Fury Road Minute 40 - Pick up what you can and run

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Furiosa and the wives take off running after the War Rig, with The Dag giving one last disdainful kick to the discard chastity belts. Max thinks he is home free, but the Rig begins to shut down, much to his dismay. Furiosa and the wives are able to catch up to Max, and Furiosa explains to Max how the War Rig goes nowhere without her.

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Fury Road Minute 39 - We're going to the Green Place

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Cut free from the chain and finally able to move about independently, Max retrieves his jacket from Nux and delivers a swift punch in return for all the blood he stole. Angharad makes for the War Rig, but several more warning shots stop her in her tracks. Max boards the Rig, starts it up, and drives away.

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Fury Road Minute 38 - Glory me, blood bag!

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Despite Furiosa and The Wives’ efforts, Max and Nux are able to gain the upper hand and pin Furiosa to the ground at gunpoint. Nux delights at this development, seeing glory close at hand. Max is less concerned with the gratitude of the Immortan and more concerned with Nux finally cutting the chain that connects them.

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Fury Road Minute 37 - I got it

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Max’s is on the defensive as Furiosa tries to crush his head with her bolt cutters, but Max is resourceful and uses a car door to defend himself and counter attack. Furiosa is undeterred and retrieves a gun hidden on the tanker, escalating the stakes of the fight just as Nux regains consciousness and enters the fray.

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Fury Road Minute 36 - Furious vexation

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The Dag steps forward to cut Max’s chain, but she gets distracted by the approaching War Party in the distance. Max reminds her of the task at hand, but the chain proves his undoing as Furiosa is able to blindside Max and quickly gain the upper hand. Now Max is in a fight for his life against a deadly Imperator.

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Fury Road Minute 35 - Wharrgarbl

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No doubt parched from his time strapped to the front of the Nux Car, Max growls out a demand for water. Furiosa nods to Angharad and she brings Max the water hose, which he quickly grabs and opens to drinks his fill. Satiated, Max holds out the chain attached to his muzzle and grunts to show his desire to be cut free.

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Fury Road Minute 34 - Not going back

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Max emerges from behind the War Rig, ready to confront its driver, but instead finds Joe’s wives washing the dust from their bodies. The women are surprised by Max’s arrival but remain firm in their desire to get away. Undeterred by this unexpected development, Max keeps his firearm leveled at the women and disarms Furiosa.

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Fury Road Minute 33 - Dead Weight

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With only one chance to blow Nux’s arm off, Max presses the barrels of his shotgun into his wrist and pulls the trigger. The shell is a dud, but as Max tries to use his teeth to free himself He hears something in the distance. Looking out over the desert, the distant shape of the War Rig appears through the haze beckoning to Max.

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Fury Road Minute 32 - For want of a hacksaw

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Max regains his faculties starts the process of freeing himself from his bound state. First he removes the needle draining his blood, then he grabs the gain and follows it to its end, still firmly connected to Nux’s wrist. Max tries prying and shaking, but the manacle is too strong. Max seems to be at a dead end until he spies a familiar object lying nearby.

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Fury Road Minute 31 - Rising from the ashes of this world

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The Nux car is destroyed and Furiosa escapes further into the toxic storm, leaving Max’s fate uncertain as Nux’s road flare is swallowed by a fade to black. An indiscernible span of time later, Max stirs from his half-buried slumber and bursts forth from the sand to find himself plagued by some kind of  aural affliction.

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Fury Road Minute 30 - The man who grabs the sun

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As the final pursuit vehicle still in the chase, Nux decides to go all-in, and begins filling his car with gasoline, intend on turning himself into a rolling bomb. Max sees this plan blooming and goes on the offensive to stop it from happening. But the fighting between the two men proves fruitless as Furiosa runs them both over with her War Rig.

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Fury Road Minute 29 - Oh, what a day! What a lovely day!

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The toxic storm is raging all around them as Nux and another pursuit vehicle tail the War Rig. But the unnamed War Boys stick themselves between a Rig and a whirling vortex and soon find themselves flying through the air. This awesome sight leads Nux to utter one of the most recognizable phrases from the movie.

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Fury Road Minute 28 - Into the fire

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Nux shouts to warn Slit about the incoming sandstorm which gives Max the opening he needs to catch the War Boy off guard. But Slit isn’t going down without a fight and takes one of Max’s boots as he’s left behind in the dust. Despite the danger and uncertainty, Nux speeds headlong into the storm on the hunt for the War Rig.

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Fury Road Minute 27 - Out of the frying pan

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Nux has to fall back due to the damage his car sustained trying to attack the War Rig so he tells Slit to move Max to the back in order to counterbalance. Meanwhile, Immortan Joe and his War Party close ranks and prepare to enter the storm. Likewise, Furiosa covers her face and puts the hammer down, heading full speed into the swirling clouds of dust.

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Fury Road Minute 26 - She thinks she can lose us

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Furiosa has nowhere to go but forward, straight into a massive toxic storm. Rictus realizes that she intends to shake off the war party in the storm, but Nux is determined to stop her before she ever gets that far. Ace confronts Furiosa after finally realizing that his commander has led him and his War Boys astray.

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Fury Road Minute 25 - Now we bring home the Booty

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The Excavator rips into the War Rig with it’s spinning blades as Ace shouts for the War Boys to focus their attacks on the hydraulic systems. Slit takes this to heart and disables the sawing arm, which causes it to swing wildly around and nearly decapitates Max, but it also releases several explosives which blow the Excavator to pieces.

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Fury Road Minute 24 - Stay out of sight!

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With only the Excavator remaining, the War Boys focus their efforts against the mighty machine, but their weapons continue to glance off harmlessly, even Nux and Slit cannot damage the beast. Meanwhile, Furiosa is visited in the Rig by one of Joe’s wives, the Splendid Angharad, who has emerged from her secret hiding place.

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Fury Road Minute 23 - Witness me!

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The harpooned Buzzard car swerves back and forth, trying to free itself, but it only succeeds in having its roof ripped away. This opens the Buzzards up to shoot at the War Boy, Morsov, but the War Boys are strong-willed and with a plea for witnesses, Morsov throws himself at the Buzzards, obliterating them completely.

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Fury Road Minute 22 - That's my head!

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The Buzzards unleash their ultimate weapon as Nux and the other Citadel forces catch up with the War Rig. Slit is quick to start his assault on the Buzzard’s Excavator, but his thundersticks cannot penetrate the thick armor. As another Buzzard car swerves to attack The Nux Car, they’re quickly harpooned by the War Rig.

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Fury Road Minute 21 - Clowns to the left of me, Buzzards to the right

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With one escort down and more falling by the moment, the War Boys fight ferociously to repel the attacking Buzzards. One attacker is destroyed by the only remaining escort vehicle, while Ace and Furiosa work together to destroy a pair of Buzzard cars attacking from the other direction. The first wave is defeated, but the Buzzards have more in store for the War Rig.

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