Mad Max (1979) - Full Reaction
Added 2025-05-10 09:15:57 +0000 UTCWhoa, that was something, and I'm still trying to wrap my head around it... I was SO surprised by the sweet family parts, totally didn't see that coming. And those villains... yikes, super gross but also kinda over-the-top? Loved seeing young Mel Gibson, you can tell it was his big start! It's definitely different than Fury Road, not as wild, but it makes me super curious for #2! What did you guys think of this one?
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Finally watched. Awesome reaction
Rick Rodriguez
2025-06-04 09:43:31 +0000 UTCI preferred The Road Warrior over this film
ROBERT CLARK
2025-05-23 19:38:34 +0000 UTCperfectly explained
Walter
2025-05-17 15:10:15 +0000 UTCMad Max is a low budget cult classic, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior was one of the first Australian movies to become popular in the US and really launched the series and Mel Gibson's career. Mad Max 2, released in the US originally as "The Road Warrior" briefly explains the apocolypse and is much closer to Fury Road style post civilization, Mad Max is a society just trying to hold together after the collapse, Mad Max 2 is where the wild new gas war world begins.
Ben Dixon
2025-05-15 13:31:01 +0000 UTCGreat Reaction probably been a few decades since Iwatched the first Mad Max and it still holds up for such a low budget film, really looking forward to Road Warrior then she'll see the nutty stuff she was expecting from Fury Road.
Gray
2025-05-14 23:54:09 +0000 UTCA couple of quick reponses to Cassie's questions on the film...over the top? I have a suggestion/theory as to why the villains played out this way. The open road in Australia was almost a sacred space in the 70's, 80's, maybe the 90's. Perhaps not so much these days with speed cameras and people travelling less. The idea that this space would be taken over by the gangs etc elicited something akin to an existential crisis in the cinema (and DVD). The jubilation, feeedom, and play acting by the villains toys with that anxiety. It's not over the top if the fear is real. The gangs taking over our roads, our freedom? Nooooo!!!...I've also met a few people who fit the term psycho and they all enjoyed hurting people. Sad, but true.
Brett John Chase
2025-05-14 04:16:59 +0000 UTCI grew up in 'outback' Australia. God I miss the open spaces and the roads we would emmulate Max on as teenagers. My own car happened to be a 2 door ford escort 4 cylinder. Didn't matter. We'd tear down main street screaming at the the local drunks and a few dogs. 'Stay off the roads!!' Fun times.
Brett John Chase
2025-05-14 03:02:07 +0000 UTCYes, unfortunately so but he lived a good life!
Jason Henderson
2025-05-14 00:42:57 +0000 UTCI didnt watch it for YEARS after i saw one scene with the dub. I know what they were thinking by doing it but it was dead wrong. It must have turned off more people than attract it
Gro Do
2025-05-13 23:55:49 +0000 UTCWhen this film originally was released in the US and when it played on HBO in the early 80s it had an audio track that was redubbed and used American accents and American slang which gives the film a completely different vibe! It took me a long time to adjust to its original Australian audio. The old VHS copies have the American dub and most of the DVDs have both.
MAV293 (MARK)
2025-05-13 05:14:40 +0000 UTCNeed to watch 2 and 3
Jacob Gregg
2025-05-12 19:24:50 +0000 UTC1. The second movie in the Mel Gibson Mad Max trilogy was released as "MAD MAX 2" in 1981 in Australia and then released as retitled "THE ROAD WARRIOR" in 1982 in US (I was 18). Thus, the movie will always be The Road Warrior to me. 2. Beyond Thunderdome (the third movie in the trilogy) was a letdown for me but was popular with some and you might like it. Does have an interesting Tina Turner.
Clay F
2025-05-12 18:43:39 +0000 UTCGro, I feel you will be correct in that statement. I think sometimes we forget Cassie is a typical mom. I remember when I was a teenager and was pretty obsessed with the mad max movies, I got my mom to watch them. Let’s just say she wasn’t a fan of the first two, but liked the third! Which is the opposite of most of us guys on here.
Mark White
2025-05-12 08:10:51 +0000 UTCIf i know Cassie, her favorite Mad Max will be the 3rd one.
