MAD MAX FURY ROAD BREAKDOWN! Secret of the Chrome | The Deep Dive

Mad Max Fury Road is a masterpiece of a film, with amazing action and stunts, supercharged editing, and powerful themes of redemption. Erik Voss dives deep into this film for an analysis of the visuals, the story structure, and the impressive attention to detail by director George Miller and his team. How does Fury Road connect to Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior? What is the deep dark secret of the CHROME spray, and how does Max's blood save Nux from a doomed fate?

00:00 - What A Lovely Day
01:09 - Who Killed the World?
03:08 - Max Captured
05:55 - Furiosa Leaves Citadel
08:15 - Immortan Joe Explained
10:26 - Insane Deleted Scene
10:45 - Joe's Wives
11:54 - Nux
13:04 - Furiosa Chase
16:03 - Sandstorm Mystery
17:52 - Road Warrior
18:52 - Max vs Furiosa
21:09 - Nux Returns
22:02 - Canyon Pass
23:46 - Joe's Favorite Dies
25:42 - The Green Place
28:41 - Furiosa Heartbreak
30:48 - Craziest Detail
31:47 - Stunts Breakdown
33:36 - Best Shot in Fury Road
34:45 - Immortan Joe Death
36:05 - Tom Hardy & Mel Gibson
37:07 - Witness Me
37:46 - Fury Road Final Scene

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Written and Produced by Erik Voss
Lead Editor: Devin Cleary
Edited by Devin Cleary, Aaron Carrion, and Tanner DiGirolamo
Executive Producer: Erik Voss

[timwhite]

Sand storms absolutely create lightning, pretty intense ones at that. The friction created from the sand particles colliding with each other creates a static charge that produces lightning.

[plhwnwt]

Once i was diagnosed with a brain tumor that would end my life in 18 months. Call it god, call it luck, call it fate, but the tumor was removed. That was 8 years ago. However, I'll never forget what it was like to be told you have an exact half-life. Nux is a character i totally understand and even relate to. Nothing brings clarity like knowing how it is supposed to end.

[blt]

This movie proved to me, that with great direction, vision, and style a franchise can continue and never get stale

[samneis]

I still remember feeling shocked but also somehow relieved in the theater when Nux died. I went into the movie expecting cool visuals and not much else. As a kid the aesthetic and world building of the Mad Max movies from the 80's had really caught my imagination, but wow, were they ever nihilistic. Especially in Road Warrior, Max was the only character who came across as cool or capable in any way really. The other good guys were pretty ineffectual. The bad guys were basically inhuman. And regardless which side, everyone who dies, dies screaming or humiliated so that Max looks tougher. In Fury Road I could tell Furiosa was going to be different, but I was convinced from the start that Nux was only there to be a foil, and was definitely going to go out like a punk, either killed by Max, or killed by a baddie right before Max killed that baddie, just to raise the stakes a little. And it almost happened so many times. And then he went out like an absolute hero. It made the whole movie inspiring, when I was expecting dehumanization. Afterward I asked myself if it was almost too feel-good. But it wasn't, because the hero didn't live. He died. Fury Road is basically Shakespeare with napalm.

[nicolamagro]

I re-watched this movie yesterday for like, the fourth time and what I love about it, is that the attention to details and continuity is INSANE, and everytime I notice something new.
The one I love the most begins in the very first chase, when Nux's car loses a tire and he needs counterweight in the back of his car. Max then fights the lancer who falls off the car grabbing one of Max's boots. A few moments later, when Max wakes up in the sand and fails to cut himself free from Nux, he takes one of Nux's boots off for himself.
Later on, when they're waiting for the engine of the war rig to cool down, Max engages in a fight off-screen, wins it, and comes back with a new wheel for the rig and... A NEW BOOT FOR NUX.

It's such a subtle payoff at more than half runtime, for something that had been set up in the first 20 minutes.

Love this movie so much and never get tired of watching it ❤

[JonathanDietrich]

"sometimes the most heroic thing you can do is just support the driver from the back seat" This is a great reminder for any actor.

