Mad Max (1979) First Time Watching! | Movie Reaction

[@mikefoster6018]

I know most people prefer Mad Max 2, but I love how this first one feels more twisted - with a compelling whiff of 'anything nasty could happen'.

[@CliffuckingBooth]

Yeah not many movies that would take place when civilization barely holding together. Thats why I really like first one too.

[@Infinity-Minus-One]

the next mad max, "The road warrior" is the best of the franchise

[@reznik232]

I sneaked into the cinema to see this in 1979 when I was ten. It blew my mind! It still does. One of my absolute favourite movies.

[@ДенисСапёлкин-й5б]

The second (Road Warrior)The part is a head taller.A classic of post-apocalyptic dieselpunk.I strongly advise you to take a look.

[@peterengelen2794]

The actor who plays ''Toecutter'' is also ''Immortan Joe'' in ''Mad Max: Fury Road''. The first ''Mad Max'' movie is a dystopian movie, the sequel ''The Road Warrior'' and part 3 ''Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome'' are post-apocalyptic movies.

[@NemeanLion-]

18:42 Marian: This is where he becomes Mad Max officially. He was just Max until now. Well said Marian.

[@NemeanLion-]

This is where it all started Mad Max only had a $350,000 budget. It has the same director as Fury Road and as someone said, the actor that plays the Toe Cutter in this movie, plays Immortan Joe in Fury Road.

[@karimhicks8376]

I said that Toe CUTTER played the main villain in fury road. SADLY, we lost him, soon after.

[@JohnOConnell]

The actor who plays the biker gang leader here, Toecutter … Hugh Keats Byrne … played Immortan Joe in Fury Road. Has a long record of Shakespearean work.

[@mikefoster6018]

He kills it in this film.

[@johnhamilton748]

"I'm The Night Rider" But ur driving during the day 🤣🤣 classic

[@zansobar]

The Road Warrior is the sequel and is an overall better movie. It was a foundational movie for this genre.

[@drew2fast489]

And it's the best movie of the franchise

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

It's not a better movie and it's not foundational, which is evident because it's the second one on this trilogy 🤦‍♂🤦‍♂

[@karimhicks8376]

The Road Warrior is also in the Guinness Book of World Records: for the most stunts performed in a single film; most vehicles:

[@arconeagain]

This is the best, artistically. This is the appeal that led to the making of a sequel.

[@jackh5489]

I'm old enough to remember when this movie came out, it was in the middle of the cold war, with the fear of nuclear devastation and the top of the oil crisis made worse with the Iranian uprising. So the dark mood of the film is spot on. Mad Max became a world phenomenon of which other apocalypse movies are measured with, also this first version of Mad Max held the record for 20 years as the most profitable film ever made, earning 500 times the production costs...

[@Purple_Buffalo]

"Any longer out on that road and I’m one of them, you know? A Terminal Crazy."

[@warpig4942]

"The Road Warrior" next. One of the greatest action movies ever and one of the greatest sequels ever.

[@darrylbirt6049]

"He is a sausage" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Laughed so hard I spit my beer on my phone! 🤣☺️

[@josepholivo1448]

So glad you guys decided to do the original mad Max really hope you guys consider doing mad Max road warrior and mad Max beyond thunderdome. I personally love all three.

[@greysea4841]

This movie and the Road warrior are the Mad Max franchise.

[@luvlgs1]

I liked 3.

[@augustandjune]

This story is set pre-Apocalypse, right before the nuclear war. Road Warrior takes place about three years after this movie; Beyond Thunderdome is fifteen years later. Fury Road’s the only confusing one; because Max is still younger, it could be set sometime after Mad Max 3., or it might be a reboot, rather than a sequel.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

I'd say reboot mainly because he's driving the interceptor at the start of fury road which we know gets blown up in road warrior

[@karlmoles6530]

I would say Fury Road takes place after Mad Max and before The Road Warrior.

[@montylc2001]

But I always wondered about the forbidden zone it shows him riding into at the end of this movie. What happened to that area?

