George Miller's latest addition to the Mad Max franchise, hit the big screen in 2024 and took everyone back to the post apocalyptic world that was first introduced to the public in the early years, the movie is not perfect but is so close, with Chris Hemsworth giving us a performance that made me forget about Thor. This prequel to 2015's "Mad Max: ”Fury Road” develops around the origin of Imperator Furiosa, the supporting protagonist of the prequel, who took stole the show in the last movie. The film will focus on the younger years of Furiosa, with Anya Taylor Joy playing the character that was once portrayed by Charlize Theron and will show the audience how the character became the strong warrior from Fury Road. Miller is back as the director and co writer of the film, which means it was clear we could expect the same level of action and visually stunning scenes that they have come to know from the director, many do not understand this simple concept of continuation of a formula that is already great and bullet proof proven. The film is divided into five parts and shows the main events in the life of Furiosa, starting from her childhood in the Green Place to her becoming one of the leading characters in the Citadel of Immortan Joe. Having different chapters give the movie proper structure and even though Furiosa gets older during the movie it never felt that time jumps were too drastic, it was just enough to make the audience feel time has gone by. The film also brings in new characters and the main one is Chris Hemsworth’s Dementus, a warlord who becomes a major part of Furiosa’s story, ironically in the madness of this wasteland Dementus makes Immortan Joe look like the good guy.
- IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12037194/
- Platform: AppleTV+
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Chris Hemsworth also plays the part of the main villain, Dementus, which might be seen as a rather questionable decision by the filmmakers as he is most of the time seen playing Thor a more comedy type of character than action itself, from hero to a sadic villain. Hemsworth goes deep into the role and gives us a visually and audibly appealing, yet psychopathical warlord, I can see how a part of the audience would not even recognize him if they are not fans of him but for sure have seen him play Thor in the past. Wearing facial prosthetics, Hemsworth is quite crazy, which complements Furiosa’s more measured personality. This is not the kind of role that Hemsworth has been related to in the past and he does seem to be having a lot of fun portraying such a multi faceted and rather sinister character, just imagine him discovering that the audience enjoy him more as a villain, that would be a drastic carrer change.
The supporting cast enhances the experience of the wasteland, Tom Burke as praetorian Jack is Furiosa’s teacher and Alyla Browne gives a splendid performance as young Furiosa. Burke has the ruthless, quiet and street smart mentor nail down and it is through his encouragement that Furiosa becomes the kick ass warrior she is. Given the fact that Browne is a young actress, she is fully capable of standing her ground in the violent world of Mad Max and set the stage for the further character’s evolution.
Old characters, brought back for this prequel, including Immortan Joe, are consistent with previous portrayals of the character, which is a good thing in the context of the Mad Max franchise, with this attention to detail has effectively ensured that there is a continuity between Furiosa and other films in the series even though this one is a prequel.
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a great sequel to the series, it combines the elements of action and character development which is more than what we have seen before, even though it does not come close to the constant action sequences of Fury Road, in its own more pace way gives a lot of context making the audience fell welcome and related as they already know how things might happen but at the same time does not felt predictable in a sense that is too cliche or boring, it compensates with a more elaborate plot and more profound view into the waste land and the people living in it. Anya Taylor Joy does a good job in taking over from Charlize Theron as Furiosa and gives her own spin to the character and still remains consistent with the original Furiosa, many might argue that she didn't have much to say during the movie but in my opinion it makes her performance even more special, through faces expression and short script on her part. Chris Hemsworth as Dementus will be something that many viewers will be discussing, bringing a lot of the chaos to the movie and providing an interesting performance making him brighter than any of the rest of the cast, if you ask me he stole the show. The direction by George Miller is still superb, with the action scenes that are almost unrealistic, because even though we are watching a world that does not exist still every incident, climb through dunes, building the rigs, it all felt possible and nothing out of a sci fi movie. It is true that the movie had its fare share of CGI but it is used well to build a bigger and more diverse universe without been exaggerated. Overall I think the movie does a good job of paying respect to the previous installments and at the same time finding its place in the franchise, I would totally recommend it and give it another two watch when ever I find the time, to put it in a perspective this two movies now felt very like Dune Part One and Two but slightly at a lower tier.
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