Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Director: George Miller

Writers: George Miller & Nico Lathouris

Set prior to Fury Road we learn Furiosa’s back story. Growing up in The Green Place,  a place of abundance amongst the wastelands, a young Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is kidnapped by Dementus’s (Chris Hemsworth) gang. Pursued by Furiosa’s mother, Mary (Charlee Fraser), they limp back to camp. However, when Furiosa sees her mother tortured by Dementus’s gang, it sets in motion a life long desire to avenge her. As Furiosa (now played by Anya Taylor-Joy) grows, she seizes her opportunities to learn what she needs to avenge her mother. She escapes Dementus and joins Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme) where she meets Praetorian Jack (Tom Burke) who helps her develop the skills she needs to hunt down Dementus and she sets out on a wild, violent and bloody path to revenge.

This is a film that delivers what it promises. A wild action packed, violent ride through the well known world of Mad Max. It’s built around two excellent creations of Furiosa from Alyla Browne and Anya Taylor-Joy, both building a wholly believable character, prepared to play a long patient game of revenge. Taylor-Joy seamlessly adds action hero to her ever growing CV and Chris Hemsworth is the perfect foil as the merciless Dementus, driven by violence and greed.

It is full of excellent action set pieces as it sweeps across the wastelands with its steam-punk creation of worlds, vehicles and its mix of people physically and mentally impacted by what has gone before.

At its heart it is a revenge film, just played out at an epic and sweeping scale. It is long, at 2 1/2 hours, and at times feels like it gets lost in its own madness. But overall this is a thrilling and breathless adventure that fans of the series should enjoy.

Furiosa is a wild and breathtaking ride. While it runs a little long and occasionally gets lost in its own madness. It’s a thrilling revenge driven action film. Anya Taylor-Joy effortlessly adds action hero to her CV and Hemsworth is fun as Dementus. An epic scale Mad Max adventure.