Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) - Movie Review

[@Breadddward]

One thing is absolutely for sure, Chris Hemsworth looks like he’s having a blast.

[@CodyLeachYT]

He is!

[@999dawnfm]

how every cody review yall can’t keep chris name out yall mouths lmaoooo

[@Breadddward]

@@999dawnfm What on Earth are you talking about?

[@JadenApril]

@@999dawnfm ?

[@lawrence09151]

I thought he was leaving Hollywood

[@Bragalicious]

The movie does end with a time jump. The tree she’s growing obviously took several years.

[@brianharper1611]

It is still played by Anya though, which is distracting because Charlize Theron looks quite a bit different than her.

[@v2pictures300]

Charlize was Furiosa at the very end

[@brianharper1611]

@@v2pictures300 Well there is the second from last scene where Anya as Furiosa goes into the room and Joe's harem is there and then the following scene is them walking to the truck and then the movie ends. The very last scene there only shows Furiosa from behind, but the scene immediately before implies that she is there to help them escape.

[@v2pictures300]

@@brianharper1611 I just got out from watching it an hour ago. It's Charlize and she's the one helping the brides escape

[@brianharper1611]

@@v2pictures300 That is what I thought too actually, but Theron isn't credited anywhere as being in the movie. I also watched that scene today btw. Just making sure. Are you only talking about the very last moment of the movie when they are walking to the truck? That is the scene I just assumed it was Theron, because I actually thought that was just taken directly from Fury Road. I would be happy to find out it is Theron, because that would make more sense. Because the scene right before that is definitely Anya Taylor-Joy. Where she walks into the brightly lit room where the wives are. I literally just watched that scene.

[@StomDoth]

Mel Gibson had 16 lines in The Road Warrior.

[@joeabernathy5402]

Came here to say this. The most dialogue Max has is in Max 1

[@bratosin1]

Yep but that is 40 years old action movie , was the norm back in the days for the action dumb movies

[@joeabernathy5402]

@bratosin1 No, it wasn't. Lol

[@el_killorcure]

But he is still the main character, not someone's sidekick...

[@ubuu7]

​@joeabernathy5402 no one DESERVED dialogue outside the platinum tongued Immortan Joe. He is the only one worthy to speak. Only from him can we get this class of eloquence: You will ride eternal, shiny and chrome.

[@brianharper1611]

I didn't get the impression that the ending part was supposed to take place days later. I thought it was just jumping to that just to show the connection to Fury Road. The first time jump it uses a plant growing out of the side of the cliff and then it uses a tree to show the time jump at the end.

[@XboxPlaya231]

Facts I don't think he caught that lol

[@Cinna316]

Exactly! that was years later and I'm almost sure it was Charlize Theron at the end

[@craigraboteau7024]

@@Cinna316 It wasn't. It was Anya, but then the mid credits showed scenes from Fury Road and those were, of course, Charlize

[@DBZ003]

I also thought the [MILD SPOILER WARNING]….. tree growth at the end indicated a long passage of time.

[@virginiapicker]

Yeah, that’s a pretty big oversight in this review. Not only was there a tree growing out of the guy - one mature enough to bear fruit - but he was visibly older, hair grayer, etc, by a number of years. Only thing that could’ve communicated the passage of time more clearly would’ve been one of those SpongeBob “eight years later” captions.

[@OhhTier]

The Bullet Farm scene absolutely blew me away

[@ziggy8253]

I hope George Miller lives long enough to make that next Mad Max movie.

[@JeffCirillo]

Unlike Joe Biden, Miller seems sharp.

[@BloodeeJacob]

@JeffCirillo We’re talking about movies.

[@ScruffyWarlord]

@@BloodeeJacoband he’s talking about politics.

[@TwistedReality13]

He said recently in an interview he had no interest in making another movie about Max.

[@shwonsh]

​@@JeffCirilloTrump for the win

[@bonedrone9869]

Totally agree about how the relationship between Furiosa and Immortan Joe being waaay underexplored. That should’ve been the focus of the film I think, about her growing in his ranks and then questioning her place in it to the point of defecting.

[@king_supreme1102]

Im confused. Her mission was always to get revenge on Dementus, and get back to the green place. Do you think she actually wanted to be with Immortan Joe? She was there out of necessity. They show that she’s really good at her job, then there’s a time jump (to get to adult Furiosa) and she’s still good at her job. What’s the confusion? She was just very competent and was there for years. That’s how she rose up the ranks. Then she got a bigger reputation by working with Praetorian Jack, who they talk about like a hero.

[@fabiosilva9637]

Fury road’s main theme is about redemption not revenge. Her relationship with joe is boss and subordinate. He wanted to kill her because she took his property. She took the wives because she was compassionate. She killed joe because it’s either she kills him or he kills her. That’s it.

[@EntrEsprit]

i just didn't get how Joe completely forgot about her existence? She was as valuable for him as the other girls, so how could he not track her or didn't even recognize her when she came directly to him at the end of the movie

[@asharber9397]

I think the movie is awesome and with the Immortan Joe stuff I feel like he had so many wives he didn’t notice her being gone since she was so young, and she didn’t appear as a girl until she was old enough that it would be hard to tell it was the same person

[@virginiapicker]

And by then she had already proven her worth as a driver and a mechanic. A good one. I just got the feeling that even if Immortan Joe had recognized her, he was transactional enough to realize that she was more worth to him as a driver and a hardened fighter than as a wife at that point. And, that ties into something that the history dude told Furiosa when she was young, when they were in the cage together, and he was trying to teach her. He told her she should make herself invaluable in some way. And she did.

