FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA (2024)
Time for a prequel, and everything which that idea entails, in George Miller’s return to the wasteland after nine years. Are these characters worth revisiting? Is the world they inhabit enriched or shrunken by taking the story in this direction? These are the questions posed by his decision move backwards and focus on ideas and details that could have been left as foot notes or single lines of dialogue. Mad Max: Fury Road was of course very spare in terms of plot and told a story through visual detail and action set pieces. It was also an example of a film that didn’t necessarily need to exist after spending decades in development hell. So once again it’s time to wander into the irradiated ruins of the old world and see if it’s a road trip worth taking.
