Mad Max Fury Road Essay

Preamble

The following short narrative that I have written is about how. George miller’s 2015 film mad max fury road won 6 Oscar’s at the 2016 academy awards I see similarities between this film and Macbeth as it shows the overthrowing of a tyrant. The narrative will detail, that the story is set in an apocalyptic wasteland in Australia, where all human life is insane.

Mad Max: water of the wasteland

BY Alex Armour

The year is 1957, 5 years after the atomic bomb when the world went mad. Mad with corruption, the rise of evil power and unchecked ambition. The atomic bomb created a wasteland with the survivors scrambling for food, water and supplies to be able to survive in this new world reality. One man, Red Mason, through brute force took control of the water supply in major cities and held it for ransom to control the people. His rise to power came through taking advantage of the desperate people of the wasteland. Red Mason started to create his own family of misfits with the underbelly living in the

One night Alpha Mae was on patrol when a man sprinted past her with a look of fear on his face. She grabbed him with her bionic and they quickly crouched down behind a crumbling brick wall as Red Mason’s men ran past. Out of breath and with his eyes closed Mad Max collapsed against her to regain his strength. This chance meeting was the beginning of a partnership that would see the demise of an evil empire.

Alpha Mae led Mad Max back to the warehouse and she learned that he was trying to steal water from Red Mason and had been caught, but he managed to escape and they had been hunting him ever since. After days of recuperating Mad Max explains to Alpha Mae how to infiltrate the station were all the water is stored. They band together their supporters and begin to bring together a plan to overthrow Red