Leading up to Fury Road - FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA Review

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is a 2024 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed, and produced by George Miller, who wrote the screenplay with Nico Lathouris. It is the fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise, serving as a prequel and spin-off to Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), focusing on the character Imperator Furiosa. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Alyla Browne as younger versions of Furiosa (originally portrayed by Charlize Theron), alongside Chris Hemsworth and Tom Burke.[5]
Set 15 to 20 years before the events of Fury Road, in a desert wasteland where warlords fight over the last remaining sources of water, food, weapons, and gasoline, Furiosa traces the young title character's life from her kidnapping by the forces of warlord Dementus (Hemsworth) to her revenge on the warlord for the loss of her mother. For over a decade, she struggles to survive as a slave and, eventually, a trusted lieutenant of the Citadel's cult leader, Immortan Joe (Lachy Hulme), and his military commander Praetorian Jack (Burke).
Miller initially intended to shoot Furiosa back-to-back with Fury Road, but the former spent several years in development hell amidst salary disputes with Warner Bros. Pictures, Fury Road's distributor. Several crew members from Fury Road returned for Furiosa, including composer Tom Holkenborg, costume designer Jenny Beavan, editor Margaret Sixel (Miller's wife), and screenwriter Lathouris. Filming took place in Australia from June to October 2022.
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga premiered at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 15 May 2024. It was released in theatres in Australia by Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow Pictures on 23 May 2024, and in the United States the following day. The film received positive reviews from critics and has grossed $65 million worldwide.
Cast
Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa[7][b]
Alyla Browne portrays Furiosa as a child and teenager[9]
Chris Hemsworth as Dr. Dementus, the warlord leader of the Biker Horde, who abducted Furiosa, and eventual ruler of Gastown[9]
Tom Burke as Praetorian Jack, the commander of the Citadel's first War Rig[9]
Lachy Hulme as Immortan Joe, the warlord leader of the Citadel and enemy of the Biker Horde[9][c]
Hulme also portrays Rizzdale Pell, Dementus's lieutenant[10]
George Shevtsov as The History Man, an expert in history, science, and technology who serves Dementus (the film's narrator)[11]
John Howard as The People Eater, Joe's advisor and military strategist, and the future ruler of Gastown in Fury Road[9]
Angus Sampson as The Organic Mechanic, Dementus's and later Joe's personal physician[9]
Nathan Jones as Rictus Erectus, Joe's muscular but dim-witted son[9]
Josh Helman as Scrotus, Joe's psychologically unstable son[9][d][e]
Charlee Fraser as Mary Jabassa, Furiosa's mother[9]
Dylan Adonis as Little Valkyrie, a Vuvalini friend of Furiosa[12][f]
Elsa Pataky as Mr. Norton, a deformed survivor who joins the Biker Horde[13]
Pataky also portrays a Vuvalini General[13]
Bryan Probets as Chumbucket, a hunchbacked engineer who drew the plans for the War Rig[g]
Quaden Bayles as War Pup[9]
Peter Stephens as Guardian of Gastown[15]
iOTA as The Doof Warrior[12]
Lee Perry as The Bullet Farmer, ruler of the Bullet Farm and the Citadel's arms supplier[12][h]
Daniel Webber as War Boy[9]
Sean Millis as Lone War Boy[16]
Jacob Tomuri as Max Rockatansky