As such, it may seem unlikely on first watch that anyone indoctrinated into a cult from birth would leave after only a day away from his fellow War Boys. The chrome-spraying War Boys were the muscle of Immortan Joe’s evil enterprise, and the crazed followers of the cult leader were willing to kill and be killed per the villain’s instruction. Played by Nicholas Hoult, Nux was a childish member of Immortan Joe’s cult of War Boys whose relative innocence did not stop him from being a dangerous villain at first. Related: Mad Max 5 With Tom Hardy Is Feeling Even Less Likely Now While its belated followup Fury Road did feature a monstrous villain in the form of cult leader Immortan Joe, the character’s former acolyte Nux provided Mad Max’s most sympathetic anti-villain so far. In contrast, the primary villains of The Road Warrior (Lord Humungus and Wes) both originally had sympathetic backstories that were excised in the finished film, while Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome featured not one, but two sympathetic anti-villains with understandable motives. The original Mad Max’s cartoony villain Toecutter is a completely reprehensible monster, an unambiguous fiend who takes almost cartoonishly gleeful pleasure in murdering Max’s wife and child.
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Throughout the Mad Max franchise, the series grows gradually more morally ambiguous in terms of its villains. However, the decision is rooted in Nux’s character and more than explained by a close re-watch of Mad Max: Fury Road. Mad Max: Fury Road’s propulsive action leaves little room for plotholes in its fast-paced story, but one that annoyed some viewers was Nux’s sudden decision to abandon his villainous cult the War Boys and switch to Max and Furiosa’s side.
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When the surprisingly sympathetic War Boy Nux chooses to align himself with Max and Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, the decision is not as much of a plothole as it initially seems.