There is a part of me that wants to know what was going on in this movie outside of the cars, trucks, fire and guitars. Like is this a sequel to the other movies? Who is this bad guy? Are all these tribes enemies? Are they refining gasoline somewhere? What is with the blood bank? I have a lot of questions.
So Mad Max: Fury Road is exactly the movie that you expect it to be. It’s got cars, trucks, fire and guitars. They are going across the land and there are explosions and fights, and guns, and guys on sticks, and people with no hair, or clothes. There is no water and they are traveling one way for a reason. That reason, I could not tell you, but they have to get there, and they have to survive.
This is pretty much the whole movie. There is one or two sentences spoken that makes tries to help you understand the next 20 minute action sequence you are about to see. Then there are cars, trucks, fire and guitars. Then another set of sentences. It is very fun, very well shot and worth watching. Does it make much sense? Not even close. I could not even tell you what the reason was for a lot of the things I saw on screen. I think that might be why Mad Max: Fury Road is a fun movie. It doesn’t answer those questions. It just did what it wanted, and made it entertaining enough that you don’t need to know the rest of the stuff. You can just watch it and have fun, and maybe when you get home you can look up what actually happened.
