Enough imagination, wit and ingenuity to put recent Spielberg to shame.
– Derek Adams,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
rotten:
The punky energy of the earlier films has given way to a self-conscious striving for significance, obscuring Miller's considerable kinetic talents in favor of a lumpy didacticism.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
6 Jun 2007
fresh:
Gibson impressively fleshes out Max, Tina Turner is striking in her role as Aunty (as well as contributing two topnotch songs, which open and close the picture) and the juves are uniformly good.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Jun 2007
fresh:
Miller never falls back on the formulas that have become the bane of too many recent action films, and his sustained cuts lend a clarity to the proceedings.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
10 Jun 2008
fresh:
An astonishing display of virtuoso cinema that is destined to take its place among the most vivid and freshly imagined fist-to-groin contests in the medium's history.