Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

"Fury is born."

2024 2h 29m EN

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7.4

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7.5

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★7.4TMDB · 5,251🍅90%Rotten Tomatoes●79Metacritic★7.5IMDB · 311,953

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Synopsis

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As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two tyrants wage war for dominance, and Furiosa must survive many trials as she puts together the means to find her way home.

“Fury is born.”

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Cast

Anya Taylor-Joy
Furiosa
Chris Hemsworth
Dementus
Tom Burke
Praetorian Jack
Alyla Browne
Young Furiosa
George Shevtsov
The History Man
Lachy Hulme
Immortan Joe / Rizzdale Pell
John Howard
The People Eater
Angus Sampson
Organic Mechanic

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Miller
Writers: George Miller, Nico Lathouris, Mark Sexton
Languages: English
Countries: Australia, United States of America

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MONEY

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$168M budget — tentpole studio territory.

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ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Australia, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Mad Max Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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219+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Miller, shot by Simon Duggan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tom Holkenborg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Eliot Knapman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Miller directs. Simon Duggan behind the camera. Tom Holkenborg scores. Eliot Knapman cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Australia, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1$168M budget — tentpole studio territory.
2Released 2 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Australia, United States of America.
4Part of the "Mad Max Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5219+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by George Miller, shot by Simon Duggan. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Tom Holkenborg. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Eliot Knapman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Fury is born.".
11IMDB entry: tt12037194 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 14 themes, including "chase", "post-apocalyptic future", "warlord", "prequel".
13Released under 25 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Simon Duggan
Original score: Tom Holkenborg
Editing: Eliot Knapman
Production design: Colin Gibson
Costume design: Jenny Beavan
Makeup / hair: Lesley Vanderwalt
VFX supervisor: Andrew Jackson
Sound: Robert Mackenzie
Stunt coordinator: Tim Wong
Runtime: 149 min · 2h 29m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $168,000,000
Box office: $174,287,546
Return: 104% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 90% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 79/100
IMDB rating: 7.5/10 · 311,953 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

29 wins & 128 nominations total

Part of

Mad Max Collection

Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise. Mad Max references are deeply embedded in popular culture; references to its dystopian, apocalyptic, and post-apocalyptic themes and bizarre landscape and desolate wasteland imagery. The collection currently includes Mad Max 1-4 also Furiosa and as of yet to be released Mad Max: The Wasteland.

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Ritesh Mohapatra2024-05-24
Furiosa (⭐⭐⭐⭐) is a relentless, adrenaline-pumping actioner from #GeorgeMiller, set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. The film's action sequences are brutal, exciting, and innovative, featuring engaging set pieces and characters. Despite a somewhat thin premise, the action remains a standout. #ChrisHemsworth delivers a compelling performance, his intimidating presence suggesting potential for a spin-off origin film for his character. #AnyaTaylorJoy is commendable, bringing sufficient depth to her role. However, the subplot exploring Furiosa's origins feels weak and underdeveloped. Overall, Furiosa serves as a worthy prequel with unparalleled action choreography, although the climax may feel off and stretched, potentially disappointing fans expecting a stronger ending.\r\n\r\nWatch or Not?\r\nIf you liked Mad Max Fury Road, then go for this, action lovers go for this. Keep expectations at bay.
Manuel São Bento2024-05-24
★ 7/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://talkingfilms.net/furiosa-a-mad-max-saga-review-a-flawed-yet-captivating-dive-into-a-powerful-iconic-protagonist/ "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga deepens its titular protagonist and the respective post-apocalyptic world, offering a captivating origin story that enriches Fury Road, but its excessive runtime, predictability, and time spent addressing the other installment's flaws hinder its enjoyment. The action set pieces lack the same novelty factor and frenetic pace, but the stunts remain impressive. The performances of Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne as Furiosa deserve praise, as does Chris Hemsworth's insane portrayal of Dementus. Depending on the chosen viewing order, the perspective on both films changes drastically, but in the end, they remain essential recommendations to every movie lover out there." Rating: B+
CinemaSerf2024-05-28
★ 7/10
The young "Furiosa" (Alyla Browne) is captured by some rogue bikers and despite the best efforts of her sharp-shooting mother is help captive by the menacing "Dementus" (Chris Hemsworth) who rather paternally calls her "Little D"! This dystopian world really consists of three powers. The "Immortan Joe" (Lachy Hulme) in an unassailable citadel where food and water are plentiful, the "Guardian of Gastown" (Peter Stephens) who runs the last refinery producing petrol and the "Bullet Farm" - a quarry. They have a loose bartering arrangement that allows each to hold their own territory and this is arrangement "Dementus" and his army of thousands wants to take control of. He does manage to secure a better deal with "Joe" but only if he trades his "Little D" as part of the bargain. Once she's been duly swapped and introduced to his harem, she determines that she needs a new ID! Years go by as she passes for a boy, moves up the food chain at the Citadel and is finally sent on war-rig duties trading gas for food. It's now that she (Anya Taylor-Joy) encounters the war-rig driver "Praeteorian Jack" (Tom Burke) and, thinking he might be a conduit for her to get back home, joins forces for some battles royal. As origin stories go, this is good end to end stuff, quickly paced and packed with action right from the beginning. Hemsworth is highly entertaining as the prose-spouting monster and there are loads of supporting characters - the likes of "Smeg", "Rictus Erectus" and "Scrotus" to characterise these gangs of violent and ruthless half-wits. ATJ doesn't really have that much to do for most of this, and has virtually no dialogue - but when she is on screen she works well with her ninja skills coming to the fore. I didn't love the ending, it drags a bit and is entirely predictable, but this holds up well for 2½ hours and the stunt work and live-action photography is impressive.