Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
But Taylor-Joy doesnt even appear inFuriosafor about an hour.
Not even Furiosa got to stay too long in paradise.
Shes no helpless damsel either, managing to kill one of her captors in a hilariously brutal fashion.
Anya Taylor Joy in ‘Furiosa’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
True to the spirit ofMad Max, she only needs a chain and a tire.
This is around when Dementus, the new villain played byChris Hemsworth, enters the scene.
Alas, the character has a little too much distracting business going on.
Anya Taylor Joy in ‘Furiosa’.Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
He talks too much, especially byMad Maxvillain standards, and yells even more than that.
All the horror and oppression implied by Therons red-eyed delivery of remember me??
as she ripped Joes face off and toppled a tyrant now seems way more abstract and less personal.
Anya Taylor Joy in ‘Furiosa’.Warner Bros.
Thats the danger of prequels!
There are other franchise temptations that not even Miller can resist.
No other working action filmmaker sees the world the way he does.
Even in the wasteland, it can always be a lovely day.Grade: B+
