Starts with man sleeping with son. Then man talks to father about how the father's lack of sex since mother has died. Meanwhile boy is alone & neglected. Then son gets run over in a hit & run. Man becomes vengeance madman. It looks like a police officer shoots the protagonist. This all the beginning of the movie, initiating a transformation.
I mention all this because I am not sure whether the filmmaker intended to show that it was the protagonist's fault (neglecting the son) that the boy was out in the street not caring about traffic. I also do not know if the audience appreciates the incompetence of the protagonist. It seems to be a Point of View film in which people keep trying to explain to the deranged protagonist that he is making these terrible mistakes: the father was no help because he is grieving over his lost wife.
If I felt the film maker's intent was there & the audience understood the intent, then I would grade the film higher. Reading the other reviews gives me no indication of awareness, which consigns this film to another Mad Max movie of violence.
I mention all this because I am not sure whether the filmmaker intended to show that it was the protagonist's fault (neglecting the son) that the boy was out in the street not caring about traffic. I also do not know if the audience appreciates the incompetence of the protagonist. It seems to be a Point of View film in which people keep trying to explain to the deranged protagonist that he is making these terrible mistakes: the father was no help because he is grieving over his lost wife.
If I felt the film maker's intent was there & the audience understood the intent, then I would grade the film higher. Reading the other reviews gives me no indication of awareness, which consigns this film to another Mad Max movie of violence.