Phew, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga doesn't have a post-credits scene

I'll cut to the chase: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga does not have a post-credits scene in the way that we usually think of them. There's no new footage at the end where some character from the movie makes a final appearance or someone new shows up to set up another film. That said, the credits are still fun to watch, because they're interspersed with footage from Mad Max: Fury Road, the 2015 movie of which Furiosa is a prequel. And Fury Road is great, so I liked looking at it again. But you're not going to get any new information if you stick around as the credits roll.

In Fury Road, Imperator Furiosa helps the concubines of the wasteland warlord Immortan Joe escape their confinement. The end of Furiosa leads right into those events, so it makes sense to include footage from Fury Road over the credits.

Personally, I'm happy that Hollywood seems to be moving away from the practice of putting post-credits scenes at the end of all major movies. The trend was started by Marvel in 2008's Iron Man, where Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) shows up after the credits to recruit Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) into a new superhero team.

That scene started a trend and has become iconic. But at this point it's become overused, and it's more surprising and fun when a movie has the confidence to conclude without giving us a "one more thing" stinger.

Director George Miller has been making Mad Max movies since the 1970s, so I'm not surprised he didn't feel compelled to follow a dying trend and put a post-credits scene in his new film. As for whether we'll see a sequel to Furiosa, or just another movie set in the Mad Max universe, it well depend on how well Furiosa does at the box office. It's in theaters now!

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