Mad Max: Fury Road
Two haunted rebels lead a desperate desert escape against a brutal warlord in a landmark of kinetic post apocalyptic action.
Overview
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, survival is a brutal race against time and tyranny.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Brutal
- propulsive
- visceral
- bleak
- action movie night
- visual spectacle night
What critics said
Critics broadly celebrated the film as an exhilarating, visually inventive action achievement with ambitious practical spectacle and strong performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The desert pursuit is driven by large-scale vehicle stunts, physical crashes, and tangible production design.
Furiosa's convoy escapes Immortan Joe while pursuing a return route that later changes the direction of the journey.
Immortan Joe controls water, fuel, breeding, and social hierarchy in a world devastated by scarcity.
The desert, storm sequences, vehicles, costumes, and production design create a vivid, operatic post apocalyptic aesthetic.
Films like Mad Max: Fury Road, and why
The Road Warrior
shares post apocalyptic survival, relentless vehicular action, dystopian world-building, and high-impact practical spectacle
Waterworld
shares stylized post apocalyptic violence, desert survival, eccentric antagonists, and kinetic practical action
Children of Men
shares dystopian world-building, escape narrative, oppressive regimes, and propulsive science fiction action
Dredd
shares maximalist production design, pursuit-driven storytelling, and inventive large-scale action set pieces
Movie Details
- Director
- George Miller
- Release Date
- 2015-05-13
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (24681)
Cast
- Tom Hardy
- Charlize Theron
- Nicholas Hoult
- Hugh Keays-Byrne
- Josh Helman
- Nathan Jones
- Zoë Kravitz
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
- Riley Keough
- Abbey Lee
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Mad Max: Fury Road about?
- Two haunted rebels lead a desperate desert escape against a brutal warlord in a landmark of kinetic post apocalyptic action.
- What is Mad Max: Fury Road like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Mad Max: Fury Road as breakneck, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Mad Max: Fury Road violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Mad Max: Fury Road as brutal.
- What did critics think of Mad Max: Fury Road?
- Critics broadly celebrated the film as an exhilarating, visually inventive action achievement with ambitious practical spectacle and strong performances.
- Which films are like Mad Max: Fury Road?
- Films with a similar feel include The Road Warrior, Waterworld, Children of Men, and Dredd.
- How long is Mad Max: Fury Road?
- Mad Max: Fury Road runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch Mad Max: Fury Road?
- In United States, Mad Max: Fury Road is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex.
