History Film / MadMaxFuryRoad

'''Immortan Joe:''' NO, NO!

* CountingBullets: When Furiosa has Toast inventory their ammunition, she announces that they only have four rounds left for their bolt-action rifle. While Max is using the rifle to take potshots at the Bullet Farmer, she lets him know how many bullets he has left after each shot. He reconsiders his aimless shooting and lets [[ColdSniper Furiosa]] take the last shot, which shatters the Bullet Farmer's spotlight and blinds him.

* CrapsackWorld: So, so much. The oceans have evaporated, the soil is barren and polluted and people like Nux are developing deadly cancers from the radiation. The Citadel is one of the few stable places to live and it's mentioned it's the only other arable land in the area besides the Green Place [[spoiler: and even the Green Place has become inhospitable within Furiosa's lifetime]], with large water reserves that Immortan Joe uses to control his people. In addition to the resource scarcity and hostile environment, opportunistic bandits like the Buzzards and Rock Riders roam the lands outside Joe's domain.

''Mad Max: Fury Road'' is a 2015 Australian [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic]] ScienceFiction film and the fourth film in the ''Film/MadMax'' film series; it was released after spending some thirty years in DevelopmentHell, and its (standalone) story takes place some time after that of the original ''Mad Max''. Series creator Creator/GeorgeMiller returned to the driver's seat of his creation, serving as producer, director and writer once more. Music/JunkieXL did the soundtrack.

Creator/TomHardy takes over the role of Max Rockatansky, a drifter doing his best to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, running from his personal demons. When he is captured by men who serve the tyrannical warlord Immortan Joe, the dictator keeps him alive as a "blood bag" for his fledgling "War Boys". Some time after Max's capture, Imperator Furiosa (Creator/CharlizeTheron) -- one of Joe's trusted road warriors -- betrays her master by freeing his five captive Wives and going on the run with the big tanker truck of Joe's citadel. Max ends up caught in the chase as he and Furiosa work together to escape from Joe, his convoy of War Boys, and other forces that would see them all dead (or worse).

** The film gives the audience a single fifteen minute stretch -- when Max and company meet up with the Vuvalini -- to catch its breath before going into the finale.

* AudibleSharpness: The anonymous Mook who stabs Furiosa during the last chase pulls out his knife so loudly you have to wonder how no-one heard him inside the War Rig.

* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:Max's Pursuit Special]] gets a whopping two minutes of screen-time before being crushed in the final battle.

* BehindTheBlack: Justified: both the characters and the viewers are so focused on the fight with the Buzzards, they fail to pay attention to what exactly is ahead of them, until the threat is abated and the camera swings around to reveal a massive wall of dust and lightning.

* BringItBackAlive: The heroes' survival partially hinges on Immortan Joe's order to not harm any of his prized posessions.

* BulletproofHumanShield: A straight example in which the shield in question is the [[spoiler:massively obese People Eater]]. At another occasion, Max uses a mook to block a chainsaw attack.

* CoolCar: There's an entire fleet of those: not only does the Pursuit Special return, but there are no fewer than three different massive tankers (one of them having an entire [=1980s=] Mercedes-Benz limo for a cab), a Chrysler Valiant coupe on tank treads, a beaten up Perentti (a rare Australian kit car) and a monster truck with a body made from two thirds of a 1959 Cadillac put on top of another 1959 Cadillac.

* CountingBullets: When Furiosa has Toast inventory their ammunition, she announces that they only have four rounds left for their bolt-action rifle. While Max is using the rifle to take pot shots at the Bullet Farmer, she lets him know how many bullets he has left after each shot. He reconsiders his aimless shooting and lets [[ColdSniper Furiosa]] take the last shot, which shatters the Bullet Farmer's spotlight and blinds him.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Several characters (mostly War Boys) meet their ends in very painful looking ways.

** This is invoked with the original team and support vehicles of the War Rig. Note how well they work together during the Buzzard attack. This is a group that has seen many battles together, and mesh well as a unit. When asked what she wants to do about the approaching Buzzard raiders, her response is to "fang it", and no-one in the crew so much as questions her decisions, instead they all kick into "battle mode". The main example is when Furiosa and Ace make a coordinated attack against the Buzzard Wrecker. The fluidity of their attack shows the audience that they have made this move before many times, making her "traitoring" of Immortan Joe all the worse in her former crew's eyes. She has been their driver and leader for quite a while, so they are understandably upset when she suddenly wants them all dead. Note the pure hate in Ace's eyes as he tries to choke her after learning of her betrayal.

* TheHecateSisters: Represented with the Wives as the nubile young maidens, Furiosa as the protective mother (as well as the more literal "milk mothers" of the Citadel), and the Vuvalini as the wise old crones. An alternative distribution would be the Wives as varying between maiden and mother (the visibly pregnant Angharad in particular tending towards the latter) while the infertile Furiosa fulfills the role of the bitter and warlike crone.

* HomemadeFlamethrower: Quite the abundance of them too. The most infamous one however is the one owned by the ''Doof Warrior''; not only is it a double-neck guitar made from all kinds of parts, but it also just so happens to be able to shoot flames too![[note]]And it was no CGI, but a fully functional prop.[[/note]] Max even weaponizes it when he ends up on the Doof Wagon.

** Miss Giddy, the old lady who tries to shoot Immortan Joe in the beginning of the movie, has her entire body tattooed with historical notes (as does her successor, as shown in the comics).

* LiveActionCartoon: In a rare non-comedic example. Characters survive things they really shouldn't, the DeadlyDustStorm is frankly impossible, everyone has as much gas, water, and bullets as the film requires (despite the scarcity of these resources being a major element of the world, pointed out repeatedly), all in the name of balls-to-the-wall-over-the-top '''action''' and deeply, emotionally compelling story. Because of the excessively-long production style, George Miller actually considered making it an animated film.