Gro Do
2025-05-12 06:45:45 +0000 UTCThis movie is a cult classic, but not one of my favorites.
fastecp1
2025-05-11 18:59:46 +0000 UTCI hope you react to Road Warrior. Basically Mad Max 2. Oh happy Mother's Day Cassie 🌺
Vlad D
2025-05-11 16:22:24 +0000 UTCStill blows my mind that the director of this also directed Happy Feet, w/ Elijah Wood as a penguin. It's crazy how much I actually understand what's going on in this movie more in the second half because there's so much less talking, haha. Once they start talking about nouns in the first half I'm pretty lost. I know of course that Toecutter died, but in my own head cannon I like to think he somehow survived and became Immortan Joe since they're both played by the same actor. In both films his eyes are so striking. it's just fun for me to suspend logic and think of them that way. This was either the second or third time I've seen this in full. I remember after seeing this for the first time, I also watched 2 to see what's next in his story. Other than the first two, I haven't seen much of the other Mad Max films before Fury Road in quite a long time. I used to see random scenes of Thunderdome on cable, but I've never watched all the way through with an adult's understanding of film.
YodatheHobbit
2025-05-11 12:50:37 +0000 UTCYeeeessssss!!!!!! Come on, Cassie. WE promised!
Clarence Newman
2025-05-11 11:20:58 +0000 UTCAlright, petrol heads, you think you're tough. Tell me what car this is: She's got a flathead mill, but she'll walk a Thunderbird like it's standing still. She's ported and relieved, stroked and bored, do 140 with the top end floored. Competition clutch, four on the floor, purrs like a kitten til the lake pipes roar. Comes off the line when the light turns green, blows them out the water like you've never seen. More than 5 minutes to a correct answer and Cassie watches Cannonball Run tonight.
Clarence Newman
2025-05-11 11:14:48 +0000 UTCHonestly Clay, I think we need to forget about the YT views versus cost of editing "issue". Cassie made a decision on Matter of Life and Death, but it's the first time in 3 years she's done it so hardly a trend. As we've discussed before, she earns plenty enough from Patreon for YT to *almost* be secondary in terms of income, and I refuse to believe she has any trouble paying Matt to do his thing. In this game, some you win, some you lose, so expected YT views shouldn't be a factor when deciding what to watch. Lost In Translation is a prime example. If we're going to start questioning whether Cassie should watch a great film like that because it might not top 100k views on YT, we might as well all pack up and go home now. Therefore, and to otherwise sum up.... +100 for LOST IN TRANSLATION!!!!
Clarence Newman
2025-05-11 11:04:27 +0000 UTCMel Gibson, revenge, bigger budget led to your curiosity about the sequel MM2 (No. 23 at popcornrequests). Plus, you've been curious about Mel Gibson Mad Max since reacting to Fury Road. You like Mel Gibson (never been a miss for you so far). You said you want to watch MM2 -- so go ahead and react to MM2. I am warming to you reacting to MM2, which I loved 40+ years ago as a young adult when released, and am curious now as has been a while since I fully watched MM2. Whether MM2 has aged well or not -- doesn't matter -- I would surely watch your reaction to MM2. Please don't forget about "Lost in Translation" (2003) (No. 24 at popcornrequests)[RT=95%] [won Oscar Best Screenplay; nom Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor (Bill Murray)], which you have indicated interest in watching. I am hoping that “Lost in Translation” (2003) didn't fall off the radar b/c not expected to get many YT views -- I would hope would get enough YT views to pay editing cost.
Clay F
2025-05-11 07:25:43 +0000 UTCIt's hard to explain what a V8 is without a visual aid, but it's an engine with 2 banks of 4 cylinders, angled away from each other but connected at the bottom by a crankshaft. If viewed from the front (and if the engine is mounted longitudinal) and you could xray vision inside the engine block, it would resemble a V. Clear as mud? Gooood. And don't get us started on the supercharger on the black V8 Interceptor (the subtitles incorrectly call it a turbocharger). Superchargers are real, but the one in this (and many other films) is fake, you can't toggle superchargers on and off with a switch or lever, if the engine's running, IT'S running. Finally please react to Road Warrior Cass, Mad Max: Fury Road drew a LOT more inspiration from Road Warrior imo. PS I'm sure everyone will mention it but the same actor who plays Toecutter in this played Immorten Joe in Fury Road, RIP Hugh.
Keith Jacobsen
2025-05-11 05:26:16 +0000 UTCDefinitely my favourite interceptor scene, followed closely by part 2 , the brake check at the beginning by the semi !
Jason Henderson
2025-05-11 04:55:10 +0000 UTCNot sure if this your issue but is your version slightly faster? US/Canada is typically 24 fps. Europe can be 25 fps. Let me know if this is the issue -- I have an easy solution.
