
Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. After some grisly events at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge.... (Full plot summary below)
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Taking place in a dystopian Australia in the near future, Mad Max tells the story of a highway patrolman cruising the squalid back roads that have become the breeding ground of criminals foraging for gasoline and scraps. After some grisly events at the hands of a motorcycle gang, Max sets out across the barren wastelands in search of revenge.
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| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussManages not to waste a single frame of film even as it wastes countless motorcycles, trailers, automobiles and other vehicles across the bad roads of rural Australia. |
| New York TimesTom BuckleyMad Max is ugly and incoherent, and aimed, probably accurately, at the most uncritical of moviegoers. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageRob VauxLike all of the best exploitation films, it transcends its limitations while simultaneously embracing them. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayThis import B-movie gem launched not only [Mel Gibson's] career, but the whole post-apocalyptic genre of the 80's and beyond. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonIf you haven't seen writer-director George Miller's Mad Max in quite some time, then it's very likely you're not even remembering it right. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissWith his instinct and craft, Miller has provided more autosuggestive violence on a $1 million budget than The Blues Brothers did with half the Chicago police force and $30 million. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyAnnouncing a new kind of action-thriller, this impressively shot, ultra violent post-apocalyptic saga from Australia made Mel Gibson an instant star. |
| Video-Reviewmaster.comSteve CrumClassic cult fun made famous by director Miller and then new star Gibson. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyFeatures the best anti-hero cinema has given us in the past few decades. |
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeMore jangly, visceral energy and encompass more creative innovations than something made with today's computer technology and bottomless resources. |