No spoilers: George Miller's Mad Max: Fury Road prequel is a lively, original surprise
How Furiosa Makes Fury Road Even BETTER!
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Like a war for gas in a post-apocalyptic landscape, the debate over franchise fatigue is raging, with several factions arguing that sequels, prequels and superhero movies are killing the cinematic landscape, while others argue that smoke doesn't lead to fire, and the whole battle is overblown. The latest salvo in the war—that is, the latest prequel spanning a decades-long franchise—is Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, a prequel nearly a decade in the making. But where long experience of franchise logic would lead us to expect director George Miller to offer a louder, bigger retread of his predecessor, the seminal Mad Max: Fury Road, Miller dares to ignore that expectation. He blazes a brave, exploratory trail with a searing film that refuses to follow any of the tried, tested and tired rules that franchise films follow.
