The first Mad Max movie was good and its first sequel (known as "The Road Warrior" in North America) was a masterpiece with some clever gimmicks and plot twists. I thought that the second sequel was lukewarm as it didn't add a lot that was new to the MM story.
MMFR was bewildering. It has a promising start with Max contemplating his situation and, since his pursuit car from the first two films is shown, seems to be set in the time between them. Unfortunately MMFR calls that into question. The car, which was a custom-built vehicle, is destroyed in TRW but manages to get totalled in this as well. (Were there mechanical magicians somewhere in the wasteland somewhere?)
I thought that since Max is mentioned in the title that the movie would be about him. Nope. It's more concerned about a renegade group of women escaping from a community run by a tyrant. Max is largely along for the ride.
There's a lot that isn't explained. Max has flashbacks about a child, but who she is and why he has those memories is a mystery. Since that plot element adds little to the story, why keep it?
The community the women are escaping from is also baffling. It certainly isn't Bartertown and its construction and location doesn't make a lot of sense. It takes energy to pump water above ground level and where that comes from remained a mystery. Why it has to be dispensed from a height makes no sense, either.
When the movie was over, I wondered why I bothered. It's a case of "I've seen it and now I wish I didn't."
MMFR was bewildering. It has a promising start with Max contemplating his situation and, since his pursuit car from the first two films is shown, seems to be set in the time between them. Unfortunately MMFR calls that into question. The car, which was a custom-built vehicle, is destroyed in TRW but manages to get totalled in this as well. (Were there mechanical magicians somewhere in the wasteland somewhere?)
I thought that since Max is mentioned in the title that the movie would be about him. Nope. It's more concerned about a renegade group of women escaping from a community run by a tyrant. Max is largely along for the ride.
There's a lot that isn't explained. Max has flashbacks about a child, but who she is and why he has those memories is a mystery. Since that plot element adds little to the story, why keep it?
The community the women are escaping from is also baffling. It certainly isn't Bartertown and its construction and location doesn't make a lot of sense. It takes energy to pump water above ground level and where that comes from remained a mystery. Why it has to be dispensed from a height makes no sense, either.
When the movie was over, I wondered why I bothered. It's a case of "I've seen it and now I wish I didn't."