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Summary: The beginning of the end...
Review: This movie sets up the stage for what is to later become Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior. If you're a fan of The Road Warrior then You owe it to yourself to see the original Max Rockatansky before he became a shell of a man. Officer Rockatansky was a great cop, husband and father in a time when morals and quality of life were on the decline.Some reviewers have mentioned this movie was not so "Post Apocalyptic" or high tech. I must remind you this story is set before "the world went to war", you have to pay attention to really appreciate this movie, if you do, you'll notice the Main Force (police) has only 5 or 6 cars for a whole county, a police station with giant holes on the roof, and gangs of men who have realized there is more gain by going out on the roads/towns and pillaging than in searching for non-available jobs. This is, quite simply, the beginning of the end. I gave this one 5 Stars as this DVD has changed the way I judge other movies on DVD. The remastering process was done so well, it looks like a movie filmed in the 90's! It actually looks better/newer than my Batman and Matrix DVD's. Lots of trivia too. Something else you should know is that this movie was put together with a budget of $200k odd US dollars, volunteer riders and many rookie actors, and it still managed to become an inspiring cult classic. This was a great low budget film brought to life by the talented George Miller/Byron Kennedy team. Watch this movie along with it's sequel The Road Warrior and you will not be disapointed, you may skip "Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome" because by the time this movie was made, Byron Kennedy, the producer to whom its dedicated, had died and Hollywood's save the -lil' childrens- big budget hype ruined the rest. The intro to The Road Warrior best explains why this DVD is a must see... "To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time."
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Summary: mad max
Review: i think it's the best film ever! YOU WONT REGRET BUYING THIS!!
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Summary: This film is horrible
Review: As a fan of post-apocalyptic movies, I must say that this movie is as far from post-apocalyptic as a post-apocalyptic movie can get. The majority of the movie is explained on the back cover- Mad Max is a cop whose family has been killed and he must seek revenge. But the seeking revenge part is just about 4 or 5 scenes towards the end of the movie! And to top it all off it seems like the apocalypse has had absolutely no effect on the world, because trees are growing, there's power, water, civilization, medicine, and ice cream! Jeez!
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Summary: *** 3.6 / 5 [B]
Review: In 1981, THE ROAD WARRIOR was released in to the United States and became an instant hit, but George Miller's story of angry cop Max begins with his 1979 classic MAD MAX. Mel Gibson plays the title character, "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a cop in a postapocalyptic future (when exactly isn't specified). He's the best cop around, patroling the highways for speed-hungry gang members. Well, after his best friend is killed and Max steps in, the gang gets a little mad. In the end, Max (now gone a little beyond Mad) sets out to avenge the death of his wife and infant child, both killed by the gang. MAD MAX is a sci-fi classic that spawned one of the best-loved sci-fi series of all-time. Miller's directing style brings the needed impact to the seemingly dead futuristic earth. Gibson is also good in his star-making role (look at how young he is...wow!) - plus Brian May (not the Queen Brian May) contributes a good score. Top-notch sci-fi action entertainment and one of the greatest (and funnest) films to come out of Australia. Followed by MAD MAX 2 (THE ROAD WARRIOR) and MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME.
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Summary: Quintessential Australian film!
Review: As an Aussie who saw this as a boy way back in 1980 I am saddened and dumbfounded to find that this was ever the victim of pathetic overdubs into US speak from the original Australian, as though this helped the film in any way? Was the premise that Americans are so jingoistic that they aren't capable of understanding English spoken by Australians, or simply that Americans only want to hear themselves? In any case this is a classic Aussie film back in the days when Mel Gibson considered himself an Aussie and was seen by Aussies to be an Australian. I won't harp on about the plot because other reviewers have done the plot to death. This film was shot in South Australia and the many brilliant and genius techniques for filming the amazing road scenes were developed by the Australian Director of this movie, later to be adopted by film makers the world over. Anybody who doesn't understand that this movie is the BEST of the series has missed the point of MAD MAX as far as I'm concerned. I'm sure Aussies and Kiwi's alike understand the superb grittyness which has the stamp of Australian and New Zealand (Once Were Warriors) film making all over it without losing all the best features of great film making to HOLLYWOODISM... MAD MAX 2 was also a good film but Thunderdome became too Hollywood for my money and sadly doesn't do justice to the series like the original. I almost feel sorry for people who thought this wasn't ans Australian film... it's like thinking "Gone with the Wind" was Canadian and sticking "eh" on the end of "Quite frankly I don't give a damn (eh?), talk about inappropriatsville! This is the the ONLY version worth watching...
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Summary: "i am the night rider.. a fuel injected suicide machine!!"
Review: got to love the original soundtrack, much better then the cheesy speedracer sounding voiceover of the original us release. this is truely a fast and furious movie. BUY IT Quick!!
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Summary: BRING BACK MAD MAX....AND THE TOE CUTTER TOO!
Review: This is an absolute fast paced, can't sit still in my seat movie! The chase and crash scenes are fast and never let go of any momentum that it fully injects in the beginning. Mad Max is a cool character as he has to take revenge for the death of his friend. This movie was made in Australia...I think, but it's good and if you haven't heard of mad max and your into the whole super hero type of thing, or you collect comic books and looking for a comic book story-like movie with comic book like characters than this film is a defintie must see!
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Summary: Excelent. Will always be a classic
Review: Movie: This low buget scific-adventure, takes place in the decaying outback society. Motor cycle gangs rule the highways, and only the MPFs, try to control them. "Mad" Max is one of them. He has a good life, until his wife and child's lives are swept away from him by the gangs. Only then does he become truly "Mad" Max. With a buget of only about 500,000 dollers, this movie still exceds many movies today. Mel Gibson stars in his first staring role, he is perfect in the part. This is the Holy Grail for scific lovers.
DVD: Unlike the rest of the movies in the Mad Max Trilogy, Mad Max gets special edition treatment. The two documentarys, and the trailer, are not the best part of the DVD, the fact that the original voices are restored in the orignal Australian accents make the DVD worth it. The sound and picture quality are seamless. Do not even think about it, just buy it!!! Movie: 5 stars
DVD: 5 stars
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Summary: Not The best, but still good
Review: This is not the best of the Mad Max movies, but they had to start somewhere. It amazes me to know that the original "Aussie" voices were dubbed over when this film was originally released in the USA, as if they speak a different language or something.
The stunts in his movie is what keeps it watchable.
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Summary: CLASSIC ACTION MOVIE
Review: Featuring a fresh faced Mel Gibson as a young cop who faces down mobile savages on the highways of a dystopian Australia of the future. Mad Max managed to make a virtue of its modest budget, with some startling, influential stunt work and array of weird and surreal characters. Mel Gibson is perfect in the role of the idealistic young cop who feels that he is slowly becoming dehumanised by the brutality he is embroiled with on a daily basis. He quits the force and takes off with his family to try and escape from the madness and decay that is nearing fever pitch. However when his family are killed by a gang of marauding bikers, Max becomes the very thing he was trying to avoid, a broken, monoslylabic, avenging angel in souped up pursuit car. Very much a character in the vain of Clint Eastwood's man with no name from the spaghetti westerns, Max is a brooding, intense man with a capacity for terrible violence.
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