[supremeownage]

I thought the only key moment you missed was when Max decides to go off into the mist to finish off the guy from the bullet farm. Furiosa asks what they should do if he doesn't come back, and he just says "well you keep moving." The look she gives him when he leaves I personally believe is the moment she decides to start really trusting him.

[RagingDelirium]

At 35:39 you can see Capable doing the Vuvalini hand gesture that symbolizes respect for the dead complimenting Nux's final "Witness me"

[Pancreaticdefect]

Max walking away at the end was the better choice. It implies that he wont take part in what comes next, but he'll be back to deal with it if necessary.

[timh]

Doesn't say "Yes" says "Witness"

[agfw]

For someone who grew up in and around deserts, lightning does form inside large sand storms, its incredibly powerful static electricity, easily enough to throw you around if you are hit by it or you are touched by another grounded person

[theurgy]

One thing about this film that is often overlooked in terms of the production and accolades is the sound of this film. It won Oscars for both best sound mixing and best sound editing and it really shows. If you play this in a home theatre with a really good surround sound system (even just in basic Dolby Digital 5.1), the soundscape and surround effects are incredible. There's a particular scene in the mud blue area where you hear a gunshot coming from the rear right and it is so well done and quite frightening, I actually thought something had happened in real life. This is one of my reference films to use when testing a new surround sound film (along with Master and Commander as well as Ford vs Ferrari).

[tom.m]

"You can say so much more by just making a good movie!"
One of the best lessons people could take from the film's success. Make your point with good storytelling and it gives the people who need to hear it a chance to internalize it before they get defensive and dug in.

[brianburkhardt]

This movie is about all 3. It’s the pivotal moment in Furiosa’s life, it’s Nux’s redemption and sacrifice, and for Max it’s one tale in a series of many. Max is a force of nature at this point. He’s in the background, but he drives the action.

[lor]

Anyone else notice that the three warlord may represent the three of the four horseman. Immorton Joe represents famine, bullet farm represent war, and gas town represent pestilence. Max however, represent death, for him to see the people he couldn't save, and manage to survive in situation no normal human could.

[jaredmundi]

I saw it at the cinemas in 3d and remember being impressed with how intense it was as an action film, and how epic the photography was. It wasnt until i rewatched it more recently that i realised how indepth it really is. Some of the symbolism and metaphors in it are really striking. Such an epic film.

[StuntScotty]

8:07 The war boy yells “witness” .
I was a stuntman on the movie for 5 1/2 months in Namibia.
Great breakdown, well spotted for many things!
Fun fact… I came up with the V8 prayer hands when we were doing a couple weeks of testing and “Dramaturgy” classes before shooting.

[MrSchism]

You didn't mention the fact that the guitarist would likely be suffering from significant hearing loss, so getting the guitar back gives him the only control he knows - how to fight back against the tinnitus.

[Vinceras]

Probably one of the things that this movie changed for me the most is the notion that dialogue was absolutely necessary to convey emotion, story, or character depth. I remember watching this for the first time and realizing about half way through that there was so little dialogue...but it didn't impact how much I enjoyed the film, or how much I was getting out of it. Sometimes, just a simple look or movement was more than enough. Absolutely one of the best post-apocalyptic movies I've ever seen...and one that I need to revisit...it's been far too long.

[pleasureincontempt]

Truly a great film. I was really impressed about the attention to detail of Max reapplying the air-brake supply hoses to stop the second trailer from skidding. All Air-brakes have dual-functionality; If you don’t have adequate air supply from the air-compressor the spring-brakes will apply and you can’t move in the first place. It’s like a deadmans switch so you don’t accidently kill people on the highway/freeway. You can’t drive the bigger trucks if you aren’t certified in the systems entire purpose or capability. The psi/kPa dump would suggest that the entire truck has a higher governor lockout and it didn’t just lock all of it’s tires. That’s riding dirty for sure.