Mad Max: Fury Road

CHASE ****
I want to say up front that I had never seen a single "Mad Max" movie before I watched this one, so my perspective is from someone who's new to the franchise.  With that being said, "Mad Max: Fury Road" absolutely blew my mind.  This is an incredible movie.  The story is really about Charlize Theron's character, Furiosa, as she tries to get a group of people away from a cult leader who's chasing them down and Mad Max (Tom Hardy) is stuck in the middle of the conflict.  Director George Miller brilliantly keeps you on the edge of my seat from the very beginning to the very end with one brilliant set piece after another.  The plot is very simplistic as the entire movie is basically just one huge chase scene.  Usually that type of storytelling tends to make the movie stale as it goes on, but for whatever reason, it really works to this movie's advantage.  The film always found a way to keep me on the edge of my seat and the action scenes in this movie are some of the best I've ever seen.  The realistic sense of it all and the fear that I get from seeing our heroes in real danger is gripping and exciting.  But something that I applaud the movie for is that it balances out the insane moments with some legitimate heartfelt moments as well, as we see the humanity in our characters in an insane world.  The only thing I have against the movie is that I wished there was a little bit more time to get to know the characters, but I feel that's a very nit-picky thing when the movie does everything else so amazingly well.  "Mad Max: Fury Road" is an incredible action movie and for those who love the genre, it's required viewing.

BRYCE ***
LANDON ***1/2
LOGAN ***1/2

BANGERANG SCORE: ***1/2