Mad Max: Fury Road isnt just a brilliant film.
Its one of the most important blockbusters in years.
Ryan explains why…
ThatMad Max: Fury Roadeven exists is a miracle.
Fury Roadis the most important summer film of the last decade, and possibly longer.
Here are a few reasons.
What do you do if you want to make a car go faster?
Well, you’re able to strip it out.
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This is whatMad Max: Fury Roaddoes.
The storys wilfully, wonderfully thin streamlined almost to the point of non-existence.
In most Hollywood films, the actors look like Greek statues.
They revere the human form rather than expose its frailty.
Millers film offers a warped, bleak yet compelling view of humanity at its best and worst.
When a computer-generated city collapses in the average summer action film, we blink.
When a dozen cars collide inFury Road, we gasp.
Its also a rare movie that remembers exactly what cinema is.
Theres dialogue inFury Road,but the greater part of its story is told visually.
Unlike too many films, this isnt an expensive TV show you have to pay $15 to see.
Fury Roadintroduces a new version of Max.
What happened to you?
A concerned Toast the Knowing (Zoe Kravitz) asks.
Thats not his blood, Furiosa observes.
Its a tremendous physical performance from Theron, one of the best in her career.
This, for me, is whyMad Max: Fury Roadis such an important summer film.
Its that rarest of things: an expensive movie made with care, intelligence and integrity.
Films like this dont come along very often.
Classic status surely beckons.
