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10 Years Ago, A Legendary Sci-Fi Director Showed Hollywood The Secret To Reviving A Franchise

Daniel Dockery

created: May 15, 2025, 11:30 a.m. | updated: May 20, 2025, 6:33 p.m.

And then there’s Mad Max: Fury Road, a film that lurks much farther down the list (at #21, it didn’t even beat the fourth Hunger Games effort or the generic thrills of San Andreas). Many films are about surviving relative extinction, but few force the audience to pick up and go along with it like Fury Road. By the time Fury Road came out, Miller was 70, but he’d lost none of his step. Fury Road isn’t as reassuring. Mad Max: Fury Road didn’t rescue Hollywood; it just showed what happens when you step on the gas a little bit.

9 months ago: Inverse