Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

R 20152h 1 minAction, Adventure, Science Fiction

Wokeness

8/10

Agenda Driven

Ideological messaging drives key plot points and character arcs.

Audience

No ratings

What earned the score

Furiosa-Centered Girlboss Feminist Allegory

Furiosa’s resourcefulness and authority as a fighter make her the dominant hero, leading women’s escape from Immortan Joe’s male rule. His treatment of them as sexual property casts patriarchy as their source of oppression, turning their rebellion into feminist liberation messaging.

Details

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

Starring: Tom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultHugh Keays-ByrneJosh Helman
Director: George Miller
Writer: George MillerNico LathourisBrendan McCarthy
Genre: ActionAdventureScience Fiction
Release Date: May 13, 2015

Parents Guide

Sex Mild

Multiple partly topless obese female wet nurses are briefly shown hooked up to milking machines. All nipples are covered by the attachments, not sexual.
A fully naked woman's butt can be seen, but her breasts and vagina are covered by attributes.
Violence Moderate

A woman is stabbed in both sides of her hips. A man inserts needles into himself and her for a blood transfusion.
A man is shot with arrows in the eye and chest. He falls into a vehicle which explodes.
We briefly see a chainsaw cut into a man, with some blood spraying.
People get run over by huge cars countless times throughout.
A brutal brawl breaks out between three main characters, they are pistol whipped and tackled to the ground.
A war boy is pistol whipped in the face with blood spurts.
A character's face is torn off by another character.
Not entirely shown, but a baby is thrown slightly after being confirmed deceased.
Profanity Mild

f**k has a single utterance.
Drugs Mild

Soldiers huff aerosol paint to get high before battles.
Frightening Scenes Moderate

Themes of oppression, violence against women, starvation, and global destruction may upset sensitive viewers.
The movie is essentially one continuous, two-hour, relentless vehicular chase. Intense from beginning to end.
A character is blinded by glass shards, but it isn't very graphic.

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