Furiosa is a worthy followup to Mad Max Fury Road, although it doesn't reach its predecessor's heights (which is pretty much impossible). The eternal struggle for all prequels is justifying their existence, especially for movies like Fury Road that didn't necessarily need their backstory to be filled out. But Furiosa definitely proves its worth by masterfully filling out the world in ways I didn't even realize I needed. The movie is definitely less of an action movie than Fury Road…

This is the best film that this needed to be. It manages to live up to the ludicrous hype that was built up for it. Seeing all the characters interact and fight in these epic battles was amazing, and the villain was extremely well crafted. Marvel has had a problem with making compelling villains, but Thanos is the best one yet. Smartly, the creators of the film made the movie about him, allowing us to really connect with him as…