Anton_Klink Review of Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

I thought they didn't make action movies like this anymore...

[9/10 · 17 April 2020]

I am your atypical action movie fan, as I usually fall half asleep during chase scenes, since I really don't care for the usually accompanying shoddy shaky-cam camerawork plus I find cars and speeding utterly boring to begin with. For me, car chases are the low point of any action movie and half of the time, I am tempted fast-forward to the "good parts". Sounds like I'd be in for a most disappointing movie experience with this movie, since Fury Road is more or less a two hour car chase. Boy was I wrong. I can't recall when was the last time I was so enthralled with the relentless on-screen action. What I especially like about the movie, is that while battle fatigue is always a concern with heavier action movies and could easily set in even within a few minutes in lesser movies, but not this time, as George Miller manages to keep things constantly fresh, interesting and exciting throughout this relentless two hour chase. Not only that, but he also manages to rev up the engine ever so slightly throughout the movie, that even though the action already starts on high speed, it just keeps gathering more speed right until the very end. As for the the car chase, apparently most other action movies just don't know how to do a proper car chase but finally someone has done it right. While other movies have iconic action scenes, this movie is just one colossal action scene from start to finish. An absolutely towering achievement in the genre of action movies, I hope this movie will shine a path for many like-minded movies to come.