(may contain spoilers)
Douban rating: 7.4
Director: George Miller
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Burke, Alyla Browne
Douban Comments: “Hollywood studios often go all out to create big spectacles with VFX, but the results can sometimes be worse than even the weakest CGI shots in this film. George Miller, on the other hand, delivers the most exhilarating and straightforward blockbuster by using action to replace dialogue and visuals to tell the story. Unlike those Hollywood blockbusters that claim you should ignore the plot and just enjoy the spectacle, but end up wasting over an hour on pointless scenes and lame banter before giving you 30 minutes of half-hearted action, Miller’s film fully immerses you in the brutal, blood-soaked battles of the wasteland.”
“The final revenge scene was anti-climactic. The film offers more spectacle than substance, and with younger actors, the depth is further diminished. The flashback to the previous movie, especially those few seconds of Charlize Theron on her knees screaming in agony, immediately made Anya Taylor-Joy’s performance seem lacking. Despite enduring so much throughout the film, her character showed little emotional depth, coming across as a mere symbol of a strong woman rather than a fully fleshed-out character. Furiosa feels like a woman being shaped into a female version of a man. Charlize Theron brought more complexity to the role, while Anya’s portrayal felt emptier.”
“A 7 out of 10 – this film just can’t compare to the previous one. The previous film had an unrestrained madness that’s hard to replicate, while this one tries harder to tell a story, fleshing out and expanding many of the concepts from the last film. Though Furiosa has few lines, other characters, including Chris Hemsworth’s, are much more talkative, with Hemsworth’s role feeling especially chatty and somewhat oddly designed.
Overall, it feels like an attempt to replicate some of the successful elements from the previous movie, but in a watered-down way. It’s still good, but definitely not on the same level.”
“It’s definitely a good film, but it lacks the electrifying, blood-and-gasoline, rock-and-roll madness of Fury Road – that thrilling, hair-raising rush. There are actually quite a lot of action scenes, with big set pieces spread across three different towns, but without the same music and rhythm, it feels more like a ‘normal’ Hollywood blockbuster rather than a wild, unhinged cult classic that somehow broke into the mainstream. (Why is that? Was the music part of what made Immortan Joe’s world so powerful?)
That said, the film does a good job of filling in Furiosa’s backstory – what was only hinted at in Fury Road becomes a full arc here, making both her character and her homeland more emotionally compelling. The young actress playing little Furiosa is fantastic – she has a kind of natural charisma, even resembles Anya Taylor-Joy a bit, but with more grit. Super cool.
As for Hemsworth, it’s hard to blame him – his character just isn’t that interesting compared to Immortan Joe or the War Boys. But it’s a bit grating how he seems to be leaning more and more into that Tom Hardy-style mumbly voice lately. Overall, it’s an impressive film, but it just doesn’t hit as hard. Fury Road set the bar incredibly high.”
