Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Well, that was exhilarating. Honestly, Mad Max: Fury Road might be the most fun I've had at the movies in quite some time. I spent the last couple weeks catching myself up on George Miller's action franchise after seeing how well Fury Road was doing critically. Long story short, the original films are now some of my favorite action movies. Flash forward thirty years, and Miller is back at it again, making the fourth Mad Max film. Without Mel Gibson. Skeptical? Don't be. If there's one thing George Miller knows how to do, it's direct an action film. Save for ten minutes in Beyond Thunderdome , he made three action films that centered around the action. In today's world, most action films try to go for emotional depth and complex scenarios only to drag themselves down with unnecessary clutter. While Fury Road does add narrative heft and some emotional backstory, it augments the action and doesn't distract from it. The one complaint I have with Mil...