* MadeOfIron: Max and Nux both repeatedly survive large crashes with little injuries.

** After his HeelFaceTurn, [[spoiler:Nux]] is gently resting in the War Rig with the wives, enjoying the peace from being accepted into their group. He spots a bug on Capable's shoulder, gently picks it off without waking her up... and eats it.

*** Immortan Joe's Mooks usually have close quarter weapons, but some can use [[BoomStick Boom Sticks]].

* PregnantHostage: The central plot features Max driving an oil-rig with pregnant women who become ''his captives'' after he threatens them with a gun and forces them to help him drive the rig.

** How can Furiosa have a fully-functional mechanical arm in a world with no means of designing it? Who cares? [[spoiler:Also an example of the RuleOfDrama; Furiosa gets her arm entangled in Joe's face mask and throws it into his car wheels to kill him, something that would obviously be impossible with a regular arm.]]

* RunningGag: [[spoiler:Nux tries to reach Valhalla three times with a HeroicSacrifice, but ends up doing an EpicFail. It's only til he's doing it to save someone ''else'' that he succeed.]]

** The Buzzards themselves, the drivers of said cars, looks a lot like ''Franchise/StarWars''[='s=] sand people.

** Also regarding Furiosa's War Rig. Her destination is at least a day's journey, but driving a ''huge'', gas-guzzling rig non-stop across a sweltering hot desert eventually over-heats the engine, forcing the group to stop to let the engine cool off before they can continue. [[SternChase Considering their pursuers, this is a problem.]]

* TerminallyDependentSociety: The Citadel, Gastown and the Bullet Farm are all dependent on the water in the citadel's underground aquifer. While Immortan Joe keeps control of his army of War Boys through CultOfPersonality, he uses the much more mundane method of rationing the supply of water for controlling the unwashed mutated masses. He also makes a point of keeping the outgoing water just beneath subsistence level, despite sitting on enough water to keep the population well-hydrated for many decades.

* UnderTheTruck: One of the Rock Riders slides his cycle under the War Rig to grab at Furiosa who is trying to make some on-road repair.

** The physical world is a [[PollutedWasteland toxic wasteland]] where nothing can grow, and the people are mostly oil, gun, and car-obsessed male warriors and scavengers, with the ArcWords "Who killed the world?". With the movie's overt feminist message, the exchange between Angharad and Nux symbolically blame the apocalypse on masculinity.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: At the end of the film, when [[spoiler: Furiosa and the Wives are lifted to the top step of the Citadel]], Max once again leaves to wander the wasteland.

* DeadfootLeadfoot: Max uses the grossly obese People Eater for this after he's shot, who incidentally has an overly-large mutated foot which comes in handy for this trope.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:Max displays Joe's corpse when he and Furiosa along with the remaining survivors return to the Citadel, proving he's dead and allowing Furiosa to claim the throne when she presents herself.]]

* DiegeticMusic: Important Joe's army features a truck called the Doof Wagon, a former military truck covered in speakers with the "Doof Warrior" sitting on the main stage playing an electric guitar and a band of drummers pounding away on timpani drums and the score incorporates this, with several tracks featuring the metal sound of the Doof Wagon. The guitar part even stops while Max fights the Doof Warrior.

* CountingBullets: When Furiosa has Toast inventory their ammunition, she announces they have left that they only have four rounds left for their bolt-action rifle. While Max is using the rifle to take pot shots at the Bullet Farmer, she lets him know how many he has left after each shot. He reconsiders his aimless shooting and lets [[ColdSniper Furiosa]] take the last shot, which shatters the Bullet Farmer's spotlight and blinds him.

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Max's plan for Furiosa. [[spoiler: Max plans on turning around and driving back the exact same way they came. Immortan Joe's summoned all his forces to retrieve the wives, leaving the Citadel undefended.]]

* CrapsackWorld: So, so much. The oceans have evaporated, the nothing grows anymore and people like Nux are developing deadly cancers from the radiation. The Citadel is one of the few stable places to live and mentioned to be the only other arable land besides the Green Place [[spoiler: and even the Green Place has become inhospitable within Furiosa's lifetime]], with large water reserves that Immortan Joe uses to control his people. In addition to the resource scarcity and inhospitable environment, stepping out of all sorts of opportunistic bandits like the Buzzards and Rock Riders roam the lands outside Joe's domain..

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Not everyone makes it, but the Citadel will likely change for the better]].

** Immortan Joe and the leaders of Gas Town and Bullet Farm flaunt their wealth and have war gangs with gas-guzzling {{Cool Car}}s, all of which emphasizes their power and impresses their followers. Tellingly, the Gas Town leader is also the only one wearing a largely intact three-piece suit complete with vest.

* CountingBullets: Max is told by Toast that he has two bullets left in his sniper gun. He reconsiders his aimless shooting and lets [[ColdSniper Furiosa]] take the last shots at the Bullet Farmer.
* CrapsackWorld: So, so much. Especially jarring as Furiosa's group was attacked [[spoiler: within ''sight'' of the Citadel.]] Immortan Joe's little fiefdom may not be a paradise, but stepping out of his domain by so much as a mile will have a traveler attacked by all sorts of opportunistic scum. Note the [[spoiler:Buzzard attack was seen from the Citadel, meaning they don't even control what they can see.]] The world outside of the reach of the Immortan and his pals somehow comes off as ''worse''.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Max's plan for Furiosa. [[spoiler:Going back the way they came. Following the ''exact same'' path. ''Running through Immortan Joe's forces.'' And conquering the undefended Citadel.]]

* CreepyCrows: [[spoiler:Heralding what's left of the Green Place.]]