{"id":16206,"date":"2015-09-07T00:10:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-07T04:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=16206"},"modified":"2015-09-07T07:00:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T11:00:50","slug":"mad-max-fury-road-2015-blu-raydvddigital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/07\/mad-max-fury-road-2015-blu-raydvddigital\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s been thirty years since George Miller made his visit to Mad Max\u2019s apocalyptic tundra, and with \u201cFury Road,\u201d it\u2019s almost as if he never left. The newest \u201cMad Max\u201d is a spectacle of pure raw filmmaking, while also brilliantly carving out a new chapter in the world of Mad Max. In a time where most post apocalyptic films are more dread soaked than anything, Mad Max storms the gates once again as the hero of the end of the world that we need, and the man who unwittingly plays a huge role in a massive war, once again. \u201cFury Road\u201d is an accomplishment on the part of Miller from beginning to end, exploring a world where Mad Max is a hero whose entire persona is carved out by his character and less by the person playing him. This makes it very easy for Tom Hardy to take on the role that Mel Gibson once made iconic.<\/p>\n

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Hardy is a brilliant replacement, garnering the same fury and quick wit of the original character, while also embodying the underlying psychotic tick that Mel Gibson perfected with his take on the character. Max is at the bottom of his barrel when we meet him in \u201cFury Road.\u201d He\u2019s lost hope, he\u2019s at wits end on how to continue pressing in the desert landscape, and he\u2019s haunted by the memories of all the souls he lost in his life. Events spiral out of control when he\u2019s kidnapped by the evil Immortan Joe, who runs the evil Citadel deep in the desert. He\u2019s used as a blood donor against his will for Joe\u2019s army of war boys, and bears witness to the Citadel\u2019s horrific grasp on humanity as it controls the water supply.<\/p>\n

While held hostage, he\u2019s led in to the middle of a conflict involving a powerful female warrior named Imperator Furiosa, who has seized a group of captive women and decide to break them free. In the efforts to save his own life, he finds a larger cause at hand, and soon enough Mad Max is back battling evil. Miller obviously cares deeply about the world he\u2019s created, building a harrowing and brutally terrifying wasteland that is uninhabitable. Miller hasn\u2019t lost his ability to introduce colorful and brutally memorable heroes and villains, opening up a wide gallery of villains that follow and serve the skull faced Immortan Joe, including the War Boy minions, and a guitar playing flame thrower named the Doof Warrior. While \u201cFury Road\u201d is a return to form for the character of Max Rockatansky, the film\u2019s true hero is Imperator Furiosa, as boldly played by Charlize Theron.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s a tough and ballsy savior who devotes her life to saving enslaved young women, and eventually garners sympathy from Max, who finds her cause inspiring enough to take on an entire empire. Furiosa is one of the banner female heroes of the year, written as a riveting and enigmatic avenger who practically steals the movie away from the titular Max. \u201cFury Road\u201d is one of the best films of 2015, as it treads the classic formula from Miller without feeling derivative or convoluted. \u201cFury Road\u201d is undoubtedly an official \u201cMad Max\u201d anthology entry, but one that also stands on its own level, upping the level of sophistication and character focus this time around. Miller knows Mad Max better than anyone, and busts the door wide open for more of the character and his myriad colorful and deadly characters.<\/p>\n

Featured on the Blu-Ray is \u201cMaximum Fury: Filming Fury Road\u201d a thirty minute look at the incredible special effects of the film, as well as the challenged the production team and cast endured, Miller\u2019s process, and the development of aspects like storyboards, and the script, right down to the wonderful chase sequences. \u201cFury on Four Wheels\u201d is a twenty three minute look at the machines and vehicles of the post-apocalypse and how they were designed and conceptualized. Production Designer Colin Gibson and co. explain how the vehicles were altered to convey character and personality. \u201cThe Road Warriors: Max and Furiosa\u201d is an eleven minute interview with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, both of whom discuss their characters, and praise George Miller endlessly for his accomplished filmmaking and ability to work within the harsh elements.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tools of the Wasteland\u201d is a fourteen minute look at the production design, and the meticulous details of Miller\u2019s world, from steering wheels, and tools, right down to small touches on the costumes, and the guitars. \u201cThe Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome\u201d is an eleven minute exploration of the actresses (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Zoe Kravitz, et al.) that plays the film\u2019s five wives, and how they approached each individual role. There are four minutes of Deleted Scenes without the final FX, including “I Am a Milker,” “Turn Every Grain of Sand” and “Let’s Do It.” Finally there\u2019s \u201cCrash & Smash,\u201d a four minute compilation of pre-production tests, BTS video and raw video footage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been thirty years since George Miller made his visit to Mad Max\u2019s apocalyptic tundra, and with \u201cFury Road,\u201d it\u2019s almost as if he never left. The newest \u201cMad Max\u201d is a spectacle of pure raw filmmaking, while also brilliantly carving out a new chapter in the world of Mad Max. In a time where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,71,617,794,906,922,1087],"class_list":["post-16206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-m","tag-post-apocalypse","tag-science-fiction","tag-sequel","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16206"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16244,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16206\/revisions\/16244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}