{"id":50878,"date":"2024-05-07T11:38:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T09:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2036379"},"modified":"2024-05-07T13:08:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T11:08:08","slug":"furiosa-first-reactions-call-it-ferocious-and-praise-anya-taylor-joys-performance","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/furiosa-first-reactions-call-it-ferocious-and-praise-anya-taylor-joys-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Furiosa first reactions call it \u201cferocious\u201d and praise Anya Taylor-Joy\u2019s performance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> &#8220;Powerhouse action filmmaking at its absolute best.&#8221; <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 07 May 2024 at 09:38 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">George Miller\u2019s Furiosa is set to land in cinemas later this month <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013 and now we\u2019ve got the first reactions to the film, which are overwhelmingly positive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/best-films-uk-may-2024\/\">The film<\/a>, which is a prequel spin-off of the Oscar-winning 2015 blockbuster Mad Max: Fury Road, will see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/mad-max-furiosa-prequel-anya-taylor-joy\/\">Anya Taylor-Joy take over the Charlize Theron role<\/a> and follow Furiosa as she\u2019s kidnapped from her home as a young child by the warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and his Biker Horde and battles to find her way home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IndieWire film critic David Ehrlich <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidehrlich\/status\/1787656184490541561\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter, which was recently rebranded as X: \u201cBrings me great joy to report that Furiosa is really, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">really<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> f***ing good.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He continued: \u201cOperates in an extremely different gear than Fury Road (in ways that I suspect will frustrate some people), but also manages to make that movie even richer while carving its own legend in the wasteland.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, I saw Furiosa tonight and it was great.<\/p>\u2014 Esther Zuckerman (@ezwrites) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezwrites\/status\/1787656596262101105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, entertainment writer and New York Film Critics Circle member Esther Zuckerman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ezwrites\/status\/1787656596262101105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1787656596262101105%7Ctwgr%5E14de705b4fe4e3a7ad03251cb0218056bd00fb53%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2024%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Ffuriosa-first-reactions-mad-max-fury-road-action-classic-1235993908%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Well, I saw Furiosa tonight and it was great,\u201d while j<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ournalist Bill Bria <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billbria\/status\/1787702198568386734\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a>: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">LADY AND GENTLEMENS:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Furiosa?src=hashtag_click\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">#Furiosa<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is myth making at its finest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added: \u201cThe most sprawling Mad Max Saga entry returns to the series\u2019 roots: it\u2019s a powerful, moving, gritty tale of revenge in the middle of a world gone wild. Also: windsurfing bombers. Anya Taylor-Joy owns, Hemsworth kills!\u201d<\/span><\/p> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elsewhere, Fandango\u2019s Erik Davis was full of praise for the movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikDavis\/status\/1787656513789530128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1787656513789530128%7Ctwgr%5E14de705b4fe4e3a7ad03251cb0218056bd00fb53%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2024%2Ffilm%2Fnews%2Ffuriosa-first-reactions-mad-max-fury-road-action-classic-1235993908%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing<\/a>: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A ferocious &amp; relentlessly paced epic that expands the story of Furiosa and the Wasteland while delivering the craziest chases, the most bombastic characters &amp; just plain stunning cinematography.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAnya Taylor-Joy and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chris Hemsworth<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> equally dive all the way into the Wasteland, and both deliver some incredible stuff. There\u2019s one War Rig sequence that blew my mind \u2013 an instant classic. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI love the Mad Max movies and I loved this film. Start your engines!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/daniel-craig-queer-justin-kuritzkes-teased-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Daniel Craig movie Queer teased by writer: \u201cIt\u2019s not a made-for-the-movies book\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/how-to-watch-the-star-wars-movies-in-the-right-order\/\">How to watch the Star Wars movies in order: Every order from chronological timeline to release date<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; animation-iteration-count: infinite; animation-direction: alternate; width:100%; } .gvtext1 { animation-name: gvtext1; } .gvtext2 { animation-name: gvtext2; } @keyframes gvtext1 { 0% { opacity: 1 } 47% { opacity: 1 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 100% { opacity: 0 } } @keyframes gvtext2 { 0% { opacity: 0 } 50% { opacity: 0 } 53% { opacity: 1 } 100% { opacity: 1 } } ]]><\/style> <div style=\"font-family:arial;font-size:smaller;position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;background:rgb(208, 208, 208);border-radius:30px;display:flex;text-align:center;align-items:center;\"> <div class=\"gvtext2\" style=\"position:absolute;\"> Green Video Post Element <br\/>Video ID: \"2977fec74d9208307c2b655b7d500c2a86d5f471\" <br\/>Mix ID: \"\" <br\/>Player ID: \"Tw3-XowQ\" <\/div> <div class=\"gvtext1\" style=\"padding: 10px;\"> If the player doesn't appear here within a few seconds, the Player ID or Licence Key (set via IM Green Video settings) might be invalid. <\/div> <\/div> <green-video embed-id=\"Tw3-XowQ\" content-id=\"2977fec74d9208307c2b655b7d500c2a86d5f471\" mix-id=\"\"\/>\n<\/div> <p><strong>Furiosa will arrive in cinemas on 24th May 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/\">Film<\/a> coverage or visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\">TV Guide<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\">Streaming Guide<\/a> to find out what\u2019s on. 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