DeadMansTrousers

Mad Max is one of my favourite film series and I was really looking forward to this prequel. I went into it viewing it as a standalone prequel film prepared to not compare it to any of the other films and I didn't. That said I felt that this was kind of disappointing for the origin story to what is regarded as one of the most popular action films in recent history (Fury Road). Don't get me wrong, there were many things that I enjoyed about this movie but without going into spoilers the events of this film go straight up into Fury Road and there are still gaps in Furiosa's story that are not explained in this film. Which leaves you to wonder is that it? Did they just not care to explain these points? Aside from that Anya Taylor Joy did give an excellent performance in this, I did however feel that she could've been given more to work with. This movie felt like it gave you everything and nothing at the same time with Furiosa's origin story. I would've loved to have seen more time focused solely on her and less time focused on the supporting characters.

Growing up in the 90s action films were a huge staple of what I watched and I would regularly rent whatever the new arrival was at the local rental store no matter who the star was, so I initially loved this series being that it was a huge nostalgic throwback to that era. Watching this latest instalment it feels like a major step away from the charm and nostalgia of what I grew up with and I am sad to say it seems like this is the end for the series. The greenscreen in this film sticks out like a sorethumb and looks awful, it makes you wonder where the 100 million dollar budget went. That's not to say the movie is unwatchable, it has it's moments and I did laugh at many of the jokes. But over all it seems like the series is running on empty and it's time to put this old dog to rest.

They advertise this as a baseball film with a religious backdrop but it's the exact opposite. The family and their religion is the main focus of this movie and the sons baseball career is just the backdrop to what is a religious film. I have no problems with films about religion but when something is sold as one thing and it turns out to be another I get annoyed by that. There is no reason why you should have to fool your audiences into thinking your movie is something that it's not. If your film has a good story then you don't need to dress it up as something else and trick people into watching it under false pretence. This movie is watchable for what it is, however it is very formulaic and your standard religion based film.