![]() Part of what makes the death worthwhile is the memory of the way in which the death occurred, the way it benefited the empire. When a war boy dies for the purposes of the Cult of the V8 (the religion of the empire), there seems to be a tradition of witnessing. We see him cheer as a pierced war boy shouts “Witness!” and jumps to his death, taking out an enemy vehicle. He refuses to stay at the Citadel and “die soft.” “If I’m gonna die, I’m gonna die historic on the Fury Road.” And yet, hearing of betrayal, he’s energized, determined to die for the purposes of the empire and to please Immortan Joe. When we first meet Nux, he’s resting and connected to his “blood bag” - death is imminent. We meet him as a happily indoctrinated war boy, but hours later he fully commits himself to the destruction of Immortan Joe’s empire and the overthrowing of the Citadel.Īt the start of the film, his body is “battle fodder” (as the Splendid put it) in the service of the empire, but in the end he sacrifices his body in order to destroy the empirical forces.Īnd he’s the one character the audience sees progress through all the types of hope. Nux may be the most drastically transformed character over the course of Mad Max: Fury Road. So seriously, go watch the movie already! Then come back. SPOILER ALERT – In this post we witness Nux in the most significant 24 hours of his life.
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