Of course Mad Max: Fury Road isn’t the best film of the year.

In my view, trying to find a film that is better than the thousands of others that came out that the same year is as pointless as determining whether a film as a whole is good or bad.

But I gave this post the title it has for a reason. Out of all the films I saw in 2015 Fury Road seemed to get the most right. But what can I say that hasn’t already been said?

Well unlike Amy, which tried to present the rise and fall of Amy Winehouse while focusing entirely on her destruction, and Inside Out, which while succeeding in conveying the virtue of sadness relied alot on convenience and schmaltz, Fury Road knew what it wanted to be and became it.

The film told the classic tale of a small group of bandits trying to overthrow an evil king in a post-apocalyptic setting with strong, empathetic characters (both male and female).

Most people are familiar with the traditional myth narrative but seeing it take place in a post-apocalyptic desert makes it more interesting and refreshing than in a typical setting such as space like in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Speaking of the setting, Fury Road pretty much reinvents the apocalypse genre.

This world is not simply a wasteland where people use junk. They use junk and build things with it. All the weapons, cars and clothes are made from everything.

The characters, while not that three-dimensional, have weaknesses and arcs that are conveyed and understood immediately. Max is a loner and can’t relate to anyone. Furiosa is obsessed with reaching paradise. Nux has been brainwashed by his leaders’ faith and has little independent thought. They’re all easy to sympathise with.

Those are just a few things Fury Road gets right. I wouldn’t call it a classic but its damn well close and it deserves to be remembered. If you don’t believe me or the thousands of raving reviews, watch it yourself.

Mad Max: Fury Road earns an outstanding 8 out of 10.