"Mad Max: Fury Road" has been held in the American media, and the American reporter of the Time Network has also sent back exclusive film reviews. The film takes women as the fulcrum of the plot, and the drag racing scene becomes the eye of the whole film, becoming a unique and powerful presence in the current flood of special effects action movies.
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<b>Time.com's feature</b> "Mad Max: Fury Road" has written an impressive battle book to this year's summer Hollywood blockbuster. Director George Miller picked up the film series that had made him famous 30 years later, creating a modern but classic action film. And the audience also follows in the footsteps of "Mad Max" and once again enters the doomsday wasteland of the future world.
<b>Restore the apocalyptic world where women become the primary protagonists</b>
Max in the title is a former highway patrol officer played by British actor Tom Hardy. By mistake, he becomes the driver of Commander Ferrosa's (Charlize Theron) chariot, helping the latter rescue the five wives of the last dictator, the undead Joe (Hugh Keith-Byron). In the face of the army of the undead old Joe behind them, the "War Boys", Max and Fellosha form a fragile alliance and lead five women across the desert to a mysterious sanctuary, the Green Land. In the process of fleeing, Max and his party gradually established a close family-like relationship, and fought to the death against the approaching army and the ghostly desert beasts...
Women became the primary protagonists in Mad Max 4, especially the role of Charlize Theron, so some foreign media called the film a feminist film
The last time George Miller made a doomsday movie, he had to go back thirty years. In Mad Max 3, released in 1985, Max forms an alliance with a group of wild children to fight the enemy. As a result, the film has removed the label of "inappropriate for children", and the tone has become more moderate. Thirty years later, the storyline of Mad Max 4 has become easier to understand, but the focus has returned from children to adults. The world in the film suffered a nuclear catastrophe and the environment was permanently destroyed. Against this backdrop, George Miller takes the audience on a journey through the post-apocalyptic world: What is the most precious resource? Miller focuses on uncontaminated human life—the presence of the five wives in the film and their fertility are the most precious resources of the end times.
The women in Mad Max 4 become the absolute protagonists. Compared to Commander Ferosha played by Charlize Theron, Tom Hardy's role takes a back seat. There is no shortage of blockbuster scenes and action scenes that stimulate male hormones in the movie, but The powerful and independent Ferosha is the support point that drives the development of the plot. In terms of ability, Férosha and Max are on par with each other, and in a conflict at the beginning of the film, the heroine is no less intellectually and physically inferior to the latter. In addition, Rosie Huntington-Wheatley, Zoe Kravitz, Courtney Eaton, Abirie and Riley Coo, who played the runaway wife, also created five female characters with very different personalities. George Miller did not add the women in the film, but instead used the unique personalities and strong personality traits of these five characters to make them representative of all women.
<b>Characters with fewer lines Drag racing scenes become highlights</b>
In the film, the character lines become secondary, and the road battle is the most important part
Director George Miller created many of the characters with distinct personalities in Mad Max 4, but what is even more commendable about the film is that these character traits do not rely on language or dialogue to "explain" them. Lead actor Tom Hardy has said that he will not have more than 20 lines in the film. But compared to other characters, his lines are estimated to be quite a lot.
In a previous interview, Miller had said he wanted to see how the film would eventually look if it continued to expand and increase the proportion of car chase scenes. This has been seen in three previous films, such as the longest drag racing passage in Mad Max 2, which is 13 minutes long. In Mad Max 4, he added a twisty plot to these drag racing scenes, and the personalities of heroes and villains were revealed to the audience. Maybe after watching "Mad Max 4", fans will no longer complain that "the movie spends too much time on the lines, but the action scenes are not addictive".
A terrifying tornado scene
Mad Max 4 not only has a good story and characters, it's also a crazy adventure. Do you remember the huge desert tornado that appeared in the trailer and clips? The scene was handled remarkably well: the tornado propelled on the screen at a super-fast speed of 100 miles per hour, and the image was not dominated by the active camera shots and fast editing techniques; and the things in the shot other than the tornado were arranged just right, and its realism and realism were also lacking in contemporary cinema.
Mad Max: Fury Road is a film in which the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Although it is not as fearless and youthful as its predecessor, it is more mature and more refined. The film directed by George Miller is a true masterpiece, a unique and powerful presence in the current flood of special effects action films.
<b>Empire:</b> The eerie imagination, stunned action scenes, the crazy sense of humor and the still solid performance skills in the hurricane have created the victory of the reboot of the Mad Max series.
<b>"Complete Movie":</b> The film's vision is simply mad, giving the audience a hellish experience and unparalleled pleasure. Some of the action scenes in the film have reached the level of eternal film history.
<b>Time Out:</b> The film blends the brutal madness of Terry Gilliam's films with the dazzling grandeur of James Cameron's, with director Miller contributing satisfying action scenes. However, the most important reason why "Mad Max: Fury Road" has become a bizarre metal symphony is that it has never forgotten that such violence actually stems from perverted madness.
The film's action scenes received critical acclaim
"Variety": The movie is too high-energy, to put it bluntly - it definitely does not lack crazy energy, that sense of wild unrestrained and freedom to break free is very invigorating - and it also shows amazing self-control.
<b>The Hollywood Reporter:</b> You know, the first two "Mad Max" are only 90 minutes long, and making a two-hour movie with a road chase throughout and a few dialogues requires real courage and boldness. But Miller did it, using countless new elements to make the action scenes so exciting from start to finish.
<b>Entertainment Weekly: The</b> carnival-like crazy action shots are wonderful, and of course, if you can really get some relief from it, you might feel that the story is a little weak.
<b>Vanity Fair:</b> Fury Road is an exciting, thrilling, bizarre adventure, and the main film tastes even better than the previous wonderful trailers. I don't think there's anything else this summer that can surpass it. Go check it out and feel this maddening masterpiece.
A metal symphony of humanity and violence
The Guardian: The subtitle of the title is very apt. With profligate imagination and deafening manic sounds that completely exceed expectations, George Miller revived the Western punk classic Mad Max series, allowing the film to run wild in the apocalyptic desert.
<b>Indiewire:</b> Mad Max saved the audience from those stupid action movies. In this era when it was desperately needed, Max rose again.
<b>hitfix:</b> You simply couldn't have predicted or imagined that George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road would be such a cold, master action movie. Its beauty, its depth, and its astonishing expressiveness will completely rewrite the definition of a commercial blockbuster.
<b>thewrap:</b> Fury Road stands out from the current action blockbuster because it always sees elements of humanity at the heart of the film.