10 Best Movie Sequels That Took Decades To Arrive - Ranked

2. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

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The Previous Film: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

For a while, it seemed like a fourth Mad Max movie just wasn't destined to happen. The project had been gestating since the mid-1990s, and had moved from studio to studio and release date to release date.

But when it finally landed in 2015 in the shape of Mad Max: Fury Road, it's hard to imagine that anyone would want to change a single thing about the movie's development process.

The most impressive thing about Fury Road is undoubtedly its bone-breaking action sequences, with director George Miller's devotion to practical effects (and some impeccable stunt work) lending the film's many vehicle chases a weight and believability that puts other blockbusters - ones where the CGI is apparent and overbearing - to shame.

Sure, its plot is a little thin, but that's sort of the point. This is meant to be a balls-to-the-wall chase movie from start to end, and on that front, Mad Max: Fury Road is as good as it gets.

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