With a screening of Mad Max: Fury Road being done for the studio this week, a new synopsis has been released along with some choice comments from those that saw it. With it being a couple of decades since the third installment, it’ll be interesting to see what the reaction and interest is once the first trailer lands and reminds everyone else that there is a new movie coming and that it seems like it works much like the favored third act of Road Warrior. Admittedly, a good part of me wanted to see an old and grizzled Max out there with Mel Gibson showing the results of what he’d done over the years, but if you’re going to try and keep it in the younger age range, casting Tom Hardy definitely works very well by all appearances.
Directed by George Miller, the film stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz, Riley Keough, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, and Nathan Jones. The film is set for release on May 15th, 2015 in 2D and 3D.
Plot concept: “MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is the fourth film of George Miller‘s Road Warrior/Mad Max franchise co-written and directed by Miller. The post-apocalyptic action film is set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life.
Within this world of fire and blood exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order… There’s Max (played by TOM HARDY from The Dark Knight Rises), a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos.
And… Furiosa (played by CHARLIZE THERON from Prometheus), a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.”
[Source: The Film Stage]
