#MAD MAX TOECUTTER MOVIE#

Tom Hardy makes for a fantastic Max, but what makes Fury Road shine the most is the world itself, as it's never been livelier. Nominated for freaking Best Picture, Mad Max: Fury Road is more of a remake than a sequel, and I think that works for the best, as this feels similar to the older films, but also wholly original.

#MAD MAX TOECUTTER MOVIE#

What follows is quite possibly the greatest chase movie ever put to film.

Starring Tom Hardy as the titular Max, as well as Charlize Theron as the warrior woman, Imperator Furiosa, and Hugh Keays-Byrne as the series' best villain, Immortan Joe, Fury Road is really Furiosa's story, as she tries to bring Immortan Joe's five wives to safety, banding with Max in the process. Was Mad Max: Fury Road worth its decades long sequel wait after Beyond Thunderdome? Oh, hell yeah. On a different day, I might have put this as the best Mad Max movie, but today, I'm putting it at number two. Plus, it moves at such a brisk pace that you're given little time to breathe, and I mean that in the very best sort of way. Mel Gibson has never been better in the role as a reluctant hero, and it doesn't feel ridiculous like it does in Beyond Thunderdome. This sequel is so action-packed and balls to the wall that it still feels like the freshest version of itself beyond all the imitators. So many other films and stories have pulled from The Road Warrior, that you would think it would feel old, but no. You already know what number one is going to be now, but I seriously considered putting this at the top spot since it never gets old. It really doesn't get much better than this. But, he eventually fights to defend a community against a ravenous gang of lunatics, led by the super imposing, Humungus. In this superior in every way sequel directed by George Miller (they're all directed by him), and starring Mel Gibson, and Kjell Nilsson as Lord Humungus, Max is a broken man who fights to survive and steals this world's most valuable commodity - gasoline - whenever he can. He never became a household name, but in the years that followed he worked steadily in Australia’s film, TV, and theater communities, and in 2000 he had a memorable role as Grunchlk in the popular Farscape television series.(Image credit: Warner Bros.) 2. In 1979, Keays-Byrne starred as the axe-wielding villain Toecutter in the dystopian classic Mad Max. His effortless menace and natural charm helped turn a small movie made on a shoestring budget into an international smash hit.

As The Independentreported, he arrived in Australia on a 1973 RSC tour and soon booked his first movie role in the Australian cult biker film Stone. His scene-stealing turn as Toad attracted the attention of George Miller, then plotting a kind of biker movie of his own. As a child he moved with his parents to England, and in his twenties he performed with the legendary Royal Shakespeare Company. Via IMDB, Keays-Byrne was born in Kashmir, India, the son of British citizens. The news was announced by his friend, the filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith, in a Facebook post.

Hugh Keays-Byrne, the Anglo-Australian actor best known for his roles in the Mad Max film franchise, has died at 73.

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