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Mad Max: Fury Road

Mad Max: Fury Road sets the bar for action films. It's a minor miracle of filmmaking, and its remarkable in so many ways that such a production even exists. Yes, it's probably already come and gone from a theatre near you, but it’s now available via multiple streaming video providers and is coming to disc September 1. If you haven't seen it you should prepare your home entertainment system for the experience, because you really don't want to miss this one. Some time in the very near future, the world just goes straight to hell. Prior Mad Max films chronicled some apocalyptic decline, and Fury Road adds a water shortage to that list. In this bleak environment, the titular Max (Tom Hardy) finds himself captive of Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne, who also played Toe Cutter in the first Mad Max film), dictatorial ruler of an oasis. Unbeknownst to Joe, however, one of his more powerful henchpersons, Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) has plans, ones that may destroy Joe