GamesRadar+ Verdict
This action franchise set in sun-blasted sandscapes is evergreen.
A special place in Valhalla awaits George Miller.
Do you have it in you to make it epic?
This fifth outing goes deeper and wider to give us the coming-of-rage origin story of Fury Roads Furiosa.
he cries upon first seeing Immortan Joes horror-show get-up.
A taste of Furiosas tears, meanwhile, has him declaring, Sorrow is… zesty.
The apex of the action is the Stowaway to Nowhere sequence that forms the centerpiece of the film.
In it, the new, improved War Rig (Bigger, faster, stronger, further!)
is again besieged by all manner of colourful characters wielding outlandish weaponry as they cling to kamikaze vehicles.
Its an astonishing scene, rivalling Fury Roads Pole Cats sequence as the finest in the series.
The car-nage of Mad Max 2, some of the best in action cinema, cant compete with this.
Is Furiosa as magnificent as Fury Road?
No, though not because its the first Mad Max movie without Max, whose absence barely registers.
Oh, what a day.
What a lovely day.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is in UK cinemas and US theaters on May 24.
