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Shawn JB Shawn: This movie starts out with such a huge bang, that the rest of the movie was a bit of a disappointment for me, since I kept anticipating something to match the initial explosiveness of the opening scene. You'll notice that I gave this movie 3 stars though, so it wasn't a total letdown. After the intense opening scene, we are introduced to Max (later to turn into Mad Max), a policeman, or rather highway policeman in a post-apocalyptic world gone array. After Max gets a little too involved in the dangers of the job, he decides to quit and spend the rest of his days peacefully with his wife and son. All is well and good until the bad guys on motorbikes push Max over the edge, and plain old Max turns into Mad Max. The movie (filmed in Australia) is the first of a few to introduce a desolate, deserted, post-apocalyptic world with guys with bad haircuts and strange fashion-sense. Although, having lived and vacationed all over Australia for a time, it seemed just how I remembered it. Post-Apocalyptic? I figured it was present day. JB: I was really excited to see the new DVD for this, and then I remembered (during the opening credits) that this wasn't the Road Warrior. Funny, this movie should have just been called Max, since he doesn't really get Mad until the last 5 minutes. Even then he isn't that mad, he's just dumb. But there are moments of enjoyment, and the bad guy is really creepy, so I can justify a 2 1/2 vote. Shawn: After seeing this movie on DVD with the original Australian soundtrack and in widescreen (the director does a great job of capturing the raw feeling of speed and without the widescreen viewing it's lost), do yourself a favor and don't watch the super-cheesy American English dubbed video. Although, DVD or video, you'll still be subjected to the awful music score of Mad Max. It's so incredibly overdone it's painful. |
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BEST TIME TO TAKE A LEAK: Middle hour of the movie (anytime in there is just fine). BEST USE OF BRIAN MAY: Flash Gordon... aaaaah.... he'll save every one of us! BEST USE OF SPECIAL EFFECTS: The bad guy's giant fake bloodshot eyeballs popping out of their sockets just before oblivian. |
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