Clay F
2025-05-11 04:53:35 +0000 UTCAny one got a short list’
Jason Henderson
2025-05-11 04:52:29 +0000 UTCMan the tire shot of the interceptor chasing the toe cutter on the bikes after max marks him on the bridge is sweet!! And the screaming of the blower !!! Coolest car hands down!😎
Jason Henderson
2025-05-11 04:51:36 +0000 UTCBtw if your wondering Hugh Keyes Burns who played the villain Toecutter in this returned to play the villain Immortan Joe in Fury Road. He passed away a few years ago sadly.
Night King01
2025-05-11 03:47:11 +0000 UTCHeadache trying to download the same version as Cassie watched. Why are US Versions always different!
John Cranberry
2025-05-11 03:21:21 +0000 UTCI thought the same.
Clay F
2025-05-11 02:48:44 +0000 UTCI think I've only ever seen this movie once. But Road Warrior is BY FAR the greatest in the entire series/franchise, followed by Thunderdome. Both have such originality (as far as movies go) and really immerse you into a fantastic what-if scenario. They're so much fun to watch. The original trilogy was seemingly in a chronological order with time and the suggestion of further degradation of the world in between each movie. They bring the "Poc-E-Clipse" to life.
Brad
2025-05-11 02:34:51 +0000 UTCThe second in command bad guy kind of looked like Liev Schreiber in a few scenes, under certain lights and angles.
Brian's Dog
2025-05-11 02:34:41 +0000 UTCI hope she watches… Road Warrior (1981) BEFORE Weird Science (1985)… which was a film mentioned in one of the recent lives.
Larry Darrell
2025-05-11 00:49:42 +0000 UTCLittle bit :-)
Richard Maurer
2025-05-11 00:39:03 +0000 UTCBoth Mad Max and MM2 The Road Warrior are the only true Mad Max movies. Fury Road is NOT a Mad Max film. No Mel No Max. It's that simple.
John Cranberry
2025-05-10 23:42:56 +0000 UTCThe original "Mad Max" is my least favourite of the MM franchise, because the franchise didn't know what it was really about yet. Also, its minimal budget didn't permit the proper depiction of a post-apocalyptic world. Many of the chase scenes were filmed on public roads without proper permits or safety precautions (i.e. shutting down the road to regular traffic), so it was a remarkable achievement that they didn't get shut down by the authorities. I'm glad Cassie watched MM, to get it over with, so now she can watch "Road Warrior" and "Fury Road."
Rod Reavern
2025-05-10 23:34:04 +0000 UTCYou’re not crazy.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 22:25:54 +0000 UTCSanity check- Can someone confirm there is a DJKento comment about hating Mel Gibson? He just blocked me, right, I didn't imagine it?
Mike Lemon
2025-05-10 22:23:32 +0000 UTCPredator cloak. Duh!
Rick Rodriguez
2025-05-10 22:09:35 +0000 UTCAlways wanted see an advertisement saying From the maker of Babe...MAD MAX
Rick Rodriguez
2025-05-10 22:08:32 +0000 UTC"You and me side by side On the licorice ride!" 🎶 The song lyrics from the bar scene make such a good summary of the movie in so many ways.
James Melton
2025-05-10 22:06:11 +0000 UTCThis is one of those movies that reminds you when a lot of people say "you have to see ..." that a lot of people can all be collectively wrong. The only real value of this movie is seeing why later movies were made about pointlessly angry young men in a desert wilderness with guns and fast vehicles. The biggest advantage of the later movies is they were able to hire better writers and produce some stories that fit into the genre instead of this.
James Melton
2025-05-10 22:02:02 +0000 UTC"The Road Warrior" was definitely more of a worldwide hit. There was at least enough exposition in that movie that I kinda knew what was going on. Of course, the crazy, colorful characters were fun to watch. I actually didn't even know about this movie until after I saw "Beyond Thunderdome." Backstory is good. It's hard to believe it came from the same guy who did the Babe movies.
Stephen Dias
2025-05-10 21:48:39 +0000 UTCIs Cassie aware that the Director of Mad Max and the sequels, George Miller also directed… Babe: Pig in the City (1998) Happy Feet (2006) Happy Feet Two (2011) That blew my mind when I realized that. :-) Really looking forward to Road Warrior (1981). Mad Max (1979) was a steak cooked on the rarer side, which can be great when the mood is right, but Road Warrior (1981) adds some seasoning and stays on the grill just a little longer, until it’s perfectly tender, juicy and mouth wateringly flavorful. Hmm… Hope I didn’t oversell it. ;-)
Larry Darrell
2025-05-10 21:18:03 +0000 UTCBeyond Thunderdome (1985) is worth a watch. It’s not the best, but it has some classic moments.
