Amid the explosions and fiery debris, the core of the movie has a whole lot of heart. Furiosa's (Charlize Theron) determination to save Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Abbey Lee, Courtney Eaton, and Riley Keough's characters from being Immortan Joe's sex slaves is palpable. The scene when she learns the salvation she so desperately seeks for them is gone, she collapses into the sand, dismayed and defeated, and it's so powerful it's hard not to feel those emotions right alongside her. Nicholas Hoult's heartbreaking performance as the doomed Nux is also electric, and his character arc is masterfully executed. Miller gave us storylines that we couldn't help but get invested in, ones that involved much more than the black and white simplicities of life and death.
