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. This time, Furiosa is portrayed by Hollywood’s “it” girl Anya Taylor-Joy, with Alyla Browne as the younger version. As part of the deal, the young Furiosa is handed over to the other side, where she grows to adulthood. Through a mixture of chance, and her own fierce will to survive and conquer, she becomes co-pilot of a heavily fortified petrol tanker through the desert with Praetorian Jack , who becomes a fleeting love interest. This ends in another confrontation with Dementus, who has grown no less weird over time.
Even allowing for the time spent watching Furiosa grow up, or fleshing out Dementus’ story so we know he once had a wife and child, none of the lead characters achieve three dimensions. They remain comic book creations, like the superheroes in the Marvel universe who are forever being portrayed as sensitive, vulnerable human beings when they are not caped-up and saving the planet from cosmic peril.
This role of surrogate parent sits awkwardly with the brutality Dementus displays on other occasions. It seems we’re expected to see him as a conflicted personality, but it never feels right.This failure may be attributed to the writing, but also to Hemsworth’s woodenness as an actor. Yes, I know this was supposed to be his breakthrough role, a career-defining performance, and so on, but I find myself incapable of taking him seriously.
The long scene with Furiosa and Jack on a truck, fighting off an ever-renewing swarm of crazies, is the highlight of the film.
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