Larry Darrell
2025-05-10 20:49:34 +0000 UTCIn America they released Mad Max the Road Warrior. I saw it when I was a kid and was amazed by the world they showed. I never knew there was a movie before it and this was the second movie until much later. I was not impressed with the 1st one when I finally saw it. But it did give the story of how Max became Mad Max which I appreciated. You should watch the 2nd movie which was the first for those of us in America. Great Reaction Cassie. P.S. How do you not know what a V8 is? You have lived half of your life in America, and you were born here. You should read up on cars. It is important to understand cars because you drive them. At least learn the basics. Like how to check the fluids. Chance a tire, etc.
Rick Williams
2025-05-10 20:48:41 +0000 UTCIsn’t Nipples and Leather the name of Cassie’s punk band?
Shad Kanyak
2025-05-10 20:48:35 +0000 UTCFor an earlier post-apocalyptic film, check out… A Boy and His Dog (1975), starring Don Johnson
Larry Darrell
2025-05-10 20:33:32 +0000 UTCIt wouldn't be Australia if there weren' t unusual animals with creative names.
Canadianant
2025-05-10 19:46:59 +0000 UTCOK, I've got a question. In the scene where Max is driving along and he sees the guy laying in the field with the crashed bike and he stops and gets out and LOOKS AROUND at the totally flat and treeless landscape before crossing the road, but then gets shot in the leg by two bikers who were sitting on their bikes close enough to shoot him in the leg.....where the heck fire were those two sumbitches hiding?
Clarence Newman
2025-05-10 19:41:25 +0000 UTCThe whole Mad Max series has a quite interesting history. George Miller was an ex- emergency room doctor who got into film making. When you see what it becomes, Mad Max feels like it is set in a time when civilisation has devolved into a dystopian future. Mad Max 2 (Road Warrior in the States) feels more like a reboot to me, where the future has now crossed over into a future where Armageddon has broken out and I feel is more in keeping with what I believe George was trying to do from the outset, but the budget did not allow for it. Beyond Thunderdome suffered some major setbacks. While scouting for locations, George’s producing partner was killed in a helicopter crash. George I think was in grief and dropped out of directing, also because I think the studio wanted a PG13 movie which I believe George did not agree with, so he had another George come in to direct the bulk of the movie. It was a director he had worked with on a tv mini series they had worked on, called Bodyline.He did direct the last act of the movie and you can tell ( Apparently this has been debunked by Miller himself). George Miller also directed a great movie called Lorenzo’s Oil. It is a fantastic movie, but one I would not recommend you watch just yet. It would likely wreck you as it is likely to hit too close to home right now.
Brian McGovern
2025-05-10 19:08:38 +0000 UTCWhat's it like to never forgive someone for their addictions no matter how much they atone for what they did while in the grip of them? For me, I am much harsher on people for the atrocious things they say while they are stone sober.
Mike Lemon
2025-05-10 18:08:13 +0000 UTCah, young Mel before he lost his mind and became a truly terrible person...
djKENTO
2025-05-10 17:41:04 +0000 UTCYou really kind of nailed what I think they were going for, Cassie... gritty, desolate, hopeless, visceral are all terms that come to mind (oh, and yes, it's a lot about cars. V8 is an American made 8 cylinder engine where there are 2 banks of 4 cylinders in a V shape). I think you're supposed to feel the world is starting to end, much like you said, it's the beginning of the apocalypse. It was DEFINITELY low budget, and really not well produced or even well directed, but it certainly gives you a taste for where that world came from. I feel like if you watch Fury Road as a stand alone, you're left wondering "how did it GET like this? What am I missing?" and watching Mad Max, Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (which is very different from the first two) gives you a solid answer for starting to understand the world building behind Fury Road. Frankly, I didn't really like Fury Road as much as I enjoyed the gritty, dirty, visceral feel of the first 2 in the series (unpopular opinion, I know). You mentioned the villains feeling cartoonish, but I felt they were even more cartoonish in Fury Road, and the story really out there. I never did really figure out the plot in Fury Road. At least in Mad Max, I KIND of got the plot (but it was also really thin until about half way through). No matter what, I'm happy you watched this, even if you were aghast at so much of it. I really expected more commentary on what Max did to the guy at the end of the movie. I always thought that was one of the best scenes in the entire series. "That's high tensile steel. It'll take you 10 minutes to get through it. If you're lucky, you can saw through your ankle in 5." It was just so cold blooded!!! Deliciously so, of course. Anyway, thank you for watching this Cassie. I always feel like I'm watching movies with a friend when you're watching them. I don't really feel that way with any other reactors (maybe Awkward Ashleigh, but to a lesser degree). I look forward to you watching the next 2, Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.
