History Awesome / MadMaxFuryRoad

** It also deserves credit for it's one [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of ShowDontTell, the situation of the Wives. Most other movies would have uncomfortable scenes to "justify" why the Wives would want to escape Joe. Fury Road instead asks: Why would they want to escape a place where they have bountiful food, water and safety in the post-apocalypse? It can't be that bad can it? ''Yes. Yes it is. Take our word for it, it's bad enough that they want out now.''

** Keep in mind that this is shortly after the ''second'' horrific car crash Max has survived in a matter of days, (and in this one he was on the ''[[MadeOfIron outside]]'' of the car), ''after'' spending hours hanging upside down with his blood draining out, against six opponents, one of whom is [[ActionGirl Furiosa]], while still [[UpToEleven chained to Nux.]] Max ''wins''.

* This:
-->'''Furiosa:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Remember me?]] (''hooks Joe's mask to the wheels of his car, causing them to rip his face off and kill him'')

** The awesomeness of this death scene sinks in even better once you realize that its background music ends with a resounding final riff of Coma's guitar.

-->'''Melissa Jaffer''': "The roles that one is offered at this age, quite frankly, you're either in a nursing home, you're in a hospital bed dying, you're suffering from dementia, or in fact, in two cases, I was offered two characters who'd actually died and come back to life. When this role came along, I thought well, I won't get another chance like this before I die, and that's why I took it. [[AwesomeDearBoy It was absolutely wonderful.]]"

** This gets echoed [[spoiler: in the finale when Nux decides to make his HeroicSacrifice, he speaks the line towards ''Capable'', who had befriended him earlier and helped him on his path away from Immortan Joe. He then proceeds to blockade the entire canyon by rolling the War Rig.]]

* Part of Immortan Joe's wheeled retinue is a man known only as ''[[EnsembleDarkHorse Coma The Doof Warrior]]'', who plays his electric guitar nonstop which also spews fire periodically! ThePowerOfRock at its ''finest''! And by "nonstop" we mean '''nothing can prevent him from rocking out'''. Being a part of a brutal three way melee between Max and one of the Imperators? He will keep playing. Being swung around like a rag-doll? He will keep playing! Even better: [[http://www.mtv.com/news/2161513/mad-max-fury-road-guitar-player-doof-warrior-colin-gibson/ he actually played a guitar that had an ACTUAL FLAMETHROWER IN IT!]] [[spoiler:It's a shame he dies as part of Nux's HeroicSacrifice; one can't help but feel sorry for him as his guitar does a Ping-Pong shot out of the wreckage.]]
** The awesomeness of this [[spoiler:death]] scene sinks in even better once you realize that its background music ends with a resounding final riff of Coma's guitar.

** "The Chase" contains the majestic horn section used during the flaming electric tornado scene and [[spoiler: Nux's sacrifice scene.]]

* Everything that Furiosa does in the climax while [[spoiler: suffering from a massive stab wound.]]

* Nux has a sweet moment where he saves Max, who is in danger of falling to his death from the War Rig as only a mortally wounded [[spoiler: Furiosa]] is barely holding onto him, by kicking him so hard Max is thrown upon the front of the People Eater's War Rig.

-->'''Furiosa:''' [[PreMortemOneLiner Remember me?]] [[spoiler:(''hooks Joe's mask to the wheels of his car, causing them to rip his face off and kill him'')]]

* Rictus tearing off one of the War Rig's superchargers and hoisting it over his head to crush Nux with. The former War Boy's face is just: ''"oh, hell, yes...!"'' [[spoiler: Partly a tearjerker too, as Nux's reaction is one of near-religious awe because he realizes: "This is it. This is how [[HeroicSacrifice I will]] [[CallBack die historic]] on the Fury Road."]]

* The youngest and most frightened of the wives, Cheedo the Fragile, [[spoiler:tricks Rictus into getting off of Joe's car by having him jump onto the War Rig to grab her. When he puts her down, she's in the perfect position to help an injured Furiosa climb up onto the Gigahorse, and Rictus is cornered by the Vuvalini and Max.]] Especially awesome since Cheedo had earlier tried to run back to Rictus and the Warboys due to genuine Stockholm Syndrome, and [[spoiler: is able to show her newfound strength by tricking Rictus like this - using her previous fear as a disguise.]]

