In the scorched wastelands of a ruined Earth, Max Rockatansky drifts once again into chaos when he’s captured by the warlord Scabrous Holt, a tyrant who has seized control of the Citadel following Immortan Joe’s death. Holt rules with a combination of brutal force and a new resource: refined “Ash-Fuel,” a volatile substance mined from poisoned sands.
Furiosa, scarred but unbroken, has returned to liberate the freed women of the Green Place, only to find Holt enslaving them to dig for Ash-Fuel. When Max is chained to a war rig as a living “blood engine,” Furiosa stages a daring rescue, dragging him into another relentless chase across deserts of firestorms and collapsing canyons.
Together, they uncover Holt’s true ambition: to ignite the Ash-Fuel reserves and forge a weapon powerful enough to burn rival strongholds, ensuring his empire’s dominance. Max is torn between escape and reluctant duty, but Furiosa’s determination forces him into the fight.
The war rig barrels through a gauntlet of Holt’s armored warbands, leading to a brutal confrontation atop the Ash-Fuel refinery. Holt’s death is explosive—literally—as Furiosa hurls him into his own weaponized reserves.
In the aftermath, Furiosa reclaims leadership at the Citadel, vowing to rebuild not with tyranny but with community. Max, scarred and haunted, slips away once more into the wasteland, a lone figure fading into the heat haze.
