Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) - ”Living For The Max” Series

Welcome to the Living for the Max series.  Over the past 45 years, there has been no other film franchise QUITE as inventive nor as consistently exciting as The Mad Max Saga….four films mostly chronicling the post-apocalyptic adventures of lone wolf Max Roxatansky played three times by Mel Gibson and most recently by Tom Hardy.  As each film has been directed by Australian cinematic genius George Miller, they have each reflected his unique vision while also being HUGELY influential on pop culture, more specifically the action genre.  So needless to say, new ones don’t come around very often and when they do….it MORE than qualifies as a cinematic EVENT.  Therefore over the next several months, I will be revisiting EACH entry of this beloved franchise every month leading up to the U.S. release of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga on May 24!  

Well the time has come, the latest installment of this beloved franchise has finally arrived nine years after the previous one.  Once again directed by George Miller but this time starring Anya Taylor-Joy (playing a younger version of the title role, taking over from Charlize Theron in the last one) and Chris Hemsworth as a new villain, the demented....Dementus. ;) This time around, we are being told the origin story of Furiosa kicking off with her earlier years as a young girl (Alayla Brown) living in the "Green Place" who is then kidnapped by some marauders who report to Dementus - she also sadly loses her brave mother (Charlee Fraser) in the process as well.   And what results is an epic revenge tale set once again in the post-apocalyptic Wasteland of Australia. where we also revisit settings and characters from previous entries.  Let's find out if one of the most highly anticipated franchise films of recent years lives up to the hype....

Host & Editor: Geoff Gershon
Producer: Marlene Gershon 

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