[@EntrEsprit]

i got a bit confused on this part. Did he even realize it was the same girl, when she came to him grown up? He (and his crew) surely had to know she either went missing or disguise as a worker. I mean there was no other girls who were fighters or drivers right, so he should've put two and two together?

[@rovynsadphire246]

4:07 I disagree, like you said. She did what she could with the character. She plays the younger version. Of course she's going to be less captivating. She's literally years behind. Young Furiosa is supposed to be less seasoned. She's still young. That's why she delivered the "Remember me?" Line in a question form in this movie. She's a bad ass as a girl but lethal when she becomes a woman.

[@jeffn4836]

Since discovering your channel about 3 months ago, you have turned into my favorite reviewer on KZbin. You are consistent , you put out tons of content and you have original thoughts.

[@CodyLeachYT]

Thank you

[@jeffn4836]

@@CodyLeachYT You got it, man

[@seanyonthemic]

I LOVED Fury Road so much. It was my introduction to Mad Max even though I was familiar only in name. So when this was announced I was excited but I’ve tempered my expectations because it’s not Max driven. I’m kind of along for the ride because I like Miller’s style and the movie looks good. So I’m very much looking forward to it. Seeing late tonight in IMAX.

[@maskedman5657]

Update us on the movie

[@seanyonthemic]

@@maskedman5657 Just got out of it about an hour ago, and I really enjoyed it. It was an unexpected slow burn at times, but still very engaging and exciting when the action kicks in and the performances all around were fantastic. Hemsworth was having a ball playing the demented Demuntus. And Anya Taylor Joy did great as Furiosa. She plays the strong silent hero this time around much like Max usually does in this Franchise. Its no Fury Road, but its not trying to be. Many of the shots were awesome even if there was some spotty green screen visuals that are extremely noticeable. I don’t hate prequels and this one feels unnecessary. HOWEVER, the passion behind it clearly has merit.

[@maskedman5657]

@@seanyonthemic thanks for the feedback

[@michaelcoffey1991]

@Cody. Appreciate you always calling it as you see it

[@MichaelTomsyck]

As a big Mad Max fan, I thought this movie was very well done. It’s a movie that clearly had plenty of the style from Fury Road, but it also had a story that was absolutely worth telling. Unlike Fury Road, the movie spans many years and tells a large scale story, which I thought worked great for this specific movie. And even though George Miller is turning eighty next year, he still delivers great action. Overall, big fan of this film.

[@fromtexas2734]

Yeah, but which one of the _Mad Max_ movies is your #1 favorite, though?

[@MichaelTomsyck]

@@fromtexas2734 Fury Road. It has all of George Miller’s energy and visuals from the first three films but with a $150,000,000+ budget in the twenty-first century. I do love Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior as well though.

[@fromtexas2734]

@@MichaelTomsyck I've actually never ever seen "Fury Road," but I did buy the Blu-Ray of it just today from a Walmart. And very soon, I will give it a watch. And funny enough, I also went to go see "Furiosa" at my local theater today. Thank you for the reply. 😃👍

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Fury Road was very light on Plot and Furiosa shows what happens behind that movie. I have mixed feelings about both movies I think Furiosa is a little better

[@GCballer307]

Yes! Thank you! That was my biggest gripe was that no one seemed to have any reaction after she spent years purposely concealing her gender. What was the point then?!

[@EntrEsprit]

I agree, the Joe-Furiosa part was a little odd. He traded the girl, and then just kinda forgot about her. Even when the workers were pointing out at her skinny appearance, compared to other men, and they bailed on that

[@christianlourenco9452]

I loved it. The action isn’t as mind blowing as Fury Road but I like that it focuses more on fleshing out its characters and world building and I think it enhances Fury Road. I just don’t want to wait 9 years for the next one.

[@sammoore7492]

I completely respect and agree with a lot of what you had to say as always! BUT given the fact that the tree was almost fully grown and Damascus was very much malnourished, I would say the ending hinted that it was a good year or more to go onto fury road rather than a week or a day like you said etc. Unless I got confused what you were talking about. (Anya Taylor Joy however does not look Charlize Therons age like you said)

[@deepakkumar99933]

I dont think people on the interwebz have watched the movie and are simply judgmental just for the heck of it. Furiosa is a cinematic masterpiece that has left me speechless! The time and patience one has to dedicate their life, in making a lifetime work, coupled with an unquenchable thirst to provide sheer awe and cinematic brilliance technically and emotionally, stands out at every single minute throughout the movie. Apocalyptic genres are quite easy to enact, since they require an astute understanding of how humans operate on baseline consciousness. George Miller did a fantastic job at delivering this exact sentiment. I am overall pleased with the aesthetic cinematic treatment compared to its predecessor for continuity and not overdoing with CG. Dramatic pacing and character introduction is given justice with sufficient screen time to develop their story arcs and finale plot. The wasteland is merciless and spares nobody. Flawless execution 10/10.

