Australian director George Miller is best known for the explosive action of the Mad Max franchise and the animated musical Happy Feet, bringing kinetic visual style to wildly different genres. I have reviewed 5 of his films on the site so far.
Rating: 3.5★
There is a version of the Mad Max franchise that exists almost entirely as mood and motion, a series defined less by plot than by the particular texture of post-apocalyptic Australia baking under a merciless sun. George Miller created that world back in 1979 with the original Mad Max,
Rating: 2.0★
There are certain films that arrive trailing so much critical consensus that questioning them feels almost impolite. Mad Max: Fury Road is one of those films. Released in May 2015 after a production history that became something of a legend in itself, George Miller's return to the post-
Genre Action
★ — Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Genre Adventure
★★★½ — Mad Max (1979)
Genre Adventure
★★★★½ — Mad Max 2 (1981)
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