A graduate - level thesis could be written about this fleeting but significant bit of staging, in which Tom Hardy's
Mad — and this time out, rather Sad — Max comports himself as a
prop so that Furiosa (Charlize Theron) can more easily take aim at the bad
guys pursuing their caravan across the desert.
Mad props to Telltale Games for actually making that happen later on, but now that Disney owns Monkey Island, the poor
guy'll probably end up in some Kingdom Hearts bullshit next.