furiosa follows the titular warrior in her earlier years, tracking her journey from the 'place of the abundance' to becoming embroiled in the power struggle between Immortan Joe and newcomer to the franchise Dementus. It's a thrilling story with great world building and a wildly entertaining collection of characters. It's final act is a tad drawn out, but aside from this the story and pacing are near flawless.
As mentioned the characters are superbly crafted. Furiosa was played so well and written so perfectly in Fury Road, yet somehow that brilliance is matched in this film. It's rare that a prequel genuinely adds interesting and important layers to a character, but Furiosa really does get under the skin of this character and makes Fury Road a much better watch as a result. Anya Taylor Joy gives a powerful performance, but is upstaged by the maniacal performance of Chris Hemsworth. Miller gave him a peach of a role in Dementus and he rose to the challenge and then some. It's just terrific in every way.
The action is probably one of the main things drawing people to this film and you won't be disappointed. The sequences are long, loud, and incredibly entertaining and inventive. Watching a film like this makes you realise how many other films coast by with their action sequences. The standard is being set by Miller in these Mad Max films that's for sure.
Stylistically this film is very similar to Fury Road, which is only a good thing as the creative choices made in that film were outstanding. Everything from the costumes, colour palettes, tone, energy of this film is just spot on. It makes for such a rich and engaging experience in every way.
If you had any kind of positive feeling towards Mad Max Fury Road, then you will share that sentiment for this film. Lightning really does strike twice as Miller shows once again that he is at the vanguard of the big screen action epic.
Serving as a prequel, Furiosa follows the titular warrior in her earlier years, tracking her journey from the 'place of the abundance' to becoming embroiled in the power struggle between Immortan Joe and newcomer to the franchise Dementus. It's a thrilling story with great world building and a wildly entertaining collection of characters. It's final act is a tad drawn out, but aside from this the story and pacing are near flawless.
As mentioned the characters are superbly crafted. Furiosa was played so well and written so perfectly in Fury Road, yet somehow that brilliance is matched in this film. It's rare that a prequel genuinely adds interesting and important layers to a character, but Furiosa really does get under the skin of this character and makes Fury Road a much better watch as a result. Anya Taylor Joy gives a powerful performance, but is upstaged by the maniacal performance of Chris Hemsworth. Miller gave him a peach of a role in Dementus and he rose to the challenge and then some. It's just terrific in every way.
The action is probably one of the main things drawing people to this film and you won't be disappointed. The sequences are long, loud, and incredibly entertaining and inventive. Watching a film like this makes you realise how many other films coast by with their action sequences. The standard is being set by Miller in these Mad Max films that's for sure.
Stylistically this film is very similar to Fury Road, which is only a good thing as the creative choices made in that film were outstanding. Everything from the costumes, colour palettes, tone, energy of this film is just spot on. It makes for such a rich and engaging experience in every way.
If you had any kind of positive feeling towards Mad Max Fury Road, then you will share that sentiment for this film. Lightning really does strike twice as Miller shows once again that he is at the vanguard of the big screen action epic.
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