In which 2015 action film does Tom Hardy play the title character in a post-apocalyptic wasteland?

In the 2015 action film Mad Max: Fury Road, Tom Hardy plays the title character, Max Rockatansky. The film follows Max through a brutal post-apocalyptic wasteland ruled by the tyrant Immortan Joe.

Max begins the story as a solitary survivor whose Interceptor is destroyed before he is captured by the War Boys. He is used as a blood donor and attached to a pursuing vehicle, but escapes during Imperator Furiosa’s rebellion. Although Furiosa is the story’s driving force, Max becomes her reluctant ally as they try to protect five women fleeing Joe’s Citadel.

Fury Road is the fourth film in George Miller’s Mad Max series. Mel Gibson played Max in the original trilogy from 1979 to 1985, while Hardy took over the role for the 2015 film. The title can cause confusion because “Mad Max” is Max’s famous nickname, while his full character name is Max Rockatansky. Despite the film’s desert setting and sparse dialogue, Max remains central to the franchise’s identity as a wandering survivor and antihero.