Violent, grotesque and grimly funny, George Miller’s post-apocalyptic action prequel focuses on the titular Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy), the implacable driver played by Charlize Theron in 2015’s Mad Max: Fury Road. While the vehicle-centric narrative (from Miller and Nick Lathouris) occasionally stalls, this latest addition to the 45-year-old series still manages to feel idiosyncratic, original and fresh. The story, which spans 15 years, is told in chapters. We start with Furiosa as a lethally competent child (the character is initially played by young Alyla Browne). She lives with her mother (Charlee Fraser) in the Green Place, a small hidden oasis of […]
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