The primary reactions are right here for George Miller’s newest enterprise into the post-apocalyptic wasteland.
The embargo broke for social media reactions to Furiosa, the eagerly anticipated prequel to the 2015 stunner Mad Max: Fury Highway.
This new entry has Anya Taylor-Pleasure as Imperator Furiosa (taking up for Charlize Theron) and Chris Hemsworth as a devious warlord in a narrative that takes place 15 years earlier than the earlier movie.
Early social reactions can typically be a bit completely different (sometimes extra enthusiastic) than official critic opinions, and absolutely there are numerous extra to come back quickly. However primarily based on the primary batch Monday night, Furisoa is a visible stunner with “ferocious, wild and unrelenting” motion and a narrative that “spans a long time,” with sturdy performances from the 2 leads.
Those that examine the movie to Fury Highway, nevertheless, did so with a little bit of qualification. Furisoa is in “a distinct gear” and “gained’t match Fury Highway’s splendor” in a manner that “would possibly frustrate” some audiences. One critic mentioned Furiosa felt extra like the primary two Mad Max movies (which is humorous, as a result of when Fury Highway was launched, some initially griped that the movie wasn’t sufficient like the primary two Mad Max movies).
Totally different than just isn’t essentially dangerous, nevertheless, and this could be a case of viewers having a troublesome time shaking off their expectations going into the theater (the Furiosa trailers, in spite of everything, promote the brand new movie as being reasonably precisely like Fury Highway). In any case, many think about Fury Highway probably the greatest motion movies ever made — actually probably the greatest this century — so any comparability, even one the place Furiosa comes up a notch or two quick, continues to be complimentary.
Try a number of the first reactions beneath. Furiosa opens in theaters Could 24.