{"id":87613,"date":"2022-09-24T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T05:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87613"},"modified":"2022-09-24T23:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T06:33:39","slug":"mad-max-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87613","title":{"rendered":"Mad Max (1979)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;They say people don&#8217;t believe in heroes anymore.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-87615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Poster.png 621w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter his involvement in a high-speed crash that kills motorcycle gang member Nightrider (Vincent Neil), a policeman (Mel Gibson) in a dystopian Australian landscape battles gang leader Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne), ramping up his vengeance when his partner The Goose (Steve Bisley) is killed and the lives of his wife (Joanne Samuel) and child are threatened.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian Films<\/li>\n<li>Dystopia<\/li>\n<li>Gangs<\/li>\n<li>Motorcyclists<\/li>\n<li>Revenge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this &#8220;first entry in the fascinating, excitingly original, extremely successful futuristic action series starring Mel Gibson and directed by George Miller&#8221; was &#8220;inspired by [Miller&#8217;s] work in the casualty ward of a hospital, Australia&#8217;s car culture during the sixties, and petrol rationing in Australia in the seventies, which caused a surprising amount of violence.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;the first part of the film, which is dominated by The Goose, is shot like a motorcycle-gang picture&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while &#8220;the rest of the film is alternately a bike picture, a horror film, and another in the long line of fascist-heroes-on-a-revenge-spree films.&#8221; He points out that throughout the film, &#8220;Miller exhibits a striking visual style,&#8221; with &#8220;his use of a fender-level camera, sweeping pans, breakneck-speed tracking shots, and &#8216;shock&#8217; editing correspond[ing] perfectly to the powerful images he shoots &#8212; specifically the speeding cars and cycles.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary argues that &#8220;while you&#8217;ll like Max [Gibson] and Jessie [Samuel], a terrific married couple&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Couple.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and cocky, highstrung Jim Goose, this film is less interesting as a story about &#8216;people&#8217; than as a marriage between the filmmaker&#8217;s machines (his camera, his editing tools) and the motor-powered machines that he films.&#8221; Indeed, he asserts that &#8220;Miller&#8217;s cynical, depressing film is about dehumanization resulting from an apocalypse,&#8221; with the film&#8217;s sequel &#8212; <em>The Road Warrior<\/em> (1981) &#8212; presenting a more optimistic view of humanity. <\/p>\n<p>Peary discusses <em>Mad Max<\/em> at greater length in his first <em>Cult Movies<\/em> book, where his analysis centers on the film&#8217;s emergence as &#8220;the first and only [at the time] film of a genre that surely could be explored and exploited&#8221; &#8212; that is, &#8220;violent, futuristic car-motorcycle films full of spectacular chases and crashes,&#8221; in which &#8220;stuntmen are the stars&#8221;. (Sure enough, sequels emerged in 1981 and 1985, and then another much later in 2015.) He writes that &#8220;while the cult fascination for <em>Mad Max<\/em> has a lot to do with its apartness from other contemporary films, there is much in it that suggests certain familiar influences on Miller.&#8221; For instance, &#8220;one film that may have caught his eye is <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=85531\"><em>A Boy and His Dog<\/em> (1975)<\/a>,&#8221; given that it&#8217;s &#8220;set in a post-apocalyptic age.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Post-Apocalyptic.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(However, it should be pointed out that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079501\/trivia?item=tr2493151\">Miller has admitted<\/a> that &#8220;it was not the intention when the script was written, to set it in a post-apocalyptic world&#8221;; rather, &#8220;this was done because they didn&#8217;t have the money for extras and properly maintained buildings,&#8221; and &#8220;in order to cover for this production value limitation, the title card was added to the beginning, explaining the story was set after a world war.&#8221;) <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, &#8220;AIP&#8217;s biker films of the sixties likely had an impact on Miller as the cyclists&#8217; menacing demeanor and slovenly appearance recalls the Hell&#8217;s Angels types of the AIP drive-in pix&#8221; &#8212; though &#8220;the scene in which the cyclists ride into a small town to spread terror among the townspeople, and line up their motorcycles as if they were a paramilitary outfit, is more reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=46098\"><em>The Wild One<\/em> (1954)<\/a>, the original [motorcycle] gang picture.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Motorcyclists-Lined-Up.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that &#8220;the cyclists also have kinship with the futuristic gang in Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38276\"><em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em> (1971)<\/a>,&#8221; given that &#8220;not only do both groups speak a similar descriptive language,&#8221; but &#8220;they also vent their hostilities, boredom, and disrespect for law and order through sadistic rapes and thrill killings.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Sadistic.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He adds that the fact that &#8220;the cyclists and the main police force are distinguished from one another more by dress than by morality reminds [him] less of other cop-versus-gang films than it does of <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=39350\"><em>Quadrophenia<\/em> (1979)<\/a>,&#8221; a film about the &#8220;often violent sixties rivalry between the Mods and the Rockers.&#8221; Finally, Peary points out that &#8220;the red-streaked hair of Nightrider&#8217;s girlfriend&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Red-Hair.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and Bubba&#8217;s short-cropped hair&#8221; show &#8220;that Miller has [also] incorporated <em>punk<\/em> into his pop art.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Peary elaborates on the film&#8217;s status as an &#8220;atmospheric horror film&#8221; by noting that &#8220;when Max approaches the Goose in the hospital bed and his partner&#8217;s burned-black hand falls out from beneath the sheets,&#8221; it &#8220;resembles a monster&#8217;s claw&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Hand-Hospital-Bed.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and although &#8220;Jessie&#8217;s confrontation with the cyclists while getting ice cream is typical gang picture fare,&#8221; when &#8220;she later discovers the severed hand of one of the bikers attached to her car, we are once more in the horror picture domain.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Dangling-Hand.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These &#8220;elements take over completely&#8221; later in the film, once Max and Jessie are away at her aunt&#8217;s country home and the film becomes singularly focused on vengeance. While this action-packed, fight-filled movie will primarily appeal to those interested in hardcore car-chase flicks, it does hold interest and value as a crucial title in Australia&#8217;s burgeoning film industry, and for providing Gibson with his debut role. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shakespearean-trained Hugh Keays-Byrne as Toecutter<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Keays-Byrne.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>David Eggby&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Night-Cinematography.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine stunt work<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-1536x657.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mad-Max-Burning.png 1918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its cult status. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cult Movie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079501\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s366max.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/sciencefiction\/mad-max-1979.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/4326\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/7a23VAlo6Ro\">Olivers Retrospective Video Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;They say people don&#8217;t believe in heroes anymore.&#8221; Synopsis: After his involvement in a high-speed crash that kills motorcycle gang member Nightrider (Vincent Neil), a policeman (Mel Gibson) in a dystopian Australian landscape battles gang leader Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne), ramping up his vengeance when his partner The Goose (Steve Bisley) is killed and the lives of his wife (Joanne Samuel) and child are threatened. 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