Mad Max: Fury Road (Alliana Alea)

Mad Max Fury Road (Alliana Alea)

The text I decided to analyse as a supplementary text is Mad Max: Fury Road.

Mad Max: Fury Road is the fourth instalment in the movie series known as “Mad Max”, written and directed by George Miller. It is categorised under the sci-fi-action-fantasy genre set in a dystopian-post-apocalyptic Australia. It is about a collapsed civilisation, led by a tyrant named Immortan Joe, who enslaves all the survivors in the Citadel. One of his captains, Imperator Furiosa leads an escape to the Green Place, taking all five wives of Immortan Joe with her in a War Rig. Throughout her journey, she forms an alliance with a former captive and used as a “blood bag”, Max, who also happens to be haunted by his past. They try to

The idea of an apocalyptic world is the main idea that led all the other ideas to be presented. The population on the deserted island are sick and dying due to the lack of food, clean water and not having a shelter. A large amount of radiation also circulated the deserted region presented in the film. Immortan Joe has created a patriarchalism society which he rules, with a powerful autocratic society. Every corner of the deserted islands has a male as their leader with male warriors. Whilst, women are trapped in his dungeon providing them with “mother’s milk” via strapping them in milking machines. This leads to another theme and/or idea of objectification. The film examines themes of objectification, especially towards women. As Immortan Joe fears that the future might be left for the unworthy to become his successors. He instigated a 'breeding program' in order to produce a healthy successor for his empire by using women. He sought the healthiest and purest women, who became his concubines, and called them "The Five Wives". He stored them inside a giant bank vault like he would for his jewels or a government-issued savings bond. He dehumanizes other women by milking them like cows to provide “mother’s milk” for himself and the “deserving ones”. The fact Joe has five wives underscores his role as Father-In-Chief, speaking to his potency as a male, while diminishing the value

Both films delve into some similar issues and ideas, such as being ruled by a totalitarian government and corruption, hence resisting against it, and the downfall and loss of power of the human race. The government presented in the film, V for Vendetta, has turned into a totalitarian society that should be overthrown. In totalitarian societies people in power benefits, and detriments those who are not, such as the citizens, by being controlled via fear and corruption. The main character, V, becomes a rebel leader who stands up against the dictatorship in Britain, ruled by a fascist political party in a totalitarian government calling itself Norsefire. The minority were forced to accept and conform to the rules set by Sutler, and there weren’t any rebellions to release themselves from those rules until V. Whilst, in Mad Max: Fury Road, the leader, Immortan Joe, has access to everything and controls who can access certain resources, such as water. By being a leader, he uses this ideology and derision to corrupt its society, by hoarding resources, enslaving those beneath him and waging war to those who oppose him. Although, Imperator Furiosa began the revolution by helping the five wives escape and rebelling against Immortan Joe. The second main character, Max, provided the stimulus for Imperator Furiosa, the five wives and the group of survivors of the “Vuvalini of Many Mother’s”