'Mad Max Fury Road' Spoilers: Movie Labelled Hardcore, Gets An R Rating [VIDEO]
Mad Max Fury Road has been officially deigned too hardcore as it has landed an R rating from the MPAA.
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The MPAA chose to label it restricted citing "intense sequences of violence throughout, and for disturbing images."
New footage from the film recently premiered at SXSW. Previously, edgy stills and posters for the sequel to the 1979 original were also revealed. One image showed a motorcade of unique metallic black vehicles on a dirt road leaving a trace of clouds of dust behind them. The warriors are propped up no these vehicles, armed and rearing to strike with vengeance. IndieWire revealed the stills featuring Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron. Hardy, who plays the titular character, is seen with a muzzle on, much like his character in Batman. Theron is seen walking by a massive juggernaut of a vehicle in another picture.
The first look at Mad Max: Fury Road, which stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron, was revealed via Entertainment Weekly's July cover, the dark and gritty semblance of a ravaged place is effectively captured. The story gave away some more information about the sequel to the original (1980).
Both the original and the new adaptation have been directed by George Miller. Miller also stated that the movie will feature very little CGI with 80% of the reel capturing naturally executed stunts. But also stated that he was working on creating, "not just a physical experience, but an intense emotional one."
In the cover story interview with Entertainment Weekly Hardy added that the seven month shoot in the hot desert, which was completely dead and parched, was both taxing and rewarding.
"It was mental in a brilliant way," Hardy said. "You have no concrete, no coffee shops. We were in the middle of a sandpit."
The story in EW also reveals that the shoot was exceptionally gruelling given the desert heat, dust and gritty atmosphere. Doing action sequences in these circumstances only made it tougher. "Nothing about this movie was a walk in the park," Theron told the publication. "Vanity went out the window."
Miller also spoke to IndieWire recently about avoiding reliance on a script and dialogue: "To not have to rely on dialogue...I knew right off the bat that this was going to be like a huge ballet."
The shoot took 116 days and featured very little dialogue and few digital effects.
Mad Max: Fury Road will hit theaters on May 15 2015.