* When the creepy pole-cat mook [[spoiler:stabs Furiosa, Keeper of the Seeds comes out of an injured stupor to stab him in the eye with a ''bullet'' and ''Cheedo'' grabs him and throws the mook off the rig. Cheedo's act is a sign that she's come very far from the scared little girl she was.]]
** [[spoiler: Keep in mind, Keeper is in her ''seventies'' and just took a ''chainsaw'' wound to the neck five minutes earlier, and, she has enough strength to take him out, not with a knife, not with a gun, not with a pistol, but with a measly little ''bullet''.]]
*** Said creepy pole-cat mook, [[FanNickname nicknamed]] "Baby Doll" due to the creepy doll's head on the back of his mask, gets something of a CMOA all on his own. In a movie where most henchmen are dispatched by the main characters in seconds, if not ''milliseconds'', [[BossInMookClothing this]] [[ImplacableMan one]] [[VillainousValour bastard]], survives being impaled and knocked off the truck, and manages to [[spoiler: return, spear Max in the face with a crossbow bolt, and mortally wound ''Furiosa''.]] Evil? Probably. Creepy? Absolutely. But you ''cannot'' say [[TheDeterminator that guy]] lacked persistence.

* Nux manages to be the only War Boy to get to the War Rig, with a flat tire and a very angry man strapped to the front of his car, and while having a blood transfusion, in the middle of a giant fucking storm. Is he not CrazyAwesome?!

* From the design aspect of the film, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L67BiENzYs the cars themselves]]. Each of these awesome monstrosities are not only every bit as awesome as the characters and the actions, but they are *completely functional*. All of these are real, drivable vehicles and can absolutely do everything you see them doing in the film (with a few exceptions). What they couldn't find in a real life analogue, ''they built themselves''. This includes the Peacemaker treaded tank...thing, which is a complete custom job.

%%* Nux's [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]].
%%* The ''entire'' final battle.

* Furiosa making repairs underneath the War Rig. ''While it's still driving at 60+ miles per hour''.

** Fridge Awesome kicks in when you realise that Max wouldn't be likely to get large splatters of other people's blood on his face, or steal so much ammunition, if he killed the Bullet Farmer by blowing him up. The conclusion? Max confronted a mad old man and his retinue who are packing a small tank and enough firepower to level a small town, on foot, with ''just a knife'', killed them all manually, stole as much ammo and supplies as he could carry, then blew up the rest to deny it to Joe. ''Holy shit.''

* The War Rig's first journey through the canyon, with Max and Furiosa fending off a horde of frequently-airborne Rock Riders. Not just for the action, which is phenomenal--sniping cyclists out of the sky, dodging flying bikes, a motorist grabbing Furiosa ''whilst sliding his bike under the Rig''--but also for the dramatic shift in Max and Furiosa's relationship, as the mutual mistrust that had been slowly subsiding between them abruptly vanishes, [[BashSiblings and without so much as exchanging a word, they become a remarkably efficient fighting unit, completely in sync with one another.]]

** "Brother in Arms" also counts. Part of it is used in one of the trailers while the later half of the piece is inspiring stuff, worthy of being used during an awesome heroic sacrifice or by a riveting car chase (e.g. the chase between the War Rig and the Rock Riders) with a triumphant finish.

** There's another layer here that needs to be called to attention. Superchargers are known to reach some dangerously high temperatures when they're in use, to the point that it's not safe to even touch them.[[note]]10 psi of boost could easily result in a temperature rise in excess of 120°F, and this is on top of the mechanism being bolted directly onto an already hot engine.[[/note]] Rictus ripped that supercharger out of the War Rig ''with his bare hands.'' It wasn't just anger that caused him to let loose that maddened, beastlike war-cry; he was fighting through all kinds of agony just from making ''skin contact'' with that thing.

** Give one to Furiosa in this scene. Max walks back with blood splattered on his head, and the wives (and the audience) are thinking 'Oh shit, it's good that he survived, but that must have been a tough fight'. But Furiosa just calmly says "It's not his blood", and the wives (and the audience) all realize 'Holy shit, he is a ''badass'''.

* Here's one with a touch of {{Retraux}: Someone went and edited the video for ''"[[https://youtu.be/i2xn6hh5HDM We Don't Need Another Hero]]"'' to make it look like a video for ''Fury Road'' and not ''Beyond Thunderdome''.

** It also deserves credit for it's one [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of ShowDontTell, the situation of the Wives. Most other movies would have uncomfortable scenes to "justify" why the Wives would want to escape Joe. Fury Road instead asks "Why would they want to escape a place where they have bountiful food, water and safety in the post-apocalypse? It can't be that bad can it? ''Yes. Yes it is. Take our word for it, it's bad enough that they want out now.''

*** On top of all of this, it may have been a way for Max to take out the Bullet Farmer in a way that ''didn't'' decay his sympathetic protagonist character: after all, he's going to kill a man who is freshly blind and cannot reasonably fight back.

** Keep in mind that this is shortly after the ''second'' horrific car crash Max has survived in a matter of hours, (and in this one he was on the ''[[MadeOfIron outside]]'' of the car), ''after'' spending hours hanging upside down with his blood draining out, against six opponents, one of whom is [[ActionGirl Furiosa]], while still [[UpToEleven chained to Nux.]] Max ''wins''.

