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An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
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Mad Max: Fury Road Plot Summary and Synopsis
With the world becoming a desert wasteland following a societal collapse from warfare over resources, a survivor named Max Rockatansky is captured and taken to Immortan Joe’s Citadel by the War Boys, an army led by Joe.
Max is imprisoned and used as a “blood bag” for a sick War Boy called Nux.
Meanwhile, Imperator Furiosa, one of Joe’s lieutenants, is sent in her armoured “War Rig” to extract gasoline and ammunition.
When Joe realises that his five wives are fleeing with her, he leads his army in pursuit of Furiosa, calling on the aid of nearby Gas Town and the Bullet Farm.
Nux joins the pursuit with Max strapped to his car, and a battle ensues between the War Rig and Joe’s forces. Furiosa drives into a sand storm, evading her pursuers, except Nux, who attempts to sacrifice himself to destroy the Rig.
Max escapes and restrains Nux, but the car is destroyed. After the storm, Max finds Furiosa repairing the Rig, accompanied by the wives: Capable, Cheedo, Toast, the Dag, and the Splendid Angharad, the last of whom is pregnant with Joe’s child.
Max steals the Rig, but reluctantly agrees to let Furiosa and the wives accompany him. Nux boards the Rig as it leaves and attempts to kill Furiosa, but is overcome and thrown out, being picked up by Joe’s army.
Furiosa drives through a biker gang-controlled canyon, having bartered a deal for safe passage.
The gang turns on her when they discover Joe’s army arriving, forcing her and the group to flee, while the bikers detonate the canyon walls to block Joe.
Max and Furiosa fight off the pursuing bikers as Joe’s car breaks through the blockade. Joe catches up with the War Rig, allowing Nux to board with the intent of attacking Furiosa again; he fails, to the disappointment of Joe.
As the Rig escapes, Angharad falls off trying to help Max and is fatally run over by Joe’s car. Furiosa explains to Max that they are escaping to the “Green Place”, an idyllic land she remembers from her childhood.
Capable finds Nux hiding in the Rig, and consoles him as he laments his failure. Furiosa and Max slow Joe’s forces with mines, but Joe’s ally, the Bullet Farmer, continues pursuit. After Furiosa shoots the Bullet Farmer, Max leaves to confront him and his men, returning with guns and ammunition. During the firefight, Nux emerges from hiding to help free the trapped Rig and joins the crew.
After driving the War Rig overnight through swampland and desert, the crew comes across a mysterious woman. Furiosa approaches her and states her history and clan affiliation.
The woman summons her clan, the Vuvalini, who recognize Furiosa as one of their own who was kidnapped as a child. Furiosa is devastated to learn that the swampland they passed was indeed the Green Place, now uninhabitable. The group then plans to ride across immense salt flats in the hope of finding a new home.
After seeing visions of a child he failed to save, Max convinces them to return to the undefended Citadel, which has ample water and greenery, and to trap Joe and his army in the bikers’ canyon.
The group heads back towards the Citadel and engage Joe’s forces, with many Vuvalini and many of Joe’s forces killed, and Furiosa seriously wounded. Joe positions his car in front of the War Rig to slow it, while Max fights Joe’s large adult son, Rictus Erectus.
Joe captures Toast, who manages to distract him long enough for Furiosa to kill him. Nux sacrifices himself by wrecking the Rig, killing Rictus and blocking the canyon, allowing the group to escape in Joe’s car. Max transfuses his blood to Furiosa, saving her life.
Mad Max: Fury Road Ending
Back at the Citadel, the people rejoice upon learning of Joe’s death.
Furiosa, the wives, and the Vuvalini are cheered by the crowd and welcomed by the remaining War Boys. Max and Furiosa both share a glance before he leaves.
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