[@derkeheath5172]

During the second attempt to film Fury Road around 2010, Furiosa was actually planned to be filmed at the same time. Fury Road would have been released shortly after Furiosa, making it even MORE like Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2. Unfortunately, the studio said, "Hell no!" Miller than tried to have Furiosa released as an animated movie before Fury Road, and that failed to happen as well due to studio negativity.

[@Mortalstefan]

I think this is the best madmax movie. I liked the world building, with all the other factions. This was the right way to fleshing out a movie

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

This isn't a Mad Max film...lol

[@Mortalstefan]

@@TheKingOfAllHorror it is. its in the mad max universe.....so

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

@@Mortalstefan Still not an actual Mad Max film...lol

[@DameunPutazo]

Fury Road doesn’t take place a few days later. It’s implied that she planted that seed and it turned into a tree. She is seen giving the slaves some of the fruit. That doesn’t take days to grow. That’s my takeaway.

[@cmmosher8035]

Earlier on the film they showed the passage of years with the tree growing on the cliff face with her wig when she ages from the younger actress to Taylor Joy. I think the peach tree growing was meant to indicate years as well

[@jamestoner3900]

As a casual fan of Mad Max who ADORES Fury Road and loves The Road Warrior (1981) film, the other two not so much I'll definitely be checking this out, I have to admit I was worried about when this came out how were they going to put Immortan Joe in the story, I originally believed he was going to appear at the end and either kidnap or rescue her but soon as I saw the trailer and we had seen a younger Immortan Joe my worries were put to rest, it's nice to hear that we're getting to explore Gas Town and The Green Place, but the biggest mystery to me is how did furiosa lose her arm?, I also thought from The Trailers that Dementus was a Rival to Immortan Joe, Come on George Miller before u leave this world give us another Tom Hardy Mad Max Film, I'd love to see Kylie Minoque as a Mad Max Villain, maybe she could be this Generation's Tina Turner Character from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, Hugh Jackman would be another great addition to Mad Max Immortan Joe is one my favorite Movie Villains

[@maskedman5657]

MEDIOCRE

[@keithjackson4985]

Yes, we do need a look backwards! Especially when you have a director who is concerned about the quality of his product! I will be seeing this soon

[@TheKingOfAllHorror]

We quite literally never need a prequel

[@Timelord007]

Would've preferred a Mad Max sequel than a Fury Road prequel & focus on the character of Max. Excellent review 👍

[@billjones5741]

Yup. We all would’ve.

[@BloodeeJacob]

@billjones5741 eh I wouldn’t say “all” lol I remember Theron being more popular than Hardy and we’ve already had a few films focusing on that character. I get Miller branching out a bit.

[@markboon2024]

I'd prefer a sequel but I don't really want a further exploration of Max, himself. What makes him a great character imo, is that all we get is the bare minimum. He's a cynical loner with a tragic past who always ends up being roped into doing the right thing. A classic action hero, nothing deeper is really needed.

[@Infamous1892]

​​@@BloodeeJacobIf Theron's Furiosa is so popular, then why aren't people watching this movie like Fury Road? The real issue is we're stuck in the past trying to flush out more unnecessary back story instead of looking forward to the future and what happens after Fury Road. People don't like Prequels because they have little to no stakes. This movie is like Rogue One. We're depending on another movie to make me care about this movie. This movie has to stand on its own and it can't.

[@BloodeeJacob]

@Infamous1892 lol Fury Road weirdly didn’t blow up the box office either. It should’ve been a blockbuster but it wasn’t.

[@TheNetflixNook]

I feel like this could have been a two part special on max. First half covers the Alyala era of Furiosa and the second covering Anya's story.

[@N0TxSURE]

I want to know if the clan where Furiosa came from build that oasis by turning people into plants

[@TheNetflixNook]

probably. or at the very least it was their version of corporal punishment

[@GIJOE-24]

Hell yeah! How about "horror movies by generation ranked" video I find myself enjoying 80's horror the most

[@Guru-ue2yp]

Just left the theater, it was a great movie!

[@michaelc1626]

I definitely see what you are saying about the end Anya Taylor Joy not really matching up with Fury Road Furiosa, but I never took it as being "a few days" between the movies...there was time for that tree to grow, and have its first full fruit...to me that said it had been a few years AT LEAST

[@SuperMurray2009]

Im SUPER excited for this movie. Probably gonna watch it this weekend. This and Alien Romulus are the only movies I might go to the movies to see in theaters.

[@bratosin1]

Deadpool 3 ? Joker 2 ?

[@jasonchilado]

This is just me, but it’s good to support original movies too

[@vikingchad44]

Agree with most of your points for sure. I really loved the movie but had issues. It's sort of the Rogue One of the Mad Max series. Neither film was needed, we know the outcome of both, but they were both great movies and added world building and some new characters and set pieces. I have to say Furiosa stuck with me and is still in my head. I woke up the next morning still thinking about it. A lot of allegory there and plenty to think about. I appreciated Furiosa's mother. She never hesitated. She reminded me of Darth Maul in that way. Haha. Imagine if Darth Maul was someone's mom, that's Mary Jabassa. Just went to straight to work and relentless to the death. Good review.

