Furiosa Review: A No-Nonsense Revenge Action Movie By The 79-year-old director is helming movies like very few others his age. He kicked off the Mad Max series 45 years ago. After three movies starring as Max Rockatansky, he rebooted the series in 2015 with Mad Max: Fury Road.
This reboot featured taking over the titular role with stealing the show as a new character named Imperator Furiosa. Now, Miller returns to his post-apocalyptic world with , a prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road that goes into the origins of this fan-favorite character. Furiosa is a gorgeous, well-crafted action movie with a few issues.
Most importantly, it features a director at the top of his game. The original Mad Max trilogy had its share of fans, but nobody was truly prepared for how revolutionary Mad Max: Fury Road was. An action blockbuster doesn’t tend earn 10 Oscar nods, after all.
Making a prequel spin-off was always going to be a risk, and while I didn’t love this movie like Fury Road, there’s some phenomenal work here all across the board. This is a very different movie from Fury Road. While that film can best be described as a two-hour car chase with occasional bits of dialogue, Furiosa is more methodical in its pacing.
It aims to tell a richer, more intricate origin story for this character. Sometimes, it works; other times, not so much. The pacing during the first hour is a weak spot in the film.
We’re focused on a young version of the character, played superbly by Alyla Browne. Althoug.
