Umqondisi wase-Australia uGeorge Miller waxoxisana neNew York Times, lapho atshela khona ngekusasa le-postpocalyptic Militant Hilitant "Mad Max: Riot Road" (2015). Maphakathi nefilimu ezayo kuzoba yi-furios enesibindi, okuyinto charlize therlon idlale "emgaqweni ofutheka", kepha uMiller waxwayisa ngokuthi umlingisi ngeke akwazi ukubuyela endimeni yakhe. Lesi sithombe sizolandisa ngeminyaka emincane kaFoulios, ngakho-ke abadali kuzofanela bameme umlingisi omncane.
UMiller wabheka inketho ukuze "avuselele" i-thermon ngosizo lwehluzo zamakhompyutha, kodwa ekugcineni wenqabile lo mbono. Ukuhlolwa okufanayo kwahlolwa ku "I-Ireland" Martin Scorsese, kepha kuMdali we- "Inane Max", kusehlabe umxhwele umbono wokuthi "isigodi esimangazayo."
Ngokuka-Miller, enqubweni yokusebenza 'ekufungweni othandekayo,' okwalwe okwelule eminyakeni eyodwa nesigamu, yena, kanye nomngane wakhe, wakwazi ukuza nokuqala kwabalingiswa bakhe ngakunye - kusukela ku Umphikisi we-joe engathandeki kumdlali wesiginci oyimpumputhe. Kodwa-ke, ababhali babenaka kakhulu ama-furios. Ukusebenza kuleli heroine, uMiller wayefuna ukubhekana nalokho okwakuyimpilo yakhe emazweni aluhlaza okotshani, kungani ayedabula khona esizweni sendabuko saseVillais nangendlela eya emkhosini wamasosha kuJoe.
Mayelana nobani ozodlala ama-furios kwifilimu entsha, kanti akukho mininingwane esemthethweni, kepha kukhona amahlebezi okuthi intandokazi yi-Anya Taylor-Joy, eyaziwa ngale mithombo yamafilimu ngokuthi "i-Emma". Ngaphezu kwalokho, uzodlala esinye sezindima eziphambili ochungechungeni olusha lwe-Superhero "kusuka kuMarvel.