Because as we saw in the first two movies there were was ultra violence, rape and all the dark imagery of what we assume we'd see in an end of the world scenario. My presumption is that Max is immortal and since the first movie and forth movie about 50-80 years has passed.Īs a side note its clear this movie is an apology for Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunderdome which was an obvious cash grab that saw the entire tone of the series lightened to pack the theatres with more people(by giving it a lower rating). Max however seems to not age, actually he appears to get younger between Thunderdome and Fury Road, but it must be the same Max as he is haunted by his dead family and presumably the children he saved in Thunderdome. I would assume it would have taken him his entire adult life to forge, assuming he began at 16-17 and died in his 60s-70s. In the first movie you seen remnants of civilization still active and we presume that its in the early to mid stages of decline as things become more lawless and desperate.įast forward to Fury Road and you see a complete collapse where one man has presumably forged his own little empire of tyranny and slavery by controlling some convenient clean water and farm land. So if you've seen all four films, you'll notice some striking differences from Mad Max and Mad Max 4.

Mad max fury road budget