THE much-anticipated fifth instalment of the Mad Max franchise's Australian post-apocalyptic action-adventure opened in cinemas on Thursday.

Mad Max: Furiosa is the latest incarnation and is a prequel to the 2015 Fury Road movie in the series created by Australian director George Miller.

The new film tells the backstory of Furiosa, a young girl snatched by a horde of bikers led by the warlord De...