Art of Free Speech
2025-05-10 17:35:12 +0000 UTCI mean, not from Cassie anyway, right?
Art of Free Speech
2025-05-10 17:23:15 +0000 UTCThe editing in that opening ten-minute sequence is phenomenal.
Stick Figure Studios
2025-05-10 16:48:34 +0000 UTCI saw The Road Warrior in the theatre and loved it. Watched Mad Max and was disappointed but at least you get the back story
Roger Freeman
2025-05-10 16:47:37 +0000 UTCWhile don't on a very limited budget, MAD MAX showed the immense creativity, imagination and filmmaking prowess of its Australian director George Miller (the editing in that whole first ten-minute sequence is excellent). Haven't watched it in a while, but looking forward to revisiting it with you. Definitely check out the sequel THE ROAD WARRIOR as it is a better movie (indeed I'd say it the best of the whole series) and closer to the kind of dystopian future seen in FURY ROAD. You can skip BEYOND THUNDERDOME. Sadly it's... not good.
Stick Figure Studios
2025-05-10 16:46:22 +0000 UTC“I remember nipples and leather” a phrase I never thought I’d hear.
Thomas Thompson
2025-05-10 16:23:01 +0000 UTCYour post shows that you’re not really the type of movie person for this type of film. Killing a small child - extra grindhouse points for having the guts to do so. Goose - one of the best characters in the film. Over the top fun. Doesn’t make sense that they found her - I could make a reasonable argument how they did, but it’s really irrelevant, you just have to go with the flow in these type of movies. As for the Cassie quotes - it all boils down to chaos, as in the gang members are chaos personified. Their actions, motivations, and dialog only make sense to them - and maybe not even to them.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 15:55:17 +0000 UTCI enjoyed Max Max 2, you should watch it at least once, Mad Max Beyond the Thunder Dome was ok, a bit cheesy in some parts, but worth a watch IMO.
McShades
2025-05-10 15:46:29 +0000 UTCWatched some old concert videos of Tina Turner recently. Had forgotten what a huge star she was around that time. Those arena shows were BIG.
Chris Thom
2025-05-10 15:44:58 +0000 UTCI suggest to skip the 2 sequels (The Road Warrior, Beyond Thunderdome) in this Mad Max trilogy. 1. MM2 ROAD WARRIOR. I have nostalgia for Road Warrior b/c me and friends at ages 18-19 liked it when released in US in 1982, but has not aged well. You can choose to react to Road Warrior if you want, or instead first see if Road Warrior wins a poll. Of the 3 movies in the trilogy, Road Warrior gets the best reviews by both critics and audience. "The Road Warrior is everything a bigger-budgeted Mad Max sequel should be: bigger, faster, louder, but definitely not dumber." 2. MM3 BEYOND THUNDERDOME. Not a fan. Letdown after Road Warrior. Tina Turner is an interesting addition. You could react to Beyond Thunderdome if you thought would get decent views (but will nowhere near approach Fury Road in views). Even if potential decent views (e.g., 80k-100k), I would not waste a reaction slot. But that's just my opinion. Several critics liked Beyond Thunderdome. "Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable."
Clay F
2025-05-10 15:10:17 +0000 UTCIt looks low budget because it is, it was $350, 000 USD back in 1979, which a figure I saw was about $2 million USD in 2020. You did get there on this point Cassie, this is set as the world is starting to collapse into the world you know from "Fury Road". "Sprog" is basically a slang term for child or kid, and because us Aussies just like to throw an 'o' on the end of words it became "sprogo" so basically "kiddo". I don't think it is the baby's name or if it even had a name, but tough to be sure in the "Mad Max" universe. I hadn't seen it all the way through in long time, but good to see the Aussie designed and built Ford (Australia) interceptors. They were already pretty high profile cars in the Australia, but this movie made them even more desirable. Also the red Holden "Sandman" panelvan is a bit of nostalgia. Holden was General Motors Holden, a subsidiary of General Motors Chevrolet. It has probably at least 10 years since Australia had a car manufacturing industry... but during the time this film was made, there were some special muscle cars that were produced.