[@007beck9]

​@karlmoles6530 it's set after Thunderdome

[@karlmoles6530]

@@007beck9 He wouldn't have had the car then. Nor the nearly complete Bronze Uniform

[@hadlee73]

The second film, Road Warrior, bridges the gap between the first film (where the bombs have not yet dropped but Australia is suffering from drastic fuel shortages which has tanked the economy) and all the post-apocalyptic films that follow after the nuclear war where humanity have pushed deep into the Australian outback as the main cities are all pretty much gone.

[@roddmatsui3554]

It is a GREAT movie, and none of the sequels would exist had it not been for this one’s success. It’s excellent.

[@ThePorkchopExpress975]

i remember watching this as a kid and absolutely loved it. almost an australian death wish. but when i saw it they had dubbed it with american accents. so nice to watch it with mels actually voice

[@mazza4190]

The Road Warrior moves the story forward and Mad Max becomes apocalyptic. Cheers for the watch.

[@MyUrbanExplorationOnline]

As a long time fan of the Mad Max movies, I really enjoyed this. Yes the same actor that played Towcutter is the same actor that played Imortan Joe, but they are 100% unrelated roles.

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Well done. Congratulations on understanding the Australian accent, it’s not easy. I lived as a teenager very near to many of the locations in this movie. The first set of car chases and crashes were filmed literally minutes away from my parent’s home.

[@MJoy4Fun]

the subs help too.. 😅

[@micpar2]

The Bronze are like an old west version of the law. The big scary laughing guy. Was supposed to be the old granny's son I believe and is mentally challenged. He returns in Mad Max III Beyond Thunderdome. As Blaster a huge, helmeted gladiator guy.

[@PhillipHoskyn]

Max Fairchild was in mad max 2 not in thunderdome as blaster was played by Paul Larsson

[@luvlgs1]

Mad Max 2 is the greatest. You'll see...

[@handfuloftrains4781]

"Remember that only by following instructions can we hope to maintain a successful highway program." Welcome to the collapse of civilization. You both got it just right. Now you're ready for THE Mad Max film: The Road Warrior. Thanks for a great reaction!

[@pontiacGXPfan]

Mad Max practically wrote the book on the post-nuclear/ post-apocalyptic film genre in America

[@Paul77ozee]

The Nightrider started crying because he’s terminally psychotic, meaning his up one minute then down the next.

[@fredlight]

The first, the one, the only!

[@wilburross9709]

As others have stated, a low-budget movie. Just a bunch of crazy young movie-makers making the wildest car-chase movie they could afford to. They had no idea that it was going to be as popular as it was and provide the funding for two big-budget sequels! That first chase was filmed last because they crashed all of the custom police cars they had made for the movie! Still my favorite of the original three

[@kennewton7518]

Good to see my favorite reaction couple doing the original Mad Max. I like watching your videos 😂

[@donizetebelinato2808]

Thank you! Please, Mad Max 2 too!

[@pricemoore2022]

Awesome reaction of my favorite Mad Max movie!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@colinwest3301]

Fury Road has nothing to do with this really. The best film is the next one The Road Warrior. It also lets you know what's going on better than the others.

[@victorplekter613]

This was when the world was on the downhill, but not a complete dystopia yet. I always enjoy your reactions!

[@jeffmurray1681]

This is the best movie, IMO. The sequels are too cartoonish. I saw this movie when it came out. It blew me away. There had been nothing like it when it came out.

[@darrenkoglin3423]

MAD MAX AUSTRALIAN CINEMA HISTORY ,My fav esp filmed in my city and outskirts of Melbourne

[@socalpaul487]

"Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior" & "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" are both better than "Fury Road"

[@patmcgroin6916]

I LOVE this dirty little movie! Miller's first film - shot on a shoestring budget. Miller was actually a trauma surgeon who REALLY wanted to make movies, saw lots of nasty road injuries, which obviously influenced this film. This is still my favorite Mad Max film, lol. Definitely watch the next two - both great post apocalyptic "westerns" as well. Regarding the world and progression, you will stay confused as there are consistency issues, which Miller later explained were the result of the Mad Max stories actually being legends told far in the future about Max and his adventures. Different tellings change over time. Highly recommended you watch and enjoy the next two. Bigger budgets, but what a great little high grade B movie intro this original film!

