Mad Max: Fury Road - 8 Things We Learned From The Trailer

7. But At Least The Cars Are Awesome

Gotta take it where you can get it, haven't you? The world may be lawless nightmare where there's no escape from the punk marauders that roam the desert, and if they don't kill you then eventually you'll most likely sucumb to dehydration, but at least you might see some cool cars before then. The original Mad Max film was inspired by the amount of car wrecks director George Miller had seen growing up in rural Queensland, including several involving teenage pals of his. Clearly it didn't mess him up too much, though, since he's currently making his fourth film principally about automobile "accidents", and he's clearly something of a petrolhead. Besides Mel Gibson, the real arguable star of the original Mad Max trilogy is the Pursuit Special. A fictional model that's actually a modified 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT, Miller and his producers totally overhauled the lot-bought car in a Xzibit (or Tim Westwood, for our British readers)-stylee, and that original car will be used once again in Fury Road. Which, considering our parents once drove a Ford that barely lasted five years on the road before collapsing in a rust-covered heap, is rather impressive. It even does all its own stunts! Miller doesn't just have eyes for the Pursuit, mind. On the basis of this trailer he's put in just as much work with the convoy of marauders featured in the film, who drive everything from what looks like an old-style Cadillac (like the Ghostbusters drove) jacked up onto monster truck wheels to a VW beetle covered in spines ala The Cars That Ate Paris, another weird old Aussie movie by director Peter Weir. It looks like a feature length, sci-fi version of Top Gear. Without the racism.