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Furiosa - Review
Matthew Brady - wrote on 08/05/2025
"You fabulous thing. You crawled out of a pitiless grave, deeper than hell. Only one thing that is going to do that for you. Not hope. Hate. No shame in hate. It's one of the greatest forces of nature."
From mastermind George Miller comes another epic tale of sand, madness, and fuel—or what I would call an ordinary day in Australia.
Furiosa shifts gears from the high-octane Fury Road to embark on a slower yet thrilling journey through the wasteland.
Unfortunately, Furiosa struggled at the box office. However, the Mad Max franchise appears less bankable than we once thought. While Fury Road was a huge hit with critics and audiences, it was not a massive success at the box office. I even commented on it in my 2015 review, noting it was in second place, with Pitch Perfect 2 …
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Revenge is a Dish Best Served LOUDLY
Chris Kavan - wrote on 05/31/2024
Picking up before the events of Fury Road, George Miller decides to ditch the road warrior and instead focus on Furiosa - played in Fury Road by Charlize Theron and here by Alyla Browne (in her younger age) and by Anya Taylor-Joy in her more young adult phase. We also get a wider glimpse into The Wasteland with Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his biker horde, The Citadel - still ruled by Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme taking over for the late Hugh Keays-Byrne) and also Gas Town and the Bullet Farm.
Much of the early film follows a young Furiosa as she is kidnapped away from the Green Place (still a near-paradise at this point of the story) and becomes a silent ward to Dementus as she refused to give away the location of her home - even after witnessing what becomes of her mother (whether …
