Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Exhilarating entertainment -- and a textbook for sophisticated, popular moviemaking.
– Richard Corliss,
TIME Magazine,
25 Aug 2008
fresh:
A straightforward action/adventure film, filled to the brim with over-the-top chases and stunts.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
10 Jun 2008
fresh:
A film of pure action, of kinetic energy organized around the barest possible bones of a plot.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
30 May 2007
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For pure rhythm and visual panache, Miller has few real competitors; the climactic chase, with its deft variation of tempo and point of view, is a minor masterpiece.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
30 May 2007
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Miller's choreography of his innumerable vehicles is so extraordinary that it makes Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark look like a kid fooling with Dinky Toys.