Mojo One Thousand
2025-05-10 15:07:15 +0000 UTCThe cartoonish villains killed the baby. DOA. I like Fury Road better. I was glad when the annoying Goose was eliminated. Steve Bisley's acting in portraying Goose was hard to watch (over-the-top). Aside from Mel Gibson, I found much of the acting in the movie not very good. "What are these crazy people's [the couple's] goal?" Who knows. Never explained. Impossible to infer. "Are they like performers?" No, that was supposed to be real. "But why?" Nobody knows. "Oh, this is very weird." Yep. "How could they possibly find her here?" They couldn't. That was ridiculous. And yes, it odd she walking alone at ease the day after being accosted. "This is not real."
Clay F
2025-05-10 14:51:36 +0000 UTCGreat reaction Cassie, lot of fun to watch with you. Interesting animal fact (to me, anyway) of the day - Australia doesn’t have crows. The bird you saw, and heard throughout the film was a currawong, a bird that looks and acts much like a crow, but isn’t closely related. They are a example of convergent evolution, which put simply is when two unrelated animal species evolve to look very similar due to the fact that they fill the same ecological niche.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 14:41:51 +0000 UTCDid she? I don’t think so, can’t say why because spoilers.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 14:32:57 +0000 UTCI’ve always loved the low-budget independent “grindhouse” type films. They’re just willing to take more crazy risks story wise than any polished Hollywood movie, which makes them more fun to watch.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 14:31:00 +0000 UTCMad Max didn’t make a lot of money in the US during its initial release but made enough (due to its low budget) worldwide to merit a sequel.
Richard Maurer
2025-05-10 14:25:19 +0000 UTCMad Max was always my least favorite of the original trilogy. The Roadwarrior ups the anti and includes one of the most fierce car chases up to that moment in film - no CGI. Then comes Thunderdome which is the best of the three. I hope you get to all of them.
Javier Hernandez
2025-05-10 14:14:47 +0000 UTCVery interesting watch. I had seen this movie a loooong time ago and had virtually no memory of the plot. It seemed much more coherent this time. I was thinking that this was the same director who did such an excellent job with Fury Road, so I was looking at how he was composing and editing together his shots. This movie was very competently made, and for a standard revenge saga, was very satisfying. Cassie of course was at turns satisfied and horrified by the goings on. She didn't get her happy ending again. A great reaction.
MikeLL
2025-05-10 14:02:07 +0000 UTCJessie survived. Their son didn't.
Eric
2025-05-10 13:59:33 +0000 UTCWelcome back Scott. And it was the same for us in England. US accent ok, but the world would grind to a halt if anyone but Dame Edna Everage spoke like an Aussie.
Clarence Newman
2025-05-10 13:52:35 +0000 UTCHave I ever watched Beyond Thunderdome? Don't know. I've watched the second one, though - many times. Much better movie, and Mel Gibson really hits his stride with the character. You'll love Humongous and the biker gang too. Their outfits were later reused in Dodgeball.
Clarence Newman
2025-05-10 13:49:34 +0000 UTCI was away awhile but have re-subbed for this. I was waiting for the OG Max to come up!. I grew up watching the terrible dubbed version of Mad Max where they put American accents over the actors because they seemed to think we wouldn't understand anyone from Australia in the 80's. Mad Max watched like a kung fu movie from Hong Kong for many years lol. It’s not important to like this one so much as it sets up his backstory and humanized Max for later outings. Since you started with Fury Road, the next movie, Road Warrior will seem much more familiar.
Scott Macaulay
2025-05-10 13:41:17 +0000 UTCI liked it a lot. It's low budget, but that adds to the gritty charm. I liked the creative vehicles and wide open setting. It may be the first post-apocolyptic world movie for me, but I'm sure not the first ever and the sounds! The next two are good as well. Looking forward to it!
clutchkman
2025-05-10 13:03:21 +0000 UTCI think the last time I saw this movie was in college. I really don’t remember much of it. I just watched the official trailer to refresh my memory…and I still don’t remember much 😂. I remember a lot more of The Road Warrior and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. So this will essentially be like a first watch for me. I think it’s funny how on the movie poster, you can barely see Mel Gibson’s name mentioned as the star…his name is almost near the bottom. Obviously, he was not the global superstar that he became when he did this movie.
