In the near future, the Earth is almost destroyed by thermonuclear war and global environmental disaster. The surface of the planet has turned into one continuous desert with rare patches of fertile soil. Miraculously, the surviving people form bloodthirsty gangs and fight for the “remnants of former luxury”: underground springs, oil reserves, cars and weapons. One of these gangs, controlling the mountain fortress of the Citadel, captures the lonely wanderer Max Rockatansky (Tom Hardy), who was once a police officer and who has become one of the best “road warriors” in the new world. The bandits want to use Max as a blood donor for their comrades dying of cancer. Meanwhile, the one-armed Furiosa (Charlize Theron), leader of the gang's raiding squad, escapes from the Citadel with the young wives of the bandit leader, the elderly Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne). The woman wants to find a place where girls are considered equal members of society, and not the property of men. Immortan Joe and his men give chase, taking Max with them, and the circumstances are such that Max soon finds himself in the cockpit of a combat truck in which Furiosa is racing through the desert.