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

The second is the best

[@007beck9]

I think this one's better this one has a good story to it. The second one is just all action trying to compete with the Arnold Schwarzenegger films.

[@karlmoles6530]

I always loved this film, I didn't see it till after The Road Warrior. I always loved it, but the scene where Jessie and the baby die I just about cannot watch, my girlfriend and our daughter were killed by a drunk driver less than a block where we lived, and I ran up on it, and saw it, and even got to her my girlfriend's dying words and pulled my lifeless daughter out of the car and sat in the road with her until the paramedics took her away.

[@myfreakyvalentine]

When I was 11 or 12 years old, Mad Max was on at the drive-in where I live (Brisbane). My oldest brother had been to see it and told my parents that it wasn't too bad despite having an R rating, so my father took my other brother and I to see it. The problem was, that it was the second movie of a "double feature" and the first movie was a soft porn movie, also R rated. So my brother, 13 and me, had to sit through the entire soft porn movie (I pretended to be asleep) with our dad. We never spoke of it again 🤣

[@barreloffun10]

I love the original Mad Max! Good on you for watching it.

[@paulcoleman292]

Raise your hand if you saw Mad Max in the theater when it came out....✋️ I'm 53 and this movie is still one of my favorite movies of all time......

My older brother did. He used to race Chevy Novas and now has a 67 Corvette with 700hp.

[@kingscorpion7346]

🖐

[@GavinBollard]

Was too young for the movie... not sure how you got in. Got to see it on a very dodgy videocassette.

[@paulcoleman292]

@GavinBollard bro I went with my friend and his dad, nobody was stopping kids from seeing R rated flicks in the seventies lol

[@karimhicks8376]

Yes indeedy!!!

Great channel. Great reactions. Great couple. Please follow up with the next 2. Especially the Road Warrior (Mad Max 2). It is as Iconic as Aliens, Top Gun and Casablanca. There are SO many cultural references to it. I used to reenact the actions scenes with my hot wheels toy cars in the early 90s. I look forward to it.

[@LoDoFilmUnlimitedMedia]

Fun fact: The actor who played Toecutter, also played Immortan Joe in Fury Road!

[@spanielbeast]

The bike gang chased after the locals red car because they side swiped the toecutter. You can see him on the right side of the screen at 6:47 or 6:48 its difficult to see him because of all the tyre smoke.

[@luvlgs1]

also for the good=hearted frolics to come with their new friends..

[@Blue-qr7qe]

THE ROAD WARRIOR (aka MAD MAX 2) is the MM film to see.

[@battlestarmarc]

Mad max 1 was awesome. Mad max road warrior was a great sequel.

[@biggles7272]

This genre of post-apocalyptic films came from the persistent underlying fear of nuclear war, that evaporated with the fall of the Soviet Union. The world of Mad Max arose from the ashes of a global nuclear war.

[@montylc2001]

I'm glad you watched the one that was not dubbed in.

[@starhawk4855]

correct it was the same car but heavily modified.

[@chrisnaumovski9056]

Very much fillmed like a comic book with quick scenes and dialogue. Smart for a low budget film.

[@starhawk4855]

the main idea behind the mad max universe is car fuel is rare and precious and it all a fight for gas, Australia is a desert no car you die.

[@BulldogMack700rs]

This is actually my favourite shot for basically nothing, half of it was shot illegally with cameramen strapped to motorbikes at 100plus mph. This is basically pre apocalypse just as society is breaking down and probably the most realistic of all the movies. Hugh Keyes Byrne is so good as a bad guy "whatever I say, what a wonderful philosophy you have"

[@listershat]

I've always loved the first two films, after that not so much. This and Road Warrior are absolute classics.