[@DesiSJ]

Have you seen Bad Times at the El Royale? Hemsworth was fantastic as the cult leader and 100% I could see how someone would've been enamoured enough to fall into that space. I'm so glad that he's not being pigeonholed as Thor type characters because there's a lot of talent there. I just hope Tom Holland can do the same. I watched The Crowded Room with him (its so heavy) but he was fantastic in that and it should've gotten more attention.

[@db66-i6i]

texas chainsaw the beginning is the ultimate prequel in my eyes

[@maskedman5657]

Didn't love it. It's aight

[@andreimcallister1365]

That’s temple of doom for me

[@ajnunez8788]

Naww that goes to the Friday the 13th remake big dawg

[@ajnunez8788]

@@ATown-z3p one of the best Friday movies bro. What u talmbout

[@fromtexas2734]

"Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" is TRASH.

[@Smile-hk7vd]

13:06 I think that what's happened in the ending. It's the older version of her. Not the last 30 minutes but only the very last scene

[@CodyLeachYT]

Well it’s awkwardly edited if that’s the case. You see Anya walk into the wives room and then right into the war rig.

[@Smile-hk7vd]

@@CodyLeachYT The fact that they kept Anya in that scene is definitely confusing but then i notice one specific character that stuck in the tree looks so old compare to the previous scene. So i guess that's supposed to be a time jump. But yeah, i agree with you it's awkwardly edited

[@BloodeeJacob]

@CodyLeachYT I get what you mean but the glimpse we see of her face in the shadows going onto the rig ironically looked a little like Charlize to me. Maybe it was on purpose in that sense.

[@CHAINSAWLOVE77]

THE FAST & THE FURIOSA!!!!!!

[@polreamonn]

Crossover - Is there any word more exciting in the English language?

[@EntrEsprit]

Yeah i thought one of the good choices for this movie was how they flesh out the characters and show us more of how this world circulates; because they knew they probably aren't going to match the non stop intensity of Fury Road, so they went in with a more story centric approach, while also giving us a couple of amazing action sequences.

[@jasonleonard4000]

Cody, your videos always make my day! I enjoy your fair and detailed analysis of film. Rock On, my Metal brother!!

[@clarissawestbrook2203]

As a HUGE movie lover/fanatic and aspiring actress I throughly enjoyed Furiosa. It’s in my top five favorite movies of 2024 thus far. This was another good movie review Cody. ❤❤❤❤

[@tomdue9782]

you should do a mad max ranking

[@bulbbulb9210]

I definitely prefer the quiet protagonist that speaks more through their actions than not in my Mad Max world. Because of the way the world is vastly moving and nothing relied on heavy explanations and you can just vibe with it really. So idk if i agree with you.

[@patricksmith2629]

How did you get that the ending of this film sets up only a few days between the start of Fury Road?? I just watched both and I totally think there can be years until Fury Road. Maybe I missed something?

[@CodyLeachYT]

She’s loading the wives into the war rig. That’s the inciting incident of Fury Road.

[@ScruffyWarlord]

@@CodyLeachYTyes but when she loads the wives into the war rig, they’re insinuating that she’s already “the Charlie Theron older” version of furiousa. We know this becuase the actress in that scene is no longer Anya Taylor Joy , it’s a taller stand in actress for Charlize Theron. I just watch the movie last night and I can assert this to be true. No where does it imply that it takes place “a few days after”. In fact it implies that it’s years after. I think you should edit your review on this. It creates a false perception about the film for those who haven’t seen it.

[@patricksmith2629]

@@CodyLeachYT hmm got it! Maybe my memory of the last minute of the movie is fuzzy.

[@CodyLeachYT]

Possibly. I’d have to watch it again. It was definitely Anya when she walked into the room with the brides. Then it immediately cuts to the war rig.

[@TheThird1977]

A fair and balanced review. One thing I would like to pick up on though is the "didn't ask for this" talking point. Now, to clarify, this is not just with Cody here, it's a general thing I've seen for years and years in relation to many movies, games, books, TV shows, etc. Just because no-one asked for something doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I mean, no-one asked for John Carpenter's The Thing or Halloween, no-one asked for Die Hard, no-one asked for Michael Mann to remake L.A. Takedown, no-one asked for The Terminator, etc, etc, etc, but we were thankful we got them anyway. I understand where the viewpoint is coming from, but "no-one asked for this" should not be considered as a reason for marking a movie down a rating point or two.

[@MVPMVE]

You completely missed his point. He said "nobody asked for this" in relation to remakes/prequels specifically. All the examples you listed were original IPs with a contained story, and if you'll notice, Terminator Dark Fate, The Thing 2011, and Halloween 2018 are all soft reboots or prequels that fall way short of the _original contained IP._ Taking away the mystique by making a movie that is essentially a long exposition dump because we know how it must end (prequel) or know the major beats coming in (remake/reboot) is what nobody is asking for, especially when the result is inferior, and should be dinged for that demerit to the IP.

[@TheThird1977]

@@MVPMVE You completely missed my point as I was talking about the concept in general and made a specific point of stating it wasn't just in reference to this video here.

