Mad Maxine: Frisky Road

...this is for certain, a cheap project-class spoof film that also doesn't have anything to do with the awesome Mad Max movies, or serious film making in general. This is unfortunate, but not unexpected; I wanted to see what it was. It's only an hour, but still feels 30 min too long, with effects that are so cheesy its hard to make out what you are seeing or hearing (the tornado scene was spectacularly bad). I did chuckle a few times at the corny wonkiness with the cheao dub sound effects (probably mismatched on purpose?), and there are some random T/A scenes thrown in for good measure, so it's not a total loss.

This should be good for a laugh, I thought. I was wrong.

Let's make a vaguely similar sequel to Mad Max Fury Road except this time we will do it with no budget, no talent, film it in a disused quarry, hire a biker gang as extras and, so it would appear, film it all in a weekend.

I lasted about thirty minutes and then bailed. It's not even a comedy. A film this this bad should at least have a sense of humour about itself.

So, dear reader, if you are stuck at night, scrolling through Amazon prime, looking for something to watch a little out of the ordinary, might I suggest that you watch literally anything but this piffle.

This film seemed like it was filmed by 8 year olds. Using fast forward to make a car move faster and dropping pebbles by the camera to make it look like rocks falling from the sky. Amateur videographers AVOID! I couldn't even watch it all. I was laughing at how badly this was. It seems like after every questionable bit of filming they give you a bit of female nudity, as if that makes it ok. Is the comedic part of this film how badly it was filmed? I'm unsure. But I definitely laughed when somebody actually disappeared when she was hit! I suppose at least it gave me a few laughs. Barely worth watching this joke.

This is something to treasure because with the advent of ChatGPT it is now impossible to write a screenplay this bad. Savour this ultimate tribute to the mediocrity of the human mind, we shan't see its like again.

The plot apes the mad max movies with some soft porn thrown in completely inexplicably and I mean totally without any reference to the plot or characters. It's almost like you leaned on the remote accidentally and switched channel. The cuts back to the main action are equally random and inexplicable.

Just imagine the poor acting, pointless dialogue and comical exposition of a soft porn movie, but without any actual porn. Ok well, theres a bit of porn, but it's all appetisers and no main course. A few bras removed and a variety of nipples exposed which is educational I suppose if nothing else.

It makes you wonder what was going through the fevered minds that made this. The answer I suspect, is gloriously little.

I'm sorry to find myself compelled to address this film, but it's important to caution you: this isn't akin to works like "The Room," where genuine attempts at quality inadvertently led to comedic brilliance for audiences. You know, the kind of movies that fall into the "so bad, they're good" category.

Instead, what we have here is yet another endeavor to churn out material reminiscent of the Sharknado franchise. It seems to rely on the notion that sheer awfulness could somehow translate into sales and attention.

When a deliberate effort is made to dedicate mere moments to crafting a film, focusing on its effects, all the while aiming for a level of terribleness that would attract notice, I can't help but label it as a scam.

Regrettably, this sort of approach doesn't elicit even a hint of amusement. Were the filmmaker to invest genuine resources and envision the creation as a parody of the Mad Max variety, the narrative might have unfolded quite differently.

Hence, it's advisable to bypass this offering, alongside the plethora of other lackluster films that harbor misguided aspirations of attaining "cult" status through minimal exertion.