[@kingscorpion7346]

and this launched Mell Gibson's career into the international movie scene.

[@MJoy4Fun]

was this his first movie?

[@ImagineMySurprise510]

The reason why the Night Rider started crying was because the stuff in his system that made him manic and over the top ranting wore off and he wasn't hyped up anymore.

[@zenarcher9633]

"Fury Road" has no real connection, other than the character name, to the original trilogy. It's best seen as a reboot, rather than any kind of continuation.

[@revivalofnutrient]

This is my favorite mad max movie😁

[@007beck9]

Mad Mad 2 The Road Warrior Next. This film is setting post-apocalyptic future. It explains it more in the second film at the beginning how the world became destroyed.

[@micpar2]

It's supposed to be like right before WWIII breaks out and destroys civilization.

[@ericromero6121]

How so is there a book or comic 🤔🤔🤔?

[@yesh3]

Police "Interceptors" are fast police cars for highway pursuit like the Highway Patrol Mustang 5.0. Max's car was a type of customized Ford Falcon made in Australia. The supercharger and blower intake sticking out of the hood are really only used in drag racing, you can't turn them on and off. Although it looked like he used nitrous to boost his speed.

[@gunmetal2890]

We have a few gems of movies here in Australia, this is a classic. Thanks for not watching the American audio dubbed version (ruins the movie). Great reaction as usual, thank you! As for the biker who got hit in the head on the bridge it was rumoured for years he was killed in that scene, but later it came about that he survived and is proud of that scene (being famous) --------------------------------------------------- "In the original Mad Max from 1979 there is a notorious scene in which a group of bikers get into an accident and one is hit in the head by one of the rolling bikes. The biker in question is Dale Bensch who was also a member of the outlaw motorcycle club "The Vigilantes" whose members starred as some of Toecutters gang. It was rumoured for many years due to the realism of many of the scenes that the stuntman had actually died. “There’s an urban myth that a stuntman was killed, and that was me,” Bensch clarifies. “The scariest thing was dropping the bike on that bridge. They took the speedo and tach off because they didn’t want to damage more than they had to. They wet the surface to make it easier, but I hung onto the bike too long and it flipped me over with it; that’s why it looked bad. But it’s a famous scene, so it worked out all right!”"

[@Paul77ozee]

Johnny the boy didn’t stay with the girl because he cared about her. He got too high and didn’t leave with the others.

[@petersabourin1276]

Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior is the best of the mad max series, including fury road.

[@kardeef33317]

Road Warrior is the best. Mad Max and Beyond the Thunderdome are the next 2 best.

[@greenpeasuit]

You definitely need to watch The Road Warrior and Max Max Beyond Thunderdome soon.

[@Dr_Jekyll77]

OK cool. Next 2 ASAP please 👍

[@MJoy4Fun]

yes! 🤗

[@waterbeauty85]

"Sprog" is Australian slang for a child or baby.

[@MJoy4Fun]

tbh it's a cute name for a baby

[@tiagoalves2056]

Im late to the party love your two may god bless you both and yes Max as a tragic story i can't wait to the rest of the trilogy thumbs up and love from portugal always❤

[@realBkay]

React to MAD MAX 2: THE ROAD WARRIOR soon. There’s a cool dog (Australian Cattle dog) in it too.

[@Xoferif]

Glad they watched the original Australian version. The version with over-dubbed American accents is a bit cringey.

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Mad max is a family favorite here.

[@ImagineMySurprise510]

They were police, perhaps a special unit for highway patrols. The flashing lights and siren are a bit of a give away, plus they are in pursuit of a cop-killer. Police cars of the period didn't have the word 'Police' on the cars. Society was breaking down, with the countryside becoming a dangerous place to be.

