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!
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November 19, 2009Mad Max is decent cult action, full of great stunts and car crashes, though the setting doesn't look much post-apocalyptic and the story takes too long to speed up, making the entire beginning a little dragged.
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November 18, 2009A classic revenge story. The visual style and story is really amazing. Mel Gibson gave a great performance and shows how crazy he really can get. The structure of the film is truly unique, going from a love story to a heartless action thriller. The effects and action sequences ar...( read more)
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November 16, 2009This cult classic has a certain quality to it due to the fact the The Road Warrior is such a great film. The lesser-seen predecessor may not be as epic or sci-fi-ish but it is the archetypal revenge story. Countlessly imitated with stellar car chase sequences, Gibson became a sta...( read more)
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November 15, 2009A good start to the rest of the flics... Sadlt the weakest and cheapest of the three. This would actually be a good movie to remake (IMO)
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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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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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