

Joe drives over the blockade in a monster truck and catches up with the Rig, allowing Nux to board and attack Furiosa again, but he trips before reaching the cab. The bikers detonate the canyon walls to block Joe and then pursue the Rig, only stopping when the fuel pod explodes. Furiosa drives through a canyon controlled by a biker gang, having arranged to trade fuel for her safe passage, but the gang turns on her when they spot an army approaching, forcing her to flee. He is overcome and thrown out, and Joe's army picks him up when they pass by. Nux boards the Rig as it leaves and attempts to kill Furiosa.

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Max tries to steal the Rig, but he does not know the code to bypass the kill switches, so he begrudgingly joins up with Furiosa and the wives. Max frees himself and restrains Nux, and Furiosa destroys their car.Īfter the storm, Max finds Furiosa repairing the Rig, accompanied by Joe's wives: Toast, Capable, the Dag, Cheedo, and Angharad, the last of whom is heavily pregnant with Joe's child. Furiosa drives into a sand storm and loses all of her pursuers, except Nux, who attempts to sacrifice himself to blow up the Rig. Nux joins the pursuit with Max strapped to his car, and a battle ensues. When Joe realises his five wives are fleeing in the Rig, he leads his army in pursuit of Furiosa, calling on the aid of Gas Town and the Bullet Farm. Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa, one of Joe's lieutenants, is sent in the armoured "War Rig" to trade produce for petrol and ammunition with two of Joe's allies. With the world a desert wasteland following societal collapse and warfare over resources, a survivor named Max Rockatansky, who is haunted by memories of all the people he has failed to protect, is captured and taken to warlord Immortan Joe's Citadel, where he is imprisoned and used as a "blood bag" for Nux, a sick War Boy. and Miller that delayed early efforts to produce follow-up projects, a prequel, Furiosa, is set for release on, with Miller returning as writer and director. įollowing a pay dispute between Warner Bros. Retrospectively, the film has been called one of the greatest action films of all time and one of the best films of the 2010s. The film was nominated for ten awards at the 88th Academy Awards, winning six, and received numerous other accolades. It won Best Film from the National Board of Review, and was also named one of the top ten films of 2015 by the American Film Institute. The film was praised by critics for its direction, writing, action sequences, musical score, technical aspects, and performances (particularly those of Hardy and Theron). It grossed $415.2 million at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing Mad Max film, but is estimated to have incurred overall losses of $20–40 million when all of the advertising and other costs are added to its $154.6–185.1 million production budget.

The film wrapped in December 2012, although additional footage was shot in November 2013.įury Road premiered in Los Angeles on, and was released in Australia on 14 May. Principal photography was delayed several more times before it actually began in July 2012. Hardy was cast as Max in June 2010, with production planned to begin that November. In 2009, Miller announced that filming would begin in early 2011. Miller decided to pursue the film again in 2007, after the release of his animated comedy film Happy Feet. Attempts to shoot the film in the 2000s were delayed numerous times due to the September 11 attacks, the Iraq War, and controversies surrounding star Mel Gibson, leading Miller to recast Gibson's role of Max Rockatansky. Miller came up with the idea for Fury Road in 1987, but the film spent many years in development hell before pre-production began in 1998. Set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland where petrol and water are scarce commodities, Fury Road follows Max Rockatansky, who joins forces with Imperator Furiosa against cult leader Immortan Joe and his army, leading to a lengthy road battle. The film stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, with Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough, Zoë Kravitz, Abbey Lee, and Courtney Eaton in supporting roles. The fourth instalment in the Mad Max franchise, it was produced by Village Roadshow Pictures, Kennedy Miller Mitchell, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment and distributed by Roadshow Entertainment in Australia and by Warner Bros. Miller collaborated with Brendan McCarthy and Nico Lathouris on the screenplay. Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 Australian post-apocalyptic action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by George Miller.