[@longfootbuddy]

sometimes the night rider drives too fast, and it becomes day

[@MJoy4Fun]

oh that explains it! 😂

[@karimhicks8376]

I saw this movie when I was 15 years old, at FitzSimmons Army Hospital, near Denver, Colorado. In 1980. It's now closed down. Saw it back to back with DOS BOOT. A Wolfgang Peterson film.

[@小渕恵ニ-h7k]

1 and 2 are true mad max After 3 it's like a Disney movie Ironically, Mel Gibson, who was originally an American, had a lot of grit, while the Australian director George Miller ended up with a Hollywood style.

[@petercofrancesco9812]

Even though the movie is low budget it has a raw realism and emotion that I still love. They don't explain it but this is post apocalypse movie is now lawless gangs/bandits roam the roads.

[@kardeef33317]

Road Warrior is the best

[@kennewton7518]

Game over 😊

[@harvey4512]

The Best One. Training Day Please

[@tofersiefken]

The Road Warrior (1981) is my favorite of the original trilogy. I am so excited to see your reaction to the world-building that happens between Mad Max (1989) and the newest reboot of the series which takes place on the timeline after the third movie Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985).

[@markacuna2828]

Half are alive half are passed away

[@MrGpschmidt]

Great timing - yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the film's release in the US

[@thegwolf]

As you continue with the movies, you will see the way the world is changing into what you see in Fury Road. Thank you for the reaction to this classic! :D Looking forward to see the sequels on your channel.

[@thefalloutshelter7799]

a great movie but the next one The Road Warrior is better

[@Paul77ozee]

No one ever notices after the car goes through the caravan, there is a steak knife that’s protruding out of the car seat centimetres from Charlie’s body.

[@waterbeauty85]

This first Mad Max movie was popular enough around the world to lead to making the higher budget "The Road Warrior," but it was "The Road Warrior" (being more of a mainstream "A" movie instead of an independent "B" movie) that got a wide release in the US first, and to cash in on "The Road Warrior's" popularity, "Mad Max" got a wide release in the US second (though it did get a limited release before in American theaters that specialized in art movies and foreign films). I remember back in the day hearing some kids talking excitedly and looking forward to the release of "Mad Max" thinking it was a sequel to "The Road Warrior." I already knew about the first "Mad Max" because it got extensive coverage in Japanese and German movie magazines a couple of years before the US finally caught up with the rest of the world.

[@karimhicks8376]

The villain ToeCutter, played the main villain in FURY Road.

[@realBkay]

The Nightrider …..

[@seansersmylie]

The films changed a lot over the years, the second one is very different to the first film. The first is a great low budget indie film, the second one with more of a budget is probably the best.

[@BlankSpace83]

Please consider "the losers" with Chris Evans and Jeffrey Dean Morgan 🎉

[@topperharley1536]

Toecutter is the same Actor who plays Imorten Joe in Fury Road..

[@Jinnitaur]

After you watch Road Warrior, try Peter Weir's 1974 film of a similar nature (but is actually a comedy) called "The Cars That Ate Paris" 🙂

[@jayconant3816]

This is right before the total fall of society, the next one is after the fall and people trying to survive, fury road script was around for alond time and was supposed to be mel gibson continuing the story but things happened and mel didnt do it there are some great documentary videos explaining the making and timeline of all the mad max movies

[@bigp3006]

Consider "Lethal Weapon" for a small reunion.

[@Lori-et9bx]

Got to watch The Road Warrior.

[@philmakris8507]

You're overthinking it.

[@MJoy4Fun]

we are overthinkers lol

[@philmakris8507]

@@MJoy4Fun that's o.k. but you're trying to find links to Fury Road where there are none. Instead of overthinking there is nothing wrong with just a little research as to the timeline of when the movies in a franchise came out, the chronology. The best thing would have been if you watched them in order. Not to burst your bubble but the majority of people feel Fury Road is garbage. And woke garbage as well. Enjoy the other two "real" Mad Max movies. It will benefit you to put Fury Road out of your mind while you watch them. And they will make much more sense.

[@Catbytes]

YES!