Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

The problem with the post-apocalyptic Mad Max films is that their societies break down if you think too hard. That's why it helps that Max never stays long in one place. Furiosa suffers for doing the opposite. Besides that structural issue, the pacing's kinda bitty and there's a lotta bland CGI spectacle that rarely matches the bestial hostility and eco-horror of Fury Road—too calm, too measured. However, the pacing's not a huge issue—the film's more of an oral chronicle than a straightforward narrative, a series of episodes both great and small with a grand arc and mythic, righteous gender-fucked finale. Either way, the film's not bad, it's just that Furiosa was already the main character of a better Mad Max film.