Rating: 
Summary: Action masterpiece
Review: This action masterpiece features Mel Gibson in a perfect performance, breathtaking chase sequences that would give the most dull of viewers a hard jolt, and scenery that absloutely left me in awe. 'Nuff said. Run out and rent The Road Warrior as soon as possible.
Rating:
Summary: One of the best action films ever made
Review: The Road Warrior is every bit as good as it's said to be, delivering relentless suspense and exhilarating thrills in all its action sequences. Known widely as the film that launched Mel Gibson to international fame The Road Warrior is an incredible exercise in creating a pure adrenaline rush.Set in post-apocalyptic Australia, the loner Max (Mel Gibson) travels in his car through the outback with a dog as his companion. He encounters a man known as the Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence) who threatens to kill Max. Max, however, reverses the position and becomes the aggressor. In a desperate attempt to save his life, the Gyro Captain tells Max about an oil refinery not far away. Max, with his dog and hostage, reaches the refinery and observes. It seems like a relatively stable place but the real problem is a group of bizarre warriors led by a hockey masked muscular man known as the Humungus. His warriors are vicious people who will stop at nothing to get that oil and the entire refinery. He offers a deal to the people inside: Just leave everything behind and he will offer them safe passage. He gives them 24 hours to decide. Max, though, offers the people another deal. Let him bring a rig big enough to haul the tank of gas and in return give him as much gasoline he can carry. They accept the deal and from here Max must bring the rig back and defend the fuel against Humungus and his warriors. It's not often you find films this exciting. The Road Warrior features not one, but two of the best car chases in film history (the other three go to Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ronin, and The French Connection). The first major chase in the film involves Max attempting to bring the rig into the refinery while Humungus and his men try to stop him. The last fifteen minutes features one of the all-time ultimate action sequences: a near fifteen minute long chase with the entire gang after Max and the gasoline. It's an all-out battle for survival. Add to all this with a superb performance from Mel Gibson and an adequate supporting cast along with fine direction from George Miller and you have an action masterpiece.
Rating: 
Summary: An exhilarating action extravaganza
Review: Mad Max is the series that will forever be known for launching Mel Gibson's fantastic career. Two of the films in the series, The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome, are among is his five best as they create action sequences that are simply exciting and complex societies and scenery that are true visions to behold. The Road Warrior is considered the best of the series (Beyond Thunderdome is just as good in my opinion) and the best post-apocalyptic film in history. Of course, when you think of the latter comment, such films as Waterworld and The Postman come to mind. Those were true turkeys that had no idea how to execute good ideas and premises. The Road Warrior doesn't make that mistake and what results is the ultimate low budget action film, greater than even James Cameron's The Terminator and outpacing almost every chase film in history. The plot of the film is in the near future in the outback of Australia, where society has crumbled due to an apocalyptic war and the survivors must struggle against one another. One such man is Max (Mel Gibson), a loner after his wife and child were killed by a gang. Now, he wanders around the deserts in his car with his dog, searching for gasoline, a commodity that has become all too precious in this time period. He encounters a small fort of people who seem to have a very large suppy of fuel. All they want to do is leave the desert and start civilization over in a more comfortable setting. Of course, the large fuel supply obviously causes trouble for them. A gang called the Humungus, led by Lord Humungus (a vicious man in a hockey mask), want the fuel and will do whatever is necessary to accomplish that task. Max notices the danger and strikes a deal with the people of the fort. Let him haul in a vehicle that can hold the gasoline and in return he gets his vehicle back with a good supply of fuel. This leads to some of the most exciting chases in film history, along with a finale that must be seen to be believed. There are so many things that work during the action sequences. George Miller directs each chase with relentless speed and carnage, Brian May's pulse-pounding score adds to the excitement, and Mel Gibson's terrific performance gives us a hero to truly root for. This is a film where everything best is saved for last. The best chase in the film-and one of the best in film history-involves the entire Humungus gang chasing Max as he drives the truck with the tanker of gas down a one lane highway. It's a fifteen minute chase that holds nothing back and the result is spectacular. There are even a couple of surprises at the end that bear a certain irony. One thing I can say that is consistent within the Mad Max films is a perfect final scene. Mad Max's final scene left a feeling of emptiness and despair. The Road Warrior's final reels give a feeling that humanity still has a sense of dignity left.
Rating:
Summary: madmax
Review: spectacular action
Rating:
Summary: the best petrol-head movie ever made
Review: and to the other reviewers I just wanted to point out that Australia still is an epic wasteland...
