Although there is space for gender identities beyond this dichotomy, mainstream media often fails to acknowledge this. Gender is considered in Western mainstream media to be a relational concept, where “masculinity” relies on a comparability with the concept of “femininity” (Connell 1997b Reynolds 2002 Romøren & Stephens 2002). This paper offers a close reading of the representation of toxic masculinity in Fury Road, and argues that the development of a care circle around the male characters, Max Rockatansky and Nux, is crucial to performance of hyper-masculine gender expectations in a healthy, constructive way. They meet up with the Vuvalini, an all-female clan wandering the wasteland, and together they reclaim the Citadel from Immortan Joe. Max is initially captured by Immortan Joe to be used as a blood donor for his terminally ill War Boys, and when Furiosa smuggles the Wives out of the Citadel he joins them in their escape. Due to the birth defects suffered by newborn babies in the post-apocalyptic landscape, Immortan Joe keeps five Wives for breeding: The Splendid Angharad, Capable, Toast the Knowing, The Dag, and Cheedo the Fragile. Immortan Joe maintains his power and the cult-like devotion of his people by controlling the water supply in his territory, the Citadel. George Miller’s latest addition to the Mad Max franchise, Fury Road (2015), follows the titular character Max Rockatansky as he joins forces with Imperator Furiosa to save a group of women from the tyrant Immortan Joe.