[@MVPMVE]

@@TheThird1977 Ah. Then I guess I just disagree, as Cody and most others disagree as well. Nothing exists in a vaccuum, and if you're expanding an original concept into a prequel or remake, then it will be measured as how it _adds to the original._ Otherwise you'd make _an original concept._ If it is good, it will stand out, like a Days of Future Past. And if it is found lacking or otherwise then the result will be critiqued as whether it was even worth the cost of production and consumer spending. I don't think that's an unfair metric. Movies are expensive to make and expensive to see, and entirely elective on both counts, so remakes/prequels when the original IPs exist and were good will have to "justify" their existence. It is what it is.

[@TheThird1977]

@@MVPMVE That's cool; the world would be a dull place if we all agreed. Again, to be clear though, I'm talking about the "nobody asked for this" statement, which, TO ME, is a strange complaint because "no-one asked" for a lot of fantastically-received movies and in reviews it is never mentioned that "nobody asked for this", so, TO ME, saying "nobody asked for this" isn't something that should be brought up only to be a negative in a review.

[@MVPMVE]

@@TheThird1977 I think you might be misunderstanding where I'm coming from. I am not talking about "nobody asked for this" _original movies._ I'm talking about "nobody asked for this" _remakes and prequels._ There's a huge difference. A remake or prequel does not and cannot be unique because it is based on someone else's creation, and a _bad_ remake or sequel means that not only is it riding the coattails of an original concept, but it was worse and detracts from its inspiration by betraying characterization or lore or whatnot. Have you never noticed that the "nobody asked for this" complaint is almost exclusively for the remakes and prequels? Imaginary is a terrible horror movie from earlier this year, but the complaint is not "who asked for this?" because it was an original story. Nobody "asks" for stories, you toss it out there and hope it's good, and if it's not, hey, it was always gonna be a toss up _because_ it is untethered to anything prior. But once you establish a character, a setting, a world, an IP, there will come expectations, and when you fail those with stuff _nobody asked for_ it will be called out. Because nobody asks for their existing IPs to be devalued! I hope I was clearer explaining.

[@daltonpierce8538]

It leads up to it does have a time jump of years if you remember the tree growing at the end out of (spoiler). Trees take time to grow so that informs the viewer on the time jump.

[@mychunkyjordi7585]

I haven't seen Fury Road yet but it was suggested on another review I saw to watch this then Fury Road so going to do that when Furiosa is released on physical in England. Great review as always 😊👍🐾💜

[@danfarmer3019]

I’m worried about the visuals in this movie. Fury Road is in my top 15 movies of all time and my favourite thing in it was the beautiful practical effects. There was only a little CGI when needed. It reminded me of the great action movies of the 80’s and 90’s. The trailers for Furiosa look promising in parts, but the heavy use of CGI looks bad in my opinion. I’m not sure about everyone else but it really affects my opinion of a movie and my immersion when i can see blatant green screen backgrounds. Hopefully it’s not as egregious as it looks.

[@biguy617]

I know one of the characters in the Second Mad Max movie had Virginia Hey who played a great characters in both the movies and in Science Fiction as Zhaan’s in Farscape.

[@darkhymnsfromthecoldnorth]

I love Anya. But I felt like she stuck out a bit, kinda took me out of the movie in a weird way. I think she was slightly miscast. Just my personal opinion.

[@ScruffyWarlord]

Yes I could totally understand your point of view. I personally think it needed to be someone unknown to Hollywood.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

You have the same veiw on prequals as me, If you know the outcome then whats the point? It takes away the stakes...you know they are gonna survive. I think Rogue one did it well by inserting a different set of characters and actually adding to star wars but apart from that I can't think of another example.

[@CodyLeachYT]

There are times that they can do something compelling even though we know where things are heading. More often than not it doesn’t hit completely for me.

[@maskedman5657]

It depends on how good the Prequel Is. Have you never seen Godfather 2?

[@shannonbayley3684]

2 good examples (for horror) are Ouija: Origins Of Evil (the first was terrible, this prequel was actually fantastic) and Orphan: First Kill - right up there with the original.

[@MVPMVE]

The Thing 2011 was okay

[@transformersfan3509]

Their making another prequel but will focus on Max from Fury Road and will explain the Illusions he kept having about the little girl he kept seeing.

[@Acme633]

I don't mind a prequel if it helped to understand more the characters that we see in the first film, but this is not the case with this prequel and the only thing we learned was how she lost an arm. The rest - including the revenge - did not actually affect the original film with Dementus and Jack long dead. Furiosa's history was dragged out too long. We learned that she suffered as a child, but we don't need one-third of the film devoted to that and with a different actress playing her. The film was slow at times and even the revenge was a bit disappointing. Furiosa played no part in the fighting and after the battle was won, took forever to hunt Dementus down. As a prequel, what was notably missing - but in my opinion crucial - was the relationship that developed between Furiosa and Immortan Joe and how that changed over time. Furiosa helped him in his victory, and they should be the best of friends. What led Furiosa to become disgruntled later and help the women to escape was not explained, except we know that was what started off the original film. Yes, I also feel the film needs a better story.