Dan M
2025-05-10 12:53:38 +0000 UTCMAD MAX is a really solid low budget actioner that surpasses its budget limitations by being incredibly well directed. The next one, MAD MAX 2/THE ROAD WARRIOR, is 10x the movie that this one is.
Matt Rose
2025-05-10 12:42:34 +0000 UTCI was thinking that this was the movie Tina Turner did the theme to. No that's Beyond Thunderdome. This was so popular 2pac and Dr. Dre were inspired by these movies that they used in there music video for California Love. No link some people don't like that music. It's music that helped get me the high school though. My wild love and I love all these movies. There sci movies that we actually have are huge fans of. For her to like any sci movies is like huge You really can't go wrong with this . However this got picked nice job. Great job Cassie!
Zachary K. (Swiftie)
2025-05-10 12:37:58 +0000 UTCBeyond Thunderdome is my least favorite of the 3. IMDb 6.8, RT 89%, RT Audience 70% = Mad Max (1979) IMDb 7.6, RT 93%, RT Audience 86% = The Road Warrior (1981) IMDb 6.2, RT 81%, RT Audience 49% = Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Clay F
2025-05-10 12:25:30 +0000 UTC"What does V-8 stand for?" Obviously Cassie isn't a golfer. Quick, and simplified, car engine definitions- cylinder , where the explosions happen; piston, connects the cylinder to the crank; crank spins and with the transmission turns the wheels. The "8" is the number of cylinders, more cylinders basically means more power. The "V" means, when looking at the front of the engine the cylinders are arranged in a V shape, 4 on each side.
Mike Lemon
2025-05-10 12:21:13 +0000 UTCRoad Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome are way better than this i can't wait for you to react to those Cassie 👍
Charles Briggs
2025-05-10 12:01:37 +0000 UTCI saw that. I think it was on Tubi. It was quite good. Quentin Tarantino is featured giving commentary. The guy is amazing. His knowledge of film is encyclopedic.
TheSingulatarian
2025-05-10 11:55:40 +0000 UTCWell that was certainly something lol! I didn't love it and I didn't hate it, like you I was entertained! Mel Gibson was top notch as always! Honestly the ending is definitely what made it worth watching, true it's kinda cliche' when bad guys go after the main protagonists family, giving him a reason to become "Mad" lol! But seeing the bad guys go down is always satisfying! I actually laughed when Toe-cutter slammed smack into that big rig's grill, it was a quick cut, but I saw his eyes buldge out like a cartoon character, that was hilarious! Honestly I think my favorite character was Goose, the cop on the motorcycle, I liked his personality lol! Well, I can safely say that I finally watched the very first "Mad Max" movie, I've only seen the second one once, never 3, never Fury Road, or the newest one "Furiosa - A Mad Max Saga"! Still, seeing you react to this was a joy! Have a great weekend Cassie, hope the book club has been going well for you, safe travels back home, Happy early Mother's Day, love and support, you and Carly are the best, and God bless y'all and the family🥰😇🙏😁🤗😉👍✌🌹
Wesley White
2025-05-10 11:55:19 +0000 UTCI read somewhere that The Road Warrior only had eight pages of dialogue. Usually it is about a page per minute of movie.
Mike Lemon
2025-05-10 11:51:08 +0000 UTCAny opinion on Wake in Fright? Heard that was a big one from Australia.
Chris Thom
2025-05-10 11:49:08 +0000 UTCI missed the original release of the "The Road Warrior". About five or six years later "The Road Warrior" was playing at a revival house at my college, so I went to see it and was absolutely blown away. It really is pure cinema. You could turn the sound off on "Road Warrior" and have no problem following the film. An underappreciated masterpiece. Though it did spawn a million Italian low budget knock offs.
TheSingulatarian
2025-05-10 11:48:09 +0000 UTCThere has been no decision to watch the Mad Max trilogy like there was to watch the Planet of the Apes franchise. Mad Max (1979) was in the live poll. MM2 or MM3 weren't in the live poll. The Mad Max trilogy was not in the live poll. She skipped Battle (the worst of the 10 movies in the Planet of the Apes franchise) like she skipped Dark Phoenix (2019) of the X-Men franchise. She did not like Beneath. Feel lucky to get 3 of the 4 original sequels.
Clay F
2025-05-10 11:28:40 +0000 UTCMaybe Road Warrior (my favorite of the intitial 3) could win a poll.
Clay F
2025-05-10 11:22:21 +0000 UTCI'm sorry to say that I was disappointed that you didn't watch the final original Planet of The Apes film so I hope in this case you will please watch the complete Mel Gibson Mad Max trilogy.
