Mad Max: Fury Road (Movie review)

The film takes place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where gas is more valuable than water. Max is
shown as the tragic hero with who we were supposed to sympathize, but the movie puts Max in the
back seat and focuses more on Furiosa and her journey in his place. The movie shows us the struggle
over justice and the strength, courage, power, and idealism possessed by women.

Fury Road deviates from the Mad Max franchise's plot. Mad Max, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior,
and Max Max: Beyond Thunderdome were all classically macho action pictures with a traditionally
masculine actor leading the way. In this film, Imortan Joe is at the helm of power, while his wife and
all women are mistreated, imprisoned against their wills, and deprived of their liberties. Women are
objectified as childbearing machines and milk producers.

Furiosa challenges them and guides their troops into hostile territories. She runs away and takes the
five wives of the Immortal Joe, his "prize breeder". She is after redemption and the women are for
freedom. While these women are never held responsible for their male friends emotional or
psychological scars, it becomes clear as the film progresses how powerful being around Furiousa and
the five women have been on them in particular.

Eventually, they make their way to the abandoned tower, where they meet the Vuvalini and the
mothers, a small group of women who roam the desert in search of a place to grow their old plants.
Furiosa, wives and Nux decide to join the women and make their way through salt marshes in the
hopes of reaching a place where they can survive. Max decides to go his own way in pursuit of his
own redemption. The next day Max chases the girls (and Nux) through the Salt Marsh, and when he
catches them, he turns and convinces them to return to the Citadel. In the end, Immortal Joe
abandoned him and chased them, leaving him defenceless. They can defeat Immortal Joe on the road
and take over the Citadel, the only green area with water for miles. This shows how much effect the
women had on Max.

In conclusion, the movie explores how objectification can happen to anyone, not just children and
women, but also the weak. It also explores a world where objectification in the ugliest version has
become the norm and why it should never happen.