Mad Max: Fury Road

Success or Fail?

In a stark desert landscape where humanity is

broken, two rebels just might be able to restore order: Max, a man of action and of few words, and Furiosa, a woman of action who is looking to make it back to her childhood homeland.

Mad Max: Fury Road Trailer

Mad Max: Fury Road was worth waiting 30 years for… a testament to

the power of brute-force imagination—and proof that filmmakers can still create something out of nothing. – Angela Watercutter, Wired.

"Mad Max" doesn't just depict conflicts with evildoers in a tattered existence. It delivers a rare alternative to aggressively stupid action movies. At a time of great need, Max rides again. - Eric Khon, IndieWire

Reviews

Max’s re-enfranchisement is a triumph of barking-mad

imagination, jaw-dropping action, crackpot humour, and acting in the face of a hurricane. – Ian Nathan, Empire.

“Mad Max: Fury Road,” a gleefully violent—and improbably feminist—phantasmagoria that turns epic road rage and long stretches of vehicular omnicide into an eye-boggling joy ride. – Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal

Reviews

Raises the bar on traditional action movie story telling.

Show Don’t Tell Philosophy – Limited dialogue but HUGE emotional impact. Visual prominence.

Topical – Intelligently explores themes of Violence, Control, Toxic Masculinity, Ecology, Greed, Personal Agency and Rebellion.

“We Are Not Things!” “Who killed the World?”

Notable Features – Storytelling

Depth of Characterisation – Co-protagonists, “Furiosa” and

“Mad Max” are fleshed out and believable.

Notable for including a diverse range of supporting female and male characters.

Treating them with equal respect, intensity and complexity.

Relentless pacing. Perfect balance between action and exposition.

Notable Features – Storytelling

Stunning action sequences

World Class CGI80% Real life practical stunts, make-up effects and location.Phenomenal Landscape and Character design

Vehicles are meticulously made. Own Characters.

Stylistic nods to original cinematography – Jerky Camera sequence

Eve Ensler, notable writer as a Consultant, Margaret Sixel as Editor

Notable Features – CGI and Technical

The budget for this film is estimated to be

between US$100 million and $150 million.

The converted budget for the original Mad Max (1979) is placed at around $316,620.

Without inflation, the budget between the two films increased by well over three hundred times.

Viewing Figures and Finances

Box Office Figures

42%

58%

Total Gross $ 09/06/2015

American Foreign

American: $130,665,718Foreign: $184,100,000

Worldwide: $314,765,718

Box Office Figures

May 15-21 May 22-28 May 29-Jun 4

Ameri-can Gross to Date

63440279 102299534 122834265

10,000,000

50,000,000

90,000,000

130,000,000

American Box Office Takings

Dollars

Summary: SUCCESS!

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