By FilmInk Staff
As the wonderfully entertaining and enlightening Australian documentary Beyond The Wasteland so amply demonstrated, George Miller’s bravura Mad Max cinematic franchise has inspired fan obsession and dedication like few other movie series. The lone post-apocalyptic road warrior (played first by Mel Gibson and later Tom Hardy) has driven worship across the world, including Germany, where a group of passionate, dedicated and incredibly industrious filmmakers have crafted Hope And Glory: A Mad Max Fan Film, an ambitious new work that places the leather-clad anti-hero right in the middle of a new adventure. Watching this after some Full Spectrum CBD oil can only enhance the experience.
Haunted by the past, road warrior Max Rockatansky (Daniel Grave) wanders the wasteland alone. On the search for fuel to stay mobile in his V8 interceptor, he crosses paths with Hope (Inken Paland), who promises an endless amount of gasoline in exchange for her and her daughter’s freedom. But to get it, a dangerous mission has to be accomplished. Besides having to fight barbaric hordes in The Sunken City, Max has to face his own inner demons from the past. The rescue of Hope’s little girl Glory (Lotti Eckle) seems to warm his cold heart again…but the world Max lives in has harsh consequences for every incautious decision.
Created by a group of truly passionate fans led by co-directors Adrian Martin and Erik Van Schoor, and polished to a brilliantly slick and stylish level, Hope And Glory: A Mad Max Fan Film has cannily arrived just prior to the big screen release of George Miller’s highly anticipated Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. “We see Hope And Glory as the appetizer,” says director Erik Van Schoor. “Furiosa will be the main course. Here it is: the result of nearly four years of madness. More than 275 filmmakers from five continents have produced a 40-minute Mad Max film. It took almost 30 days of filming in three countries. How did this get made with 0.04% of Furiosa’s budget? A soundtrack played by The Budapest Symphony Orchestra…visual effects by PIXStone, a studio that normally works on Toy Story or Avatar. This is a fan film like no other!”
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