No doubt worried about current box-office projections, which have it opening at around $35 million, last night Warner Bros decided to orchestrate a special screening of George Miller’s “Furiosa.” They’re clearly confident about this one.
The highly anticipated prequel to” Mad Max: Fury Road” has Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa (taking over for Charlize Theron) and Chris Hemsworth as a devious warlord in a story that spans 15 years.
Now, I wouldn’t take early social media reactions as gospel, but there seems to be real hope now that “Furiosa” will deliver. The response from last night’s screening was positive. The critics who tweeted something out last night include IndieWire’s David Ehrlich, Happy Sad Confused’s Josh Horowitz, and The Atlantic’s Esther Zuckerman.
Furisoa is being called a visual stunner with “ferocious, wild and unrelenting” action and a story that “spans decades,” with strong performances from the two leads.
Comparisons to ‘Fury Road’ were inevitable, and most are saying that “Furiosa” operates on “a different gear” and “won’t match Fury Road’s splendor” in a way that “might frustrate” some audiences.
One critic (via THR) says “Furiosa” felt more like the first two ‘Mad Max’ films.
As I had written, many consider ‘Fury Road’ to be one of the best action films of the 21st century so comparison were bound to be made, and there was almost no chance “Furiosa” would surpass its qualities.
