First 'Furiosa' Reactions Call It “Stunning,” Praise Anya Taylor-Joy

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
is a highly anticipated prequel that delves into the backstory of the iconic character Furiosa.
The film follows Furiosa through her young adulthood, showing her journey to becoming the leader that viewers saw in
Mad Max: Fury Road
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Early reactions praise George Miller's action-packed filmmaking and impressive cinematography, while noting that the film struggles with pacing issues.

There's only one month left until audiences return to the post-apocalyptic world of George Miller and the engine of anticipation is accelerating hard. Easily one of the most anticipated films of 2024, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the long-awaited prequel to Miller's legendary Mad Max: Fury Road which expands on the backstory of Imperator Furiosa before she becomes the war captain of the ruthless Immortan Joe. With the fan favorite Anya Taylor-Joy taking the mantle of the main character of Charlize Theronexcitement has been building since the main cast was officially announced in 2020. Now, the first reactions are rolling in and critics have a lot to say about where Miller is taking the franchise after years of waiting for a another delivery

furiouspicks up 15 years earlier Fury Road and follows Furiosa through her young adulthood 45 years after the collapse, showing how she became the leader and skilled survivor viewers see in the 2015 film Escape from Her Home in the Green Place of Many Mothers, finds herself in the middle of a war between Dementus, the tyrannical leader of the great biker Horde from whom she has been taken, and Immortan Joe, head of the Citadel. As we learned last December at the CCXP, Dementus, played by Chris Hemsworth, is also heavily explored, depicting him as the man who took everything from him and a “product of the Wasteland” who fully embraces the immoral kill-or-be-killed mentality of the world. Through her myriad challenges, all Furiosa wants is to find the means to return home and get her long-awaited revenge on Dementus.

Of course it wouldn't be one Mad Max movie without some killer action sequences, some of which have been shown in the trailer. One moment that has been generating intrigue lately is a massive 15-minute action scene that Miller says took 78 days to shoot and more than 200 stunts a day to translate to the big screen. It aims to incorporate storytelling and character creation into the action itself, Taylor-Joy said, showing how the writer-director has thought long and hard down to the last detail in hopes of creating something worthy of mention in the same time as Fury Road.

What is everyone saying about 'Furiosa'?

Beyond the Taylor-Joy duet, furiousalso featuresTom Burke, Alyla Browne, Charlee Fraser, Quaden Baylesi John Howardwith Lachy Hulme taking on the role of Immortan Joe, while Nathan Jones i Angus Sampson they resume their roles as Rictus Erectus and the Organic Mechanic. There are many reasons to be excited about where Mad Max The franchise goes with the prequel, though what early viewers thought of Miller's latest desert tour?

The Collider itself Therese Lacson had high praise for star Anya Taylor Joy, but noted that the film struggled with inconsistent pacing.

Fandango's Erik Davis praised Miller's “action cinematography” and the prequel's “stunning cinematography”. In the meantime, David Ehrlich noted that the film manages to do Fury Road “even richer”. Other critics say this is Miller at his best and praise the film's epic world-building and expanding universe story.