If you’re going to make a case for the greatest action movie of the 21st century, you’d better bring something more convincing than a few explosions and a superhero landing. Mad Max: Fury Road has plenty of explosions and larger-than-life characters, but George Miller’s 2015 R-rated thriller delivers something far more impressive: nearly two hours of spectacular action that rarely lets up.

Collider recently named the film the most perfect action movie released since 2000, placing it ahead of celebrated titles such as Mission: Impossible – Fallout , The Bourne Ultimatum , and The Raid: Redemption . That’s quite a group to beat. And it’s not the only recent recognition the movie has received. Collider also named Fury Road the best film in Tom Hardy’s career (for what it’s worth, this entertainment writer emphatically agrees)

More than a decade after its theatrical release, the movie still has the numbers to back up the praise.…