Furiosa draws early praise from critics following premiere screenings with Anya ... trends now
While the full reviews won't be in until closer to the May 24 release date, early reactions to Furiosa from a wide swath of film critics is quite strong.
The new film from director George Miller is a prequel to his lauded 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road, providing an origin story for the title character, played by Charlize Theron in the previous film.
Anya Taylor-Joy takes over as the younger Furiosa, which is set between 15 and 20 years before the events of Mad Max: Fury Road.
Early reactions from critics on X (formerly Twitter) shell out universal praise for both Taylor Joy, 28, and her co-star Chris Hemsworth, 40, following the Australian premiere.
The film follows Furiosa as she's snatched by a ruthless biker gang headed up by Dr. Dementus (Hemsworth) as she tries to make her way back home to the Wastelands.
While the full reviews won't be in until closer to the May 24 release date, early reactions to Furiosa from a wide swath of film critics is quite strong
Early reactions from critics on X (formerly Twitter ) shell out universal praise for both Taylor Joy, 28, and her co-star Chris Hemsworth , 40, following the Australian premiere
Nick's Flix Fix tweeted, '#Furiosa is EPIC in every sense of the word! The world building and lore expansion of the Mad Max universe is front and centre to a bombastic film that has some explosive, exciting action.'
The critic added, 'Taylor-Joy is great, but Hemsworth truly shines in a way he hasn’t before!'
MTV's Josh Horowitz added, 'FURIOSA is not FURY ROAD and that’s ok. It’s not trying to be. What it is is something uniquely gnarly and yes, epic.'
He added, 'I can’t wait to see it again and again and really dig in. All hail George Miller. As for performances, Anya and Hemsworth are fantastic. Tom Burke impresses.'
CinemaBlend's Sean O'Connell made it clear that this is not just a carbon copy of Mad Max: Fury Road.
'Set expectations. FURIOSA is not FURY ROAD. It's wildly different. More focus and emphasis on story, world-building, and connecting of threads to FURY ROAD without trying to replicate that rush. When the action arrives, it delivers. Miller, as usual, paints with his own brush,' he said.
Den of Geek's David Crow also mentioned that this was nothing like Fury Road, in fact he said it was, 'an antithesis' to the 2015 film.
'WITNESS ME: Furiosa is a visual feast and spectacular marvel, an antithesis to Fury Road in that where that film is sparse this is verbose and epic, and where once was a nigh silent film is now a massive canvas of dystopia, despair, and glory,' he tweeted.