** And doubling as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, previous to this scene, war boys always shout "Witness me!" at the top of their lungs, trying to make their death seen by everyone. But Nux whispers it, with his eyes locked on Capable's, who witnesses his death, and his sacrifice, and reaches out to symbolically take his soul into her.

* Furiosa and Max fighting each other to a standstill. The choreography of this needs to be noted. Max is still chained to Nux and fighting Furiosa, who is without her mechanical arm. Nux regains consciousness and joins the fight, while the Wives try to intervene by pulling the chain connecting them. Max and Furiosa struggle for a pistol, Max removes the magazine(which Nux gets), manages to dodge the round in the chamber despite Furiosa having the muzzle pressed ''into his jaw'', and the four-way melee continues until Nux crashes to the ground, Max tackles Furiosa down, while slamming the pistol onto the magazine that Nux held up for him and unloading three warning shots into the sand to defuse the situation.
** The best part is the great teamwork that Nux displayed toward what was previously nothing more than an object of convenience for him, and at the end he's completely forgotten this was a man whose lifeblood he'd been consuming.

** A subtle win for compassion and humanity in the midst of this brutal fight scene. Keep in mind that Furiosa attacked him ''first'', and as such was almost certainly expecting to be killed when he grabbed the gun. When Max fires into the sand instead of her head, this is the exact moment where she realizes that he's not just another brute bent solely on survival, but still a good man who can be reasoned with and doesn't believe in ''[[PragmaticHero unnecessary]]'' violence. You can almost see the wheels turning in Furiosa's head as she thinks "A guy this tough ''and'' he's got morals? Oh hell yeah, I can work with this."
* The War Rig's first journey through the canyon, with Max and Furiosa fending off a horde of frequently-airborne Rock Riders. Not just for the action, which is phenomenal - sniping cyclists out of the sky, dodging flying bikes, a motorist grabbing Furiosa ''whilst sliding his bike under the rig'' - but also for the dramatic shift in Max and Furiosa's relationship, as the mutual mistrust that had been slowly subsiding between them abruptly vanishes, [[BashSiblings and without so much as exchanging a word, they become a remarkably efficient fighting unit, completely in sync with one another.]]
** There's a special blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment when the Wives pull Furiosa back into the rig's cabin and Max, who's driving, hands her a shotgun over his shoulder without even looking back. The awesomeness in terms of character is threefold: One, Max is smart enough to realize that the survival of everyone on the rig depends on Furiosa being properly armed. Two, Max is enough of a badass to feel that even though she was trying to kill him only hours ago, and despite being outnumbered five to one, Max is comfortable handing her a shotgun because ''he knows he can deal with her.'' And three, after he hands it to her, Furiosa just [[DoubleTake stares at him for a second]], and you can almost see the gears turning in her head as she realizes that this gesture of trust means Max is not just a tool and not just an ally, but a ''[[FireForgedFriends friend]]''.

* Max's thumbs up to Splendid Angharad. It's the first sign of human empathy he's shown since the start of the film, and he's acknowledging Angharad's rather awesome save of the War Rig. MundaneMadeAwesome? You bet.

** ShowDontTell: In a Meta sense, the fact that we don't witness Max's off-screen heroics is because the film-makers trust the audience enough to remember Max is an established Badass. We don't need to see him kicking ass for it to be awesome, we know he's getting it done. The enjoyment for the audience is watching him walk back victorious and with all the cool item drops he picked up from the fight. His body language screams, "That? That was ''easy''. Give me a harder challenge."
** Even better when you consider it from the Wives' perspective: Max warns them off with an IfIDoNotReturn, so for all they know he's making a HeroicSacrifice to help them escape. So they sit anxiously waiting if they're going to lose their best ally. Five seconds later, ''BOOM'', and Max comes strolling out of the mist with a bunch ''more'' guns and ammo. No sacrifices today, ladies ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] [[TheOneGuy Nux.]]) Just one supremely badass man with no plans to lose anyone, anytime soon.

*** On top of all of this, it may have been a way for Max to take out the Bullet Farmer in a way that didn't decay his sympathetic protagonist character: after all, he's going to kill a man who is freshly blind and cannot reasonably fight back.

* The Wives collectively, but especially Angharad, when Immortan Joe catches up to them. He has a clear shot at Furiosa... until the back door of the War Rig swings open, and Angharad hangs out, her sisters holding onto her, to serve as a human shield. She stares Joe down, and he can do nothing.
* Just the fact that the Wives ''never'' fall victim to bystander syndrome. ''Ever.'' They may have no combat experience, but if they can intervene in a fight, they will take the numbers advantage. And if they can't do that, [[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu spit in Immortan Joe's face]]. And even if they aren't dealing with people shooting each other and throwing explosives, they'll help with maintaining the War Rig when they get a chance of quiet.