Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Mad Max: Fury Road is a 2015 action movie directed by George Miller, with a running time of 2h 1m. It stars Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult.
George Miller's fourth Mad Max film is one long chase across a scorched wasteland where water and petrol are the only currencies that matter. Max Rockatansky, a haunted drifter played by Tom Hardy, gets swept up in the escape plan of Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, who is smuggling the warlord Immortan Joe's captives toward a half-remembered green place. What follows is a roaring convoy war of war rigs, flame-throwing guitars and pole-vaulting raiders, shot with practical stunts and almost no exposition. The story rides entirely on movement and momentum.
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What is Mad Max: Fury Road about?
George Miller's fourth Mad Max film is one long chase across a scorched wasteland where water and petrol are the only currencies that matter. Max Rockatansky, a haunted drifter played by Tom Hardy, gets swept up in the escape plan of Imperator Furiosa, played by Charlize Theron, who is smuggling the warlord Immortan Joe's captives toward a half-remembered green place. What follows is a roaring convoy war of war rigs, flame-throwing guitars and pole-vaulting raiders, shot with practical stunts and almost no exposition. The story rides entirely on movement and momentum.
When was Mad Max: Fury Road released?
Mad Max: Fury Road was released on 13 May 2015.
How long is Mad Max: Fury Road?
Mad Max: Fury Road runs 2h 1m.
Who made Mad Max: Fury Road?
Mad Max: Fury Road was directed by George Miller.
Where can I watch Mad Max: Fury Road?
Mad Max: Fury Road is available on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, Plex and Spectrum On Demand.
Where to watch Mad Max: Fury Road
Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, Plex, Spectrum On Demand, YouTube
Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, Google Play Movies, YouTube
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Cast
- Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky
- Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa
- Nicholas Hoult as Nux
- Hugh Keays-Byrne as Immortan Joe
- Josh Helman as Slit
- Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus
- Zoë Kravitz as Toast the Knowing
- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as The Splendid Angharad
- Riley Keough as Capable
- Abbey Lee as The Dag
- Courtney Eaton as Cheedo the Fragile
- John Howard as The People Eater
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The desperate-survival tone carries into games: The Last of Us tracks a smuggler and his charge across a ruined America, while Red Dead Redemption 2 rides a dying frontier with the same grim beauty. Grand Theft Auto V supplies the vehicular anarchy, and Vangelis' Blade Runner score matches the film's dust-choked, dystopian atmosphere.
Post-apocalyptic survival stories set after the collapse
Mad Max: Fury Road burns across a dead world where fuel and water decide who lives. If that scorched desperation is the draw, these titles strand you in ruined futures too, from lone survivors scraping through wreckage to holdouts fighting off whatever the wasteland throws at them. Each one trades comfort for grit and the constant pressure to keep moving.
The Mad Max saga and its wasteland road warriors
Fury Road sits inside a lineage of demolition-derby survival that George Miller helped define. These pull from the same well of armored convoys, feral gangs, and duels fought at speed across the ruins. Whether you want more of Furiosa and Max or the gladiatorial road races that share their DNA, the wasteland stays loud, dusty, and merciless.
Relentless chase movies built on pure momentum
Mad Max: Fury Road is essentially one unbroken pursuit, and these share its refusal to slow down. Engines scream, machines break, and the plot rides entirely on forward motion. If you loved how the film keeps the pedal down from first frame to last, this cluster keeps the adrenaline coming across the highway, the battlefield, and the open city.
Dystopian futures where the old world has broken down
Beyond the chase, Mad Max: Fury Road paints a future where institutions rotted and only cruelty scaled. These imagine their own broken tomorrows, from android theme parks to conquered cities and the wreck of human civilization. They share the film's cold read on power, control, and what people become when the rules stop applying.