MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Directed By: George Miller
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theoron
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

     Some have called it the best action movie ever made. Many have called it the best film of 2015. I call it a badass movie, but its not the best action I've ever seen. I still reserve that crown for the first Matrix movie. However, I definitely do understand why so many people have heralded this movie as one of the best. It's right up there with top action films such as the Matrix series, the Bourne movies, Fast Five, Die Hard 2, Iron Man part 1, Mission Impossible:Ghost Protocol, and SPEED. Mad Max: Fury Road mostly compares to SPEED, which is one of the best action movies of all time.
     The movie succeeds in delivering audiences a product with realistic, old school stunts, inane action sequences, and solid acting, in a genre over saturated with CGI (Computer Generated Imagery). Its refreshing to see some realistic action sequences! As much as I appreciate quality special effects, it seems all action movies over use CGI, such as Transformers, Spiderman, Avengers, all Super hero movies, Robot movies, Avatar and X-Men. All these types of movies rely on green screen and CGI action sequences. Mad Max:Fury Road is the antithesis of green screen. All these stunts you see in the movie were really filmed, with trained acrobats and stuntmen, filmed on location and using the dozens of cars seen on screen. It's an amazing spectacle of action packed and imaginative stunts that will leave you in suspense and amazement like no other movie has.
     My prediction is Hollywood will trend in the direction of limiting the use of green screen and CGI, in favor of back to basics realistic stunts, like the ones seen in Mad Max: Fury Road.This movie has a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes which is almost as impossible as Kim Jung Un running for President of the USA. You almost never see a rating that high for a mainstream movie released in theaters. Overall, I give this movie a 9 out of 10 for its thrilling ride of awesomeness, and keeping me on the edge of my seat like the movie SPEED.