Joseph H Searles
2025-05-10 11:19:31 +0000 UTCNow you have to watch The Road Warrior. That's the movie that really launched Gibson as a movie star
Bill Maurer
2025-05-10 11:16:41 +0000 UTCThis isn't the movie that launched Gibson in the U.S. Back in the day nobody even knew this movie existed, we knew him from The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2). That is the movie Fury Road took its cues from, not this one. When we did finally learn about Mad Max 1, it was through a terrible dubbed version at the video rental store. I never saw the non-dubbed version until about 1999, maybe later.
Mike Lemon
2025-05-10 10:43:20 +0000 UTCFor me, and I fully admit being a biased Aussie, this is a landmark of Australian Cinema. It holds a special place in the New Wave movement, and I think after watching number 2, you’re gunna see just how much more of an impact it had on modern cinema in the post apocalypse genre
Patrick Thompson
2025-05-10 10:39:13 +0000 UTCIt's not for everyone, respectfully, but I love these movies including this one. This one is the most "grindhouse" of the film's. But it's thrilling, sad, and savage. Really hope The Road Warrior is watched. That one raises it to Myth.
Rick Rodriguez
2025-05-10 09:50:12 +0000 UTCLove the original Mad Max. For that matter, I love Australian cinema of this period in general. I highly recommend the documentary “Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation”, directed by Mark Hartley. If you do watch it, be advised that it has extensive nudity in the first half hour as it takes the viewer thru the history of Australian cinema in the 70s and 80s (particularly exploitation cinema, hence the term “Ozploitation”). Hartley followed it up with “Machete Maidens Unleashed”, another excellent documentary. This time the focus is on the Filipino exploitation film industry of the same period, with an emphasis on the productions of legendary low budget producer/distributor Roger Corman. I also like “42nd Street Memories: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Notorious Street”, about the infamous 42nd Street in New York, which served as the epicenter of exploitation/grindhouse cinema. “Video Nasties: The Definitive Guide” is an excellent documentary on the censorship craze of the 80s and 90s in the U.K., during which they actually criminalized renting out “video nasties” to anyone of any age. It provides trailers, with on air commentary preceding each, of all of the movies that were on the banned list. They did a second part that was equally as good as the first. Anyway, back to Ozploitation. “Mad Max” is among the films discussed in “Not Quite Hollywood.” Thru this documentary, I also found a number of great movies that I have included in my personal library, including: *Dark Age *Dead End Drive-In *Fair Game *Long Weekend *Next of Kin (likened by Quentin Tarantino to “The Shining”) *Nightmares *Patrick (provided inspiration for aspects of The Bride in “Kill Bill”) *Roadgames (starring Americans Jamie Lee Curtis and Stacy Keach, which the Australian crew resented) *Snapshot (advertised as a sequel to “Halloween”, even though it’s more of a drama than anything and there’s absolutely no connection between the films) *Stone *Wake in Fright (really an art house film and not true Ozploitation) Other Australian movies I’d recommend include: *Razorback *Undead (directorial debut of the Spierig Brothers; a really quirky, fun take on the zombie genre) *Wolf Creek (loosely based on real events) *Rogue (does for salt water crocs what “Jaws” did for great whites) *Lake Mungo (brilliant “haunted house” film - or is it haunted?) *Animal Kingdom (starring Guy Pearce and basis for the American crime drama tv series) Sorry for the length of this post but, as I said, I’m a fan of Ozploitation and grindhouse cinema and just wanted to share some suggestions of good documentaries exploring the genre as well as some of the noteworthy Australian entries.
Just Plain Bob
2025-05-10 09:47:45 +0000 UTCTo be honest and fair, I've never really been a Mad Max fan! For some reason, they just never caught my attention! The first one I ever saw however was the second one "The Road Warrior" maybe that's the reason why it never caught my interest, maybe because I didn't understand it, who knows! Though personally I prefer "Waterworld" which in a way is basically Mad Max but on the ocean, only because at the time for me, I was a big Kevin Costner fan lol! But if you say this movie is good, now you've caught my interest because I want to see your reaction lol! So, believe it or not, this will be my first time ever watching the OG! I'll let you know my opinion afterwards, love and support, and peace 😁✌🥰😇🙏🌹
Wesley White
2025-05-10 09:44:36 +0000 UTCHugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the main villain, Toecutter, also played Immortan Joe, the main villain in Fury Road.
Brad P
2025-05-10 09:20:33 +0000 UTC
