A new video uploaded on YouTube demonstrates the rhythmic intricacies set to the action in Mad Max Fury Road.

This was a key aspect of the movie's tremendous impact. In an "Action Masterclass," YouTuber Rossatron astutely analyzes how the action sequences were set up ingeniously with a certain rhythm. Lauding George Miller's technical expertise, the video explains how the rhythm of the action sequences is such that it allows the viewer to latch on to all the flitting bits with ease and maintain cohesive engagement. In essence the rhythm is what threads the violent and erratic bits together seamlessly to keep the viewers attention:

"When you have action scenes that last almost twenty minutes, ones full of different elements like huge explosions, near-death experiences and moments of character development, how do you make it so that we cannot only keep up but not get either overwhelmed or bored. The answer is rhythm."

In a recent interview with Top Gear, Miller revealed some very exciting news for Mad Max fans.

Miller confirmed two more sequels for Mad Max Fury Road. Sometimes when things don't work out, there is an upside to it, as Miller revealed that as Fury Road kept getting pushed over a decade he managed to come up with enough material for more films. "This film [Fury Road] was green lit three times and fell over three times over a decade," Miller said. "We went to shoot with Mel Gibson back in 2001, but then 9/11 happened, and the American dollar collapsed against the Australian dollar close to 30 per cent, so we lost that amount of budget overnight."

Further delays were caused by the rains in Australia which led the crew to the deserts of South West Africa, and in all this time it gave the director time to really get into the complexities that made the film impeccable.

"We were then rained out of Australia," Miller said. "The desert rained for the first time in 15 years, and we ended up in South West Africa, Namibia. But in this process, we had dug down deep into the backstory, not only of the characters, but of every vehicle. How the steering wheels became religious artifacts and things like that."

And he also ended up with the material for two more sequels.

"So we ended up with two scripts, without really trying," he added. "We're talking to the studio [Warner Bros] about it as we speak, but which one of the two stories will happen next, I'm not so sure."

Recently, Mad Max: Fury Road was also named the best film of 2015 as judged by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).

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