Mad Max

1979

Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller

152
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 70% · 70 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 70% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 243118 243.1K

australia petrol baby chain dystopia post-apocalyptic future

Plot summary

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

Director

George Miller Photo
George Miller

Top cast

Mel Gibson Photo
Mel Gibson as Max
Joanne Samuel Photo
Joanne Samuel as Jessie
John Arnold Photo
John Arnold
Vincent Gil Photo
Vincent Gil as Nightrider
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699.91 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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1.40 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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4.17 GB
3840*2160
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1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by stevenjlowe82 6 / 10

Kinda odd....

Honestly I have to admit I was left slightly bewildered after watching this film for the first time in many many years.I didn't really get the post apocalyptic vibe from this film, granted it's incredibly low budget but still it felt more like an outback set film.I also found some of the musical choices a bit odd. The scenes with Max and his family had this TV movie vibe thanks to the bizarre choice of music. Also the music at times drowning out the dialogue was very off putting.I did enjoy elements of this film, in particular the set pieces and action parts of this film, despite it being a low budget affair I have to say I was impressed. It's also worth bearing in mind this film was made in the late 1970's so for me that makes the action scenes all that more impressive.Mad Max is a slightly odd low budget action flick that has a certain charm but is let down by down by questionable editing, musical score and acting.
Reviewed by Horst_In_Translation 6 / 10

How much can one man suffer?

"Mad Max" is an Australian movie from over 35 years ago and it was the big breakthrough for Mel Gibson, here in his early 20s. The multi talented artist that becomes 60 next year has starred in an uncountable number of films since then, won many awards, including 2 Oscars for "Braveheart", and was among Hollywood's biggest names until his demise a while ago. Gibson is probably among the biggest Australians in film history, just like Mad Max is one of the most known Australian films. The writer and director is George Miller and he has a pretty unique body of work. Mad Max is maybe his most known work, but if not, then it would be the animated penguin movie "Happy Feet", for which he also won an Academy Award. Miller turned 70 this year, so he was in his mid-30s when he made "Mad Max" and just this year, he returned to the franchise and made a really successful (with audiences and critics) new installment called "Fury Road". The title character is not played by Gibson anymore, but instead Tom Hardy took over. At least Gibson played him in the 2 sequels back in the 1980s.But back to this movie here: It is not very long, only 90 minutes without credits and has Gibson play a police officer in a world run by crime and vicious motorbike gangs. One of these is lead by the mysterious Toecutter and he is also the main antagonist in the movie. They keep committing crimes all the time, rob people, murder other people, rape women etc. Ruthless criminals. Things get personal quickly. When a fellow police officer who tried to arrest them is almost killed and mutilated for life by the gang, Max decides to retire from the force before his anger drives him either mad or makes him a criminal as well. But the suffering isn't over as the next targets of the gang are Max' girl and their child. This is too much for him and his bloody, ruthless revenge cannot be stopped anymore and in the last 15 minutes, he really unleashes on the bad guys. No mercy. All in all, a pretty good atmospheric movie with no real moments of greatness nonetheless. Still, I recommend it and it got me motivated to watch the sequels soon perhaps and also the new movie. Thumbs up.
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