(Spoilers)
The movie starts with Max being captured by
Immortal Joe’s War Boys and is taken to the Citadel. Here Joe rules because he pumps underground
water up for the parched masses. Max is
used as a blood bag – he’s a Universal Donor – and is hooked up to transfuse
the War Boy Nux, who is slowly dying from … in reality probably a combination
of post-apocalyptic diseases.
Meanwhile, Furiosa sets off in a rig to a nearby
town for gasoline, or something. But she
turns off the road. This confuses her
escort at first, but she tells them it’s a raiding mission, or something. Joe figures out that Furiosa has “stolen” his
“wives.” So he sets out to reclaim them.
At first Nux was to stay behind, but he has them
hook Max up to his car so he can go and have a glorious death and be
reborn. There’s a chase and battle, and
Furiosa goes into a sandstorm with Nux right behind. He wrecks and Max has a chance to escape,
except he’s still chained to Nux.
Furiosa’s rig is plugged with sand, and while
she’s fixing it the wives are cutting off their chastity belts. Max shows up with Nux, and has them cut him
loose. He tries to steal the rig, but
Furiosa has it set so only she can drive it.
Max, Furiosa, and the wives come to a bit of a truce.
Furiosa had made a deal with a rival gang, but
they hadn’t planned on fighting all of Joe’s army, so they turn on them and
there’s a big fight. Most of Joe’s army
is delayed, but Joe’s car is still in the chase. Nux is onboard and has a chance to stop the
rig, but flops right in front of Joe.
One of the wives dies, and Joe is delayed.
Max learns that they are heading to the “Green
Place” which Furiosa remembers as a child.
One of the wives finds Nux hiding on the back of the rig, and comforts
him saying that perhaps he has an even grander death waiting for him. When the rig gets stuck in mud, Nux helps
them out.
They finally make it to the Green Place and
Furiosa is reunited with her people. But
the Green Place is no longer green. At
first, everyone but Max was going to try to cross this vast desert in the hopes
of finding someplace new. But Max
realizes that the Citadel – with all its water – is now undefended. So they all turn around to go back.
There’s a lot of chasing and fighting, Nux dies
blocking the road, Furiosa is hurt and loses a lot of blood but Max is a
Universal Donor, and Immortal Joe is killed.
Furiosa returns with Joe’s body, and there’s a big celebration. She’s a hero, and Max slips away in the
crowd.
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Of the four Mad Max movies, this is my
favorite. The reason is for something
some people had an issue with the movie: Furiosa. If the movie had just been Max shows up, the
wives hire him to help them escape, explosions, I would have thought it just an
okay movie, probably tied with Mad Max 2
as my favorite of the series. Because, I’ve
figured out, I’m not a fan of Max. He’s
an interesting character, but I don’t think he can hold a movie on his
own. Furiosa is more interesting. (I don’t know if it’s just because Beyond Thunderdome was the only other
Max movie I had seen, but when I think of interesting characters from the Max
Universe, Master Blaster is near the top.
I’ll have to think who I find more interesting; Furiosa or Master
Blaster.) If it wasn’t for the fact that
Furiosa is now just administering the Citadel, I’d be interested in a sequel
with her.
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