Mad Max: Furiosa fans left ‘disturbed’ by ‘post-apocalyptic’ language in Chris Hemsworth film

Mad Max: Furiosa is currently in theaters and American audiences are confused about one major aspect of it.

The fifth film in the long-running action series was filmed in New South Wales, Australia in 2022, and features characters speaking uniquely Aussie slang such as ‘fang it’ and ‘frothing’.

American audiences have taken to social media to express their confusion over the film’s extensive use of distinctly Australian slang.

“It was a little disturbing to hear that a lot of the post-apocalyptic slang in Furiosa is actually just Australian slang,” one fan joked.

“The entire script is basically just a recording of an afternoon in the pub,” a second person joked.

“Max’s son Sprog is named after the Australian slang for child,” a third person added, while a fourth added: “Fang, it made me strangely nostalgic, no one uses that anymore.”

Furiosa features a largely Australian all-star cast including Chris Hemsworth, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson and Nathan Jones.

Written and directed by legendary Australian filmmaker George Miller, the film also stars American actress Anya Taylor-Joy and English star Tom Burke.

The fifth film in the long-running action series was filmed in New South Wales, Australia in 2022, and features characters speaking uniquely Aussie slang such as ‘fang it’ and ‘frothing’.

Furiosa features a largely Australian all-star cast including Hemsworth, Lachy Hulme, John Howard, Angus Sampson and Nathan Jones

The film tells the origin story of a young Imperator Furiosa, played by Anya, who rose to fame as the star of Netflix hit The Queen’s Gambit.

Meanwhile, Chris has described his character Dementus as “a very violent, insane, brutal individual born from the Wasteland.”

‘He was born in a space where it is kill or be killed. He has learned to rule with an iron fist. He has a charisma and it is very manipulative,” he said at CCXP in Brazil, where the trailer footage was unveiled.

American audiences have taken to social media to express their confusion over the film’s frequent use of distinctly Australian slang

Furiosa was filmed in New South Wales and was expected to be the biggest film ever made in Australia. Filming was completed in September 2022.

Franchise maker Miller also returns as director and co-writer of Furiosa, alongside Nico Lathouris and his longtime production partner Doug Mitchell.

Miller has described the prequel as “a saga” that will be told over a period of fifteen years, which is very different from 2015’s Fury Road, which spanned three days in its time frame.