The recent trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road [1] blew everyone away, and some accordingly crazy pictures for the movie just arrived. Tom Hardy stars as Mad Max, and in the pictures he's joined by Charlize Theron [2] as Furiosa and Nicholas Hoult as Nux. They look dirty, grim, and seriously intriguing. The apocalyptic action movie opens on May 15 of next year — until then, revel in how much that mask makes Hardy look like Bane again.

Hardy as Mad Max and Theron as Furiosa in the back.

Hardy carries Hoult (who plays Nux).

Hardy and director George Miller on the set.