[@king_supreme1102]

Some constructive criticism for you Cody. Some of your mixed and negatives can be explained when you connect the dots. Things are inferred. 1. There is a sizable time jump at the end. For starters, we know that tree had to grow. Idk how much you pay attention to trees, but they take forever to grow. It easily could’ve taken years for it to grow to the size that it did. That’s not to mention the terrible conditions it’s growing in. Secondly, we know the war rig in this movie was destroyed, and that they’ll now have to build the war rig we see in Fury Road. The War Rig in fury road is real grimy looking, compared to the one in Furiosa that looks brand new (because it is). So we can infer that the one in Fury Road took years of wear and tear between the movies. That’s not even taking into account how long it took to build the new war rig. Lastly, Furiosa is not imperator by the end of her movie. And she is by the start of Fury Road. Another indication of a sizable time jump. Also, you’re just thinking too deeply about her relationship with Immortan Joe. She was never invested in that relationship. She worked with him out of necessity, and to gain the recourses to get to the green place. We know this. There was never any fallout between them. She was just biding her time with him. We did not need to see any bonding or falling out. We know why she was there, and why she left. There was never anything else that we needed to know there. And to my knowledge, she never told anyone there her name when she first got there. So we don’t even know that any of them are aware that adult Furiosa is the same person as that little girl. And Dementus didn’t recognize her as an adult until she told him either. Not to mention, Joe’s son (the one she escaped from as a child) started to recognize her as an adult but it then gets brushed off. And then he never says anything else about it, even when he can see her full face. So if he never fully recognizes her, then why would Joe?

[@jessehitzroth6982]

I thought the film was good, but “Fury Road” is an action masterpiece and this no matter having its own tone etc will be compared to it. Sadly the film just doesn’t offer enough for me, it’s nice to return to the world, but not much is really added. I would say it’s worth checking out but I was definitely expecting more. 6 out of 10

[@GoranKlintenheim]

Another great review and video! Thanks Cody, I recently discovered you and you’ve quickly become one of my top movie KZbinrs 👍🙏 But though I’m with you on the “more sequels and less prequels” line of thought, I’m still glad creators do what the want to do instead of just doing what the audience wants them to do 😊 George Miller is a true artist, and I’m glad he does what he wants and not what we want. Like all creators should 👍 Have a great day 🌞

[@virginiapicker]

I thought this movie was darn near perfect. Epic, best dialogue of any of them, IMO, and it’s the perfect prequel to Fury Road. It’s 2 hours and 44 minutes long, but I was almost sorry when it was over.

[@mindofanerdreviews8872]

Felt like I was on a island with this one. It was my most anticipated movie of the year and I left so disappointed and it was cause of everything you said…wish it would’ve been amazing🤷🏻‍♂️

[@Fzane-mn8fh]

95% of the people beg to differ. It was amazing!!!

[@mindofanerdreviews8872]

@@Fzane-mn8fhI’m happy for you

[@SeanKennyYT]

You're not alone. Has crazy hype at the moment but once it dies down it will come back down to earth. Meh Max, Fury Road was far superior

[@dazz9881]

@@Fzane-mn8fh Did the "island with this one" not clue you that the poster didn't think they had the majority opinion?

[@randomanton]

im with you i was completely disappointed. it was fine , but the more i look back its like 6/10 , bad pacing, characters making decisions they would never make, plot holes, cgi, too long, voiceovers to rush the ending. probably more i cant remember at the moment.

[@GenoSeneca]

1 FURY ROAD 2 FURIOSA 3 MAD MAX 4 MAD MAX: The Road Warrior 5 MAD MAX: Beyond Thunderdome

[@rovynsadphire246]

9:41 You assumed that impression, I don't think it was that deep. She was always surrounded by messed up looking people. I just think she was hot in the pants for someone she finds attractive. But not necessarily in love. Didn't hold the movie back at all.

[@CodyLeachYT]

No they were clearly planning on running away together...and him being tortured to death by Dementus just reignited her vengeance. If you didnt see it that way, that's fine...thats art. I think it was pretty heavily suggested.

[@brajeshsingh2391]

My review Background - Furiosa tells the origin story of Furiosa. How she was kidnapped as young kid by a group of deadly desert warriors led by Dementus. And how she grows up and seeks revenge on them to become Furiosa. Dislikes - Plenty. I fundamentally agree with Cody. I too do not like prequels because I never like the idea of taking a story backwards. Its inherently difficult to take a plot backwards because its our natural instinct to know what happens next in a story rather than what happened before. Unless there is a solid connection of the plot to the past. Which is why prequels never work. I mean barring the Hobbit Trilogy I cannot think of any trilogy that has really done well. And that did well mainly because of the grand spectacle and world building of Peter Jackson. I mean look at the Amazon Lord of the Ring's series. Never found its feet. Because they could never really generate any interest in the back story. Jeff Bezos must be still tearing his leftover hair over the 200 million Amazon spent on it. Furiosa suffers from the same fate. The plot never generates any interest. I mean it does not help that this is a plot of very limited ideas. You definitely feel the 2 hrs runtime. And by the end you feel the makers were completely out of ideas and just forced a connection between the 2 movies. Final Thoughts - Furiosa never really gets going after a interesting start. There is just no story to hold the main plot or link it to the source movie. And the screenplay is very ordinary lacking any emotional depth or thrills and even logic. It clearly appears that the writers could not integrate or connect the main plot of the story i.e. the revenge drama with the origins of the Mad Max Fury Road. Hence the entire plot feels cluttered and just lacks any substance. I give Furiosa a 5. This is an ill-conceived Prequel.

