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George Miller has finally released the much-awaited prequelFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth in the lead roles and focuses on Imperator Furiosa and her origins. The film features many fan-favorite characters fromMad Max: Fury Roadsuch as Immortan Joe, Furiosa, and others.
While the film has been received well by the audience, fans seem to have been irked by the film’s Cinemascore from critics. The action extravaganza features some creative action sequences and some of Miller’s trademark elements that had made the franchise beloved. However, fans seem to be annoyed with Cinemascore’s B+ rating for the film.
Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaGets A B+ Rating From Cinemascore
After returning to the post-apocalyptic Wasteland with Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron inMad Max: Fury Road,George Millerset out to helm a prequel on Theron’s Imperator Furiosa. The character and Theron’s performance in the film was lauded and Furiosa herself has been considered one of the best characters in sci-fi.
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The prequel,Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, starred Anya Taylor-Joy as a younger Furiosa and also featured Chris Hemsworth as the antagonist Dementus. The film follows the Imperator’s childhood at the ‘Green Place’ and how she made her way to the Citadel, where fans saw her for the first time driving the War Rig for Immortan Joe.
While many fans were delighted to return to George Miller’s Wasteland after almost ten years, critics seemed to have not been extremely impressed with the film.Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagareceived a rating of B+ from the popular rating aggregator siteCinemascore. While the B+ is usually a good rating in terms of the aggregator’s scale, fans seemed to feel it was not enough.
Fans seemed to have loved George Miller’s vision as well as Chris Hemsworth’s performance as Dementus, with many considering it his best performance. The film seemed to have done better onRotten Tomatoes, as the review aggregator website scored 89% from critics while audiences gave it 93%.
FuriosaFalls Short OfFury RoadDespite Great Reviews
George Miller has been credited with helming two of the best action films of their respective decades. The Australian filmmaker beganMad Maxwith Mel Gibson, with the sequelMad Max 2: The Road Warriorconsidered to be one of the greatest action films ever made. More than three decades later, Miller hit out of the park again withMad Max: Fury Road.
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While its prequelFuriosa: A Mad Max Sagahas been receiving great responses from fans and earned $11 million on its first day including the Thursday preview (viaDeadline), critics have been calling it a less-than-worthy successor ofFury Road. TheAnya Taylor-Joystarrer seems to have fallen short of impressing critics like the previous Tom Hardy starrer.
While it is still early to declare if the prequel would go on to be a modern-day classic like its predecessor, critics have been talking about the action sequences and the storyline itself being less stellar thanFury Road. Charlize Theron’s powerhouse performance as Imperator Furiosa also seems to be sorely missed by the critics (viaNY Times).
Furiosa: A Mad Max Sagais playing at cinemas now.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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