Although Miller's Fury Road does in many ways present women through the male gaze-it indeed sexualizes them at certain points in the film-it should still be classified as a feminist film. Certain fans of the original franchise were upset by the political message the film projected in what was meant to be a 'traditional' action film, whilst other fans denied that Fury Road was a feminist film altogether due to its blatant sexualization of the supermodel sex slaves and the glorification of masculinity throughout. It has been suggested by scholars, activists, members of the entertainment industry and the general media that Fury Road is a feminist film due to its emphasis on the freedom of women from a patriarchal society. The thirty-year gap between the original trilogy and the recently released film marked a surprising transition of focus from Miller which was met with admiration as well as condemnation. Spawned from the fertile mind of director George Miller, the Mad Max franchise is a collection of four action films set in dystopian Australia that consists of Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).

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