[@ngin98]

I think a scene with immortan joe taking another kid wife at the end would’ve perfectly bookend the transition from furiosa to fury road

[@simonbrandy9662]

After all the hype about it being better than Fury Road. As I suspected, people have gone overboard. Great review Codey. I will go & see it at the weekend. It's always better to have lower expectations.

[@v2pictures300]

Complains movie is more of the same, wears a Friday the 13th part 4 shirt. In all seriousness though, how long do you think it takes a tree to grow from a seed? This didn't go straight into Fury Road. There's a significant time jump and Charlize was Furiosa during the tree scene.

[@jacketernity4609]

Great review as always! Sounds like they needed to pick a storyline & just flush out one of them oppose to trying to do both.

[@asharber9397]

the movie is awesome and I think they did want he wanted to do to a T

[@jeffcarlin5866]

Hopefully, ANOTHER film is forthcoming. Hopefully, Furiosa is a HUGE success on home video -- on D.V.D. and on Blu-ray AND on 4K U.H.D. Furiosa was never going to be better than Fury Road, but it was still an excellent film. Was it too long? Yes. Terrifier 2 was too long as well. I loved both.

[@daniloassis8958]

thank you for being purposefully obtuse bro gotta love your kind

[@ninjabombing0106]

Thanks to your review I’m watching the first four right now and enjoying 1&2 and starting 3 then fury road so far I’m enjoying this franchise love the practical stuff in this❤ definitely gonna watch Furiosa

[@CodyLeachYT]

The Road Warrior and Fury Road are by far the best imo

[@coreycarnegie5990]

Judging by that puppy interview, I assume Hemsworth will be doing a horror film very soon and can't wait to see what he decides to do. I've still to watch Fury Road so this movie isn't a must watch at the moment😊 Great review Cody! Just checked out Boy Kills world and its shot right up in my ranking😁

[@D-Town-7639]

Idk..... The trailer looks like an old spice commercial.

[@kanielabarcai6182]

Ok

[@MSgt_0699]

Yet another great Wasteland movie from George Miller. He is such a master. And I would think that Furiosa, stuck back in the Citadel, having watched the wives being used as breeding cattle for years, which is what Furiosa was going to be, would be enough incentive to take them with her in her plot to escape. That's what I gathered anyway.

Best review of the movie, I agree 100%. Nice job.

[@ichigen511]

I appreciate your view on the matter but I do always wonder why some people don't feel the desire to explore the past I feel like it's a very human need and desire to help us understand ourselves and the world around us. I love prequels they just aren't always done well it's a hard thing to get right. Anyways, good luck with your channel!

[@Fixxxer07082]

100% agree with your final negative! Mind-blowing how big of a plot hole that seemed to be. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Fonzflicks]

Going to watch this film this weekend, but something about the trailers make it feel cheap compared to Fury Road. Your review seems about what I was expecting. Anyone who says Max was always a side character is kidding themselves including the Red Letter Media guys. He's like Daryl Dixon of WD. Hardy is Dixon in the Walking Dead main show, but Gibson is Dixon in his own series. I liked Fury Road a lot, but the way the movie is shot and told almost makes it seems like a fantasy movie. I do like that, but I still prefer the aesthetic of the Road Warrior. It might be that the film didn't have a large budget and that Fury Road was always Miller's vision of the story, but I like that dirty, gritty style of the character and world compared to the fantasy style of the Fury Road. I guess it kind of makes sense since these stories are like folk tales of the character and now Furiosa.

[@biguy617]

I could see Anya growing into Charolize’s version of the character.

[@jasonchilado]

Hey Cody you going to do a ranking of the franchise now?

[@Voltairewitch]

Cody but doesn’t Furiosa offers the peach to the wives indicating that time in deed has passed? Unless I misread that scene 😊

[@bushidoblues9302]

Was anyone else the only one at their theater? I was and I feel they really dropped the ball by not continuing on with the Mad Max character. Like you said good action, but weak on plot and characters.

[@markmononoke7672]

This movie was so much bonkers fun! Loved it. I thought the ending was the weakest part, but really didn’t bring the movie too far down for me.

[@BougieProletarian]

i watched this yesterday, and i believe that the last scene (the one that leads directly into fury road) is supposed to be several years later.

[@my3rs307]

Is ranking coming?

[@ingridplaza2867]

I loved fury road, but I found furiosa to be disappointing. I love slow burn movies (recently really enjoyed “I saw the TV Glow”), but for a mad max movie with very little dialogue, it needs to have a faster pace. Similar to you, I found Furiosa to be too slow, and I found myself bored. Ironically, I decided to do a double feature, and I watched Furiosa right after I watched “Challengers,” and I was surprised with how much more thrilling Challengers was when compared to Furiosa. I was shocked with how much of a high/rush “Challengers” gave me. I was expecting Furiosa, as the second half of a double feature, to continue that adrenaline rush, but it just felt like a slog. I would never have predicted Challengers to be more of a shot in the arm than Furiosa, but it most definitely was. If you take anything from this comment, please see challengers before it leaves theaters. We need more movies like it

[@Airbourne-Rocker]

Thanks for another great vid Cody!

[@pavlik82]

Love the shirt!

