Mad Luigi: The Desert Warrior (or just simply Mad Luigi) is a 2024 American dystopian action film written and directed by George Miller. The film is based on the Nintendo character Luigi, it stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan in the title role, alongside Robert Downey Jr., Cillian Murphy, Reese Witherspoon, Kevin Durand, Kristen Bell, and Benedict Cumberbatch. It is set in the year 2058, where the world is a desert wasteland, where many heroes go insane, but some heroes become warriors, and Mad Luigi is the most feared of them, and he faces Antasma. The film was released in theaters on April 19th, 2024; it initially received a polarized response but was a financial success, grossing $845 million worldwide. Critics reassessed the film as one of the greatest action films of the 2020s. A sequel is in development.
