Director: George Miller
Genre: Action/
Adventure
Runtime: 148
minutes
Year:
2024
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke
Description: The origin
story of renegade warrior Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) before her encounter and
teamup with Mad Max.
Review: “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015) was a giant hit, it was my favorite film of
that year. And we met Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron in that film. In “Furiosa:
A Mad Max Saga” we see her origin story and she is this time portrayed by Anya
Taylor-Joy.
How she grows up ina green oasis, the “green place” to which she
tries to return in “Mad Max: Fury Road”. How young Furiosa gets robbed from her
family by a bunch of road warriors and ends up with the gang of Dementus (a
delightfully unhinged Chris Hemsworth). How she ends up in the Citadel, where
Immortan Joe rules the fascist sceptor. How she is taken under the wing of Praetorian
Jack. Ans how she eventually becomes a key player in what could be described as
a civil war, as Dementus tries to take over Immortan Joe’s empire.
This film is not only an
origin story but also a prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road”. The ending flows
directly into the opening of Fury Road. The character development Furiosa goes through
in Fury Road is given more emotional weight because of the trials she already
indures in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”. Her liberation from immortan Joe’s brides
is given more gravitas because it turns out she was such a bride herself.
If you have not yet seen “Mad
Max: Fury Road”, you should, because “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” might otherwise
feel unfinished. If you have, you will enjoy either one of those movies more. “Mad
Max: Fury Road” was in my eyes a masterpiece, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” didn’t
quite get there, but is was a very needed story to be told.
Rating: 4/ 5
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