It’s absurd to believe that 45 years after making his feature film debut in 1979 with the first Mad Max (with Mel Gibson), George Miller is still so engrossed in his own brilliant creation that he finds himself swimming in its high tides.
Thanks to a remarkable performance by Charlize Theron as Furiosa, Miller revived the franchise in 2015 with Mad Max: Fury Road, which is regarded as the best action movie of the past ten years. Now, the timeless director gives us the backstory of his one-armed, fierce female lead in an incredibly hilarious epic that doubles as a magnificent companion piece. Surely, at some point, Miller will have to combine Fury Road and Furiosa into a six-hour double feature?
Even though this sequel differs greatly from the previous one, the two films are inextricably linked as we return to Australia’s post-apocalyptic wastelands and learn what Furiosa (played by Theron) meant when she revealed that her “mother died on the third day.” Fury Road was a concentrated, hyperbolic action movie that took place in a matter of days, whereas Furiosa is a 15-year film that is broken up into five intense chapters with breaks for a breather.
Furiosa: The Inside Scoop
The Mad Max films take place in a dismal, violent universe, but our titular heroine, Alyla Browne, is a 10-year-old when we first encounter her in the Green Place of Many Mothers, a rare haven from which she is abducted by the ferocious warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his rabble of enraged bikers. Furiosa must learn every skill she can to survive the madhouse over the course of the next few years as she soon comes into contact with the Citadel and Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme), entering their service; Approximately an hour into the film, Browne gives way to Anya Taylor-Joy in an incredible full-throttle set-piece, marking her maturation as a warrior.
There isn’t much language; instead, most of the talking is done by the amazing Taylor-Joy’s endlessly engrossing eyes, which contrast sharply with her forehead blackened with oil. Her eyes fiercely capture Furiosa’s intensely felt feelings. Although a lot has been written about the extreme close-ups of Taylor Joy’s expressive face, her lithe figure does just as much of the heavy lifting as her eyes as she masterfully meets all of the physical difficulties thrown at her.
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