Mad Max – Fury Road

Author: George Miller

Feminist science fiction rose up in the 1970s, but no other vision of that future compares with the mastery of Mad Max – Fury Road. It's an escape picture, a rumination on how woman can rise up, and perhaps most importantly, about how women can find their power not only away, but also in the heart of their pain. This entry into the Mad Max series is a gritty, adrenaline-soaked race, and one that could serve as a textbook for directors who want to understand how costumes and props that are instantly recogniseable in one context can become foreign and powerful when placed in another. It also takes images from throughout the history of film and throws them back at us, making us consider what they mean in a dystopian future. The Mad Max films have always been about how people will fight against the elements and the worst in themselves and others to survive; Mad Max – Fury Road is about what it means to take charge of the world in which you are bound. Why it's on the list No other film better expresses what it means to experience a future darker than the one we experience today.