[@DeaunteMccombs-t8e]

Hey great movie review as always Cody😎🤝🏽and was wonder if you ever thought about doing a Top 10 Horror movie Theme song list

[@daver4347]

Yeah the part that kind of aggravated me and this movie is was kinda a fan of the Hawking Rictus Erectus in fury road and in this movie they did his character dirty by making him a creep just so Furioso can escape 🙄 especially when they establish that she’s clever you’d think she’d wanna stay and explore and learn about her surroundings and then escape on her own but instead they made that character until like a creep and then she was able to survive on her own by disguising herself for that long I just not buying it but besides that the rest the movie was pretty solid .

[@killswitchred19]

FYI the Mad Max video game from 2015 connects the dots between Furiosa and Mad Max: Fury Road.

[@JenMistress]

A Mad Max movie without vehicles is like a slasher movie without a body count, so glad the first positive insured that. 😉 I didn't know about this movie until reviews started dropping on KZbin, which is slightly better than Fury Road which I didn't know about until the Blu Ray came out, but does sound interesting, so I'll probably check it out at some point. Thank you, Cody.

[@SonnyBLightSun]

Jodie Comer presumably was one of the leading casting options for Furiosa. Haven't seen her work yet, but facially ( especially if you add the forehead black paint) she looks like a younger Theron. Anya is pretty good. She's not bad or excellent. Some people might say she was MEDIOCRE! especially when compared to Chris, who steals every scene he is in. Showing Furiosa willingly rip her arm off would have been powerful. Thought they were going to give Anya an emotional scene where she goes from heartbreak to hatred over the death of Praetorian Jack. If anything, they should have had a scene where its like in Terminator 2, where Sarah dreams of kyle comforting her dreams about the feminine side of herself that she lost. Not a dream in Furiosa, but just a moment where she can be feminine for just a little, adding a little more layers to her. Especially adding a little of Jack teaching Furiosa skills.

[@BloodeeJacob]

@SonnyBLightSun “some might say she’s MEDIOCRE”? lol haven’t seen that, who are you referring to? Anyway I kinda fail to see even objectively speaking how she was mediocre executing anything she was given. Charlize did have the advantage of having more dialogue and just being awesome but I’ll agree Comer would’ve been a good pick as well, but again Joy did as well with what the part called for in this entry as anyone could’ve. All caps or not lol

[@MVPMVE]

"MEDIOCRE!" is in all caps because they're quoting Immorten Joe from Fury Road when Nux the War Boy embarrassed himself in front of him lol

[@BloodeeJacob]

@MVPMVE lol I need to rewatch.

[@maskedman5657]

Pumped to watch this movie. WITNESS!!!!!

[@R8RSnCeltics]

I don’t think I’ve ever ever liked a prequel. They don’t really serve any purpose to me. We already know the fate of whatever characters, so there’s no suspense and there’s no payoff.

[@dariusporter358]

The Rise/Dawn/War Planet of the Apes trilogy are technically prequels and they definitely have suspense and payoff. Plus we don’t know the fate of the characters.

[@dylan8215]

I think Pearl is an amazing prequel to X. I actually prefer it of the two films.

[@jacobb1682]

Better call Saul is an awesome prequel. Had me worrying about characters that are in Breaking Bad lol but I know what you mean

[@brotherjohnnyxXxX]

The Godfather: Part II is probably one of the best prequels of all time.

[@zacrast16]

Better Call Saul, Rise of the planet of the apes and the Hobbit for me. The hobbit is horribly underrated.

[@KC-yo9ew]

Enjoyed the movie, felt it was long enough. Glad they didn’t have long expositions. Don’t need have everything spelled out verbally. If anything, too many modern movies suffer from that.

[@joshuanelson6795]

Cody coming in with the coolest shirts yet again.

[@jeffcunningham0389]

Cody youre mistaken there was a time jump at the end. That was definitely an older and more Charlize Theron looking Furiosa. Plus it took years for that seed to grow into a tree u have to take that into account. They used a tree grow for time jumping twice in the film

[@CodyLeachYT]

Yeah you’re right about the tree growth. I think it was just jarring going from the end of this story immediately cut to the beginning of Fury Road.

[@jeffcunningham0389]

@@CodyLeachYT it was. I wasn’t expecting them to go into Fury Road. But i think knowing that there was some passage of time makes it a little better. Also if you watch again that was very much a charlize theron looking Furiosa and not Anya Taylor or maybe they cgi’ed charlize on Anyas body. Moving forward this is gonna be an awesome 1-2 punch watching this and then jumping into Fury Road

[@TheKrazyKajeevieShow]

If it looks fake and you can see it (CGI) then it's not "seemless"!! Dirrrrrrrr

[@Fearless3773]

This is a smoke in the parking lot beforehand and watch in theaters movie for me.

[@Luckyluciano21]

I just finished this movie and this movie was 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MuchCow9000]

Furiosa 9.8 Fury Road 10

[@codydubois6367]

Mad max ranking?

[@maskedman5657]

I approve

[@Milton2k]

11:38 Not identical, Furiosa is more glossy than Fury Road. Close for sure. I miss the Fury Road grainy look though.

[@ericpanissidi6761]

You know the last Miller movie is going to be on? No not people eater Marlon Brando look bullet farmer with 7.62 wig, but the surprise favorite. The mother fing Doof warrior

[@latoyamcknight6730]

Love the shirt. Jason 8s my favorite slasher killer. ❤