Rating:
Summary: Awesome
Review: What the Matrix is to the '90s, The Road Warrior was to the '80s
Rating:
Summary: Three years and bigger bucks
Review: What a difference three years and a significantly higher production budget makes. When I first caught a glimpse of 'Mad Max', I saw it as some kind of silly Godzilla-like cheeseball movie. Even though the actors were speaking in English with Australian accents, they were dubbed over with American English-speaking voice actors. Thanks to this, 'Mad Max' had a Hong Kong martial arts action film feel. Also, the props, vehicles, and sets had the look of being more improvisation than design. Then along came 'The Road Warrior'. The difference was amazing. It is easy to see why this 'Mad Max' entry is considered the high point of the trilogy. Much more elaborate sets, vehicles, etc. The action sequences are tighter, and more exciting. And, thanks to using the original character dialog, rather than dubbing it over, you even get to hear Mel Gibson in his actual voice, with the slight Aussie accent! It made for an interesting ride. Take a look! 'Late
Rating:
Summary: A post-Apocalypse classic
Review: This excellent movie could easily have come across as a cartoon. But it doesn't. A compact, post-Apocalyptic classic, this film is the core of the Mad Max trilogy and by far the best of the three in every sense. Neatly framed by a haunting narrative delivered years after the events in the film, this is a complete story of imperfect redemption. Mel Gibson as Max (a reprise from his role in the earlier _Mad Max_) is the classic anti-hero. His motives are mixed. He does not get the girl. He barely survives, in fact, and the last we see of him is standing bloodied but unbowed and defiant amid a field of wreckage-at sundown, appropriately enough. There are so many great characters and lines in this movie that it would be impossible to review them all in 1,000 words. I will just mention Bruce Spence as the Gyrocaptain, and Emil Minty, as the Feral Kid. Spence is the "sidekick," bringing a bit of comic relief in a wonderfully acted part. Minty is the sort of surrogate for the son lost in _Mad Max_, and the spiritual hand-off from "father" to "son" at the end of the story is poignant. There are some great plot twists for anyone lucky enough to be seeing this for the first time, as well as irony by the bucketful. Perhaps the strongest point of the film is its gritty, unsentimental realism. The bad guys don't win, but neither are they totally wiped out. The "heroes," in large part, don't survive. The spiritually flawed somehow eke through, leaving us with a bit of a murky moral. A brooding soundtrack and excellent cinematography round out what is in every sense a classic film.
Rating:
Summary: THIS ONE IS GREAT- BUT THE THIRD IS BETTER...
Review: This is a very very great movie,and it has the value to have created one of the coolest heroes of all the times (The first one is a sort of prologue,for me...) ,but ev'ry one knows the THIRD ONE -MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME- had MORE success and was ...simply the BEST. "Road Warrior" is pure action and visual impact. Several years after the first one's events,there was a great World War that leaded to the total collapse of each form of civilization.There were nuclear exchanges too,but we viewers will see their effects on the environment into "Mad Max beyond thunderdome" scenario. However,Max is becoming a loner psycho,a scavenger wandering into a not-specificated Wasteland (probably following an ecological disaster occurred prior the first "MAD MAX") in costant search for food and...FUEL ! .He will meet a compound of survivors,attacked by a weird and bloody band of Marauders.All the events connected to this small fight will lead Max to the way of REDEMPTION. "Road warrior" is an intense movie with a bit of poetry in it,and the BEST CHASE SCENE of the Cinema history,but there's a lack of a substantial plot,one thing you can find into the MASTERPIECE of the series,MAD MAX 3.Yes,this one has created the myth of Mad Max,but the third one is incredible ! Mad Max purists (like me) have UNDERSTOOD the lesson,and there is a critical revalutation of the third one,that however was a box-office smasher.
Rating:
Summary: A high powered extravaganza
Review: The second of the Mad Max series, the Road Warrior(Mad Max 2 in Australia) takes place months after the events of the first movie, and finds Max(Mel Gibson) rogue in a world nearing a post nuclear age. Roving biker gangs, looking more like a twist between hell's angels, bad WWF wrestlers, and barbarian warriors, terrorize a small oil community, hoping to gain the fuel which has become more valuable than gold. Max helps the fledging group, only more for himself than anyone else. This is a high powered movie, incorporating some of best stunts and car chase sequences in the series. Superb.
| 
