[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

Sep 6th:

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

A first time watch of this generally very highly praised new installment of the Mad Max franchise is certainly more action packed and plays out like one long road movie, which in itself is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it managed to entertain and certainly kept my eyes fixed to the screen throughout, but at the same time felt a little hollow, over-baked and repetitive... plus a bit video-gamey in places too. Also, love him or hate him, Tom Hardy is no Mel Gibson.

Charlize Theron's performance is where the film really shined for me, her character and performance being the clear stand-out. Fury Road is probably a film I will return to and is certainly easy entertainment with some nice set-pieces, special effects and action peppered throughout but for such a long film nothing much actually happens in terms of story when you step back and look at it once the credits have rolled... and other than the setting it just didn't really feel like a Mad Max film.

69/100

Made The Force Awakens look like a worldie to me.

29/100