Why The Original Mad Max Is So Much Darker Than Fury Road

Although it has plenty of the franchise’s classic high-octane action, 1979’s original Mad Max is much darker than its more far-fetched 2015 sequel Fury Road and there is a good reason for this. Decades before Immortan Joe and Furiosa’s debut in 2015’s belated sequel Fury Road, director/writer George Miller made his big-screen debut with 1979’s original Mad Max. However, many viewers who loved Fury Road’s fast-paced storytelling and larger-than-life production design might be shocked to see how sparse and dark Miller’s original Mad Max is upon a rewatch.

Source: Screenrant