Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne
In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal.
DVD Release Date: November 19, 1997
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October 2, 2009Ozploitation! A great film that would have actually been spoilt with a bigger budget in my opinion!
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March 5, 2009Although Mad Max is often called a post-apocalyptic movie, it really isn't. It is more precisely a dystopian vision of the future, where civil society is under siege by increasing crime and disorder. The vision of future in Mad Max is in many ways similar to that presented in A...( read more)
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January 2, 2009A milestone of australian filmmaking and also Mel Gibson's rise to stardom.
Apocalyptic spaghetti western with roaring engines instead of horses, and the classic typology of colourful characters, a deadly battle in no man's land between borderline demented villains and a reluctan...( read more) -
September 7, 2008one of the first proper post-apocalyptic science fiction films of this type... and a fantastic one!
great ending. a fantastic film, even on such a low budget. -
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November 10, 2009I'm not quite sure what to think of it. It's a sci-fi classic with Mel Gibson as a teenager. Lots of good car chases but no story behind it.
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November 8, 2009This is my favorite movie. I was flicking threw channels one night looking for something to watch and Mad Max was on and I instantly fell in love with it. I went out and bought the DVD a few days later. I really love Hugh Keays Byrne and Geoff Perry, I now have so many movies wit...( read more)
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October 30, 2009This was nothing like I expected. It's very misleading that people compare this to so many movies. "Doomsday is like Mad Max." "Waterworld is Mad Max on water." What they really mean is that those movies are similar to Mad Max 2. The original is more like a desperate not-too-dist...( read more)
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September 14, 2007OK what can be said about this excellent movie? Well lets start with its the beginning of the best movie trilogy(and the only) that Australia has to offer. It was and still is the most unique movie that has been mimicked(badly i might add)so as far as i am concerned it stands out 100%!
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November 18, 2006FIRST SEEN THIS AT THE STARLINE DRIVE IN IPSWICH QLD I WAS TOO YOUNG TO GET IN WITH ITS R RATEING AND I CLIMBED THE FENCE WITH A FULL LEG PLASTER AND HAVE BEEN HOOKED EVER SINCE
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