Mad Max Fury Road: 5 Awesome Moments And 5 That Sucked

A lot of fans were up in arms when it was announced that Mel Gibson would not be reprising the role of Max in this fourth instalment - even when an actor the calibre of Tom Hardy was set to replace him. When the first trailers were released, even some of the British actor's biggest supporters baulked at his attempt at an Aussie accent. 

True, his accent is a bit sketchy in the finished product, but it doesn't take long to get used to it, and Max doesn't have a whole lot to say anyway.

In grand Mad Max tradition, this new incarnation of the iconic character is a man of few words, but that doesn't mean he doesn't have anything to say. Hardy's natural screen presence, charisma and intense physicality means he achieves more with the occasional grunt, stern look, fist to the face or - rather surprisingly - moment of tenderness than many of today's leading me do with pages of expressive dialogue.  

Hardy proves that he's a worthy successor to Gibson, while putting his own little spin on the character while he's at it.