Lord-Kerff

In a postapocalyptic world where everyone lives in a barren dessert, the powerful tyrant Immortan Joe controls the people with an iron fist. Of course, as we've seen multiple times in history, repression leads to rebellion.

Mad Max: Fury Road is super ambitious in its cinematography. Brave editing at a pace I personally haven't seen elsewhere. The pacing of the plot is also kept at a high tempo - requiring the full attention of the viewer. (Which I absolutely love to see in a time, where most films count audiences for nothing by stuffing every detail down their throats). The directing holds for a lot of beautiful shots; mostly done in battle and by CGI, which therefore loses some of its grace.

Musically, the film does a good job - both in terms of the rock music and the composed music.

And then to the films biggest strength and weakness: Action. It probably has got the most action you're ever going to witness in a single film. Jesus. Some people praise the movie for this. Personally, I think it comes with a heavy price. Action is great, but not at the expense of core storytelling; which undeniably happens in Mad Max.

Character development is as well nonexistent. Solely reading the script must feel like some of the laziest writing out there. The acting performances are legit being decimated to pieces with this writing - I've got nothing against the individual actors/actresses, but Tom Hardy seriously had nothing besides grunts to work with.

Ultimately, the lack of these basal filmic values, easily overshadows the pros.

Still though, the film earns a 6/10 because of a good score, beautiful still images and brave cinematography.