Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Review Thread

**Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga – Review Thread**

* [Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga): 90% (21 Reviews)
* [Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga/): (x Reviews)

Reviews:

[Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-george-miller-1235896508/):

>Regardless of its weaknesses, a lot of people are going to be all in on Furiosa (though for the love of God, can someone call a moratorium on the fan base endlessly posting “Let’s GOOOOO!”) and the early-summer release looks to be a strong bet for Warners. Taylor-Joy — and no less so the wonderful Browne in the character’s younger years — delivers as an action hero with a fire inside her, cowed by nothing and no one. And we get to learn how that cool robotic arm came about.

[Variety](https://variety.com/2024/film/reviews/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-george-miller-1236000189/):

>It’s an impulse, at heart, that grows out of franchise culture, and maybe that’s why “Furiosa,” for all the tasty stuff in it, is a half-satisfying movie. Miller creates a volatile world to wander around in, and I suspect a number of viewers and critics will respond fully to that. But part of the genius of the “Mad Max” films is that when they’re pumping on all cylinders, even when they’re as grand as “The Road Warrior” and “Fury Road,” they are also, in spirit, as lean and mean as one of those lethal spiked jalopies zooming down the blacktop. In attempting to inflate his universe into something larger, Miller clutters it with pretension and makes it mean less. He takes his eye off the place where the rubber meets the road.

[Deadline](https://deadline.com/2024/05/furiosa-mad-max-review-anya-taylor-joy-1235916545/):

>Nine years later comes a prequel, *Furosia: A Mad Max Saga*, and Miller, now seemingly ageless at 79 (he was 34 when the first one came out) has perhaps given birth to the greatest *Max* yet, a wheels-up, rock-and-rolling epic that delivers the origin story of the title character Charlize Theron picked up in *Fury Road* when she was about 26.

[IGN](https://www.ign.com/articles/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth) (10/10):

>George Miller’s Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga weaves a hero’s journey of epic proportions, ushering in a powerful reflection on what it means to live and love in a dying world.

[The Guardian](https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/15/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-is-tremendous-chris-hemsworth) (4/5):

>‘My childhood! My mother! I want them back!” With this howl of anguish, young Furiosa, played by Anya Taylor-Joy, sets the tone of vengeful rage that runs through George Miller’s immersive, spectacular prequel to his [Mad Max reboot from 2015](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/11/mad-max-fury-road-review-tom-hardy).

[IndieWire](https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-1235004341/) (A-):

>How do we brave the world’s cruelties? By refusing to become them ourselves. Such an internally combusting prequel might seem like a strange lead-in to a movie that spit fire in every direction, but don’t you worry: [George Miller](https://www.indiewire.com/t/george-miller/) still has what it takes to make it epic.

[SlashFilm](https://www.slashfilm.com/1581233/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy-chris-hemsworth-george-miller/) (10/10):

>Miller is fluent in the universal language of “this kicks ass,” conducting a symphony of flamethrowers, explosives, burnt rubber, twisted metal, blood, sweat, and gasoline. Bullets double as percussive instruments, engines roar like a choir, and both Anya Taylor-Joy and Tom Burke, who plays War Rig leader Praetorian Jack, share the first chair position. “Furiosa” will undoubtedly go down as one of — if not the — greatest prequel films ever made. Not only does it stand on its own as a masterful action-adventure blockbuster, but it also exemplifies Miller’s thesis as a whole: that survival “in extremis” reveals the true essence of a person. “Fury Road” is an even better movie because of “Furiosa,” and George Miller has gifted the world with his magnum opus. Witness him.

[The Wrap](https://www.thewrap.com/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-anya-taylor-joy/):

>But “Furiosa” is wildly and yes, furiously over-the-top because that’s what “Mad Max” movies are, and its excesses are glorious enough to sweep away any tonal quibbles. People get run over by monster trucks and blown up by exploding spears thrown from hang gliders. So tip your the greasy, dusty, battered hat to George Miller, who is pulling off some kind of ridiculous feat by turning these grungy action movies into a grand saga.

Collider (7/10):

>At the end of the day, perhaps if *Furiosa* was released first, plunging us into Furiosa’s introduction without knowing where she’d end up, the film would have had a stronger impact. But because it is a prequel, it will struggle under the shadow of a film that is technically and cinematically superior. Held up by Alyla Browne and Anya Taylor-Joy as stellar leads, *Furiosa* can be inspiring at the best of times — an Edmond Dantès-level story about revenge. But, at the worst of times, the film feels as bloated and unwieldy as The People Eater, dragged down by too many ideas. Does the good outweigh the bad? Just barely, but not enough to dethrone its predecessor.

Synopsis:

>Set 15 to 20 years before the events of *Mad Max: Fury Road*, as the world falls apart, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and into the hands of a Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. While two Tyrants war for dominance over the Citadel, Furiosa survives many trials as she plots a way back home through the Wasteland.

Directed by George Miller

Cast:

* Anya Taylor-Joy as Imperator Furiosa
* Alyla Browne as young Furiosa
* Chris Hemsworth as Dementus, the warlord leader of the Bike Horde which abducted Furiosa.
* Tom Burke as Praetorian Jack
* Lachy Hulme as Immortan Joe / Rizzdale Pell
* Goran D. Kleut as The Octoboss
* Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus
* Josh Helman as Scrotus
* John Howard as The People Eater
* Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic
* Charlee Fraser as Mary Jo Bassa, Furiosa’s mother
* Quaden Bayles
* Daniel Webber as War Boy

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