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

[@BigGator5]

"I'm scared, Fif. You know why? It's that rat circus out there. I'm beginning to enjoy it." "What is this, funny week?" "Look. Any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, you know? A terminal crazy... only I got a bronze badge to say I'm one of the good guys." Fun Fact: Theatrical movie debut of Joanne Samuel. The Doctor Is In Fact: George Miller raised the money for Mad Max (1979) by working as an emergency room doctor. Shakespearean Villains Fact: Hugh Keays-Byrne and Tim Burns were both classically-trained Shakespearean stage actors. Hugh Keays-Byrne modeled his performance of Toecutter after historical records written about Mongolian warlord Temujin, also known as Genghis Khan. Tim Burns was so into Johnny The Boy character that he annoyed everyone on-set and was abandoned one day during lunch while handcuffed to the wreck. Vigilantes Gang Fact: The "get-out-of-jail-free card" that Goose (Steve Bisley) gives the triker was an on-set joke. Because of the limited budget, the biker gang was an actual biker gang (The Vigilantes), and they had to ride to the set each day in costume; often with their prop weapons displayed. Since the production company expected them to be pulled over by the local police, each was given a letter explaining the film's peculiar requirements, and asking for law-enforcement's understanding and cooperation. Most of the extras used in the film were paid in beer.

[@AlcyoneReacts]

Such cool facts! I can def see how Johnny could get annoying and that's awesome that they used real bikers and they got paid in beer!

[@vanlawprime6694]

The Toecutter is one of the most sinister villains on the screen ever. People under rate the first movie because they don’t see the subtleties in it. It was hard to see but the reason the gang went after the young couple, when they took off they clipped the Toecutter. The second movie is my favorite but this is a great origin story.

[@AlcyoneReacts]

I don't think I've ever seen a villian like him before

[@AbeVicious]

The actor who plays Toecutter also played a villain in another Mad Max movie.

[@petergaynes9201]

Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior is absolutely great. Look forward to your reaction.

[@charlesgreen3214]

I agree 👍

[@AndyBrazeau-e1c]

He was driven mad - insane, not angry. (Though there's a fair bit of anger too.) Post apocalyptic rather than dystopian. I HAVE seen a person hit by a motorcycle. The mass of the bike, plus a speed of ~30mph (~48.25kph), kept it on its original trajectory and the rider neither fell off nor lost control.

[@AlcyoneReacts]

Oh dang really? Still can't believe they did that!

[@80smoviesfan]

I love this franchise, mad max 2 is my favorite movie of the Franchise. I hope to see a reaction for that one, Mel Gibson playes Max in 3 Movies.

[@AlcyoneReacts]

Yeah I forsure end up watching them all

[@AbeVicious]

The Road Warrior better be next lol

[@AlcyoneReacts]

It'll be the next mad max movie I watch for sure

[@AbeVicious]

You'll like The Road Warrior a lot more. It's my personal favorite.

[@AlcyoneReacts]

Yeah it seems like this one was his like origin story and I'm gunna guess he just leans into it for the next movie?

[@joshuajoshua2732]

No he's got all the biker gang. The first Mad Max film i guess you could call it an origin story since it's the first one to be made this was set before the apocalypse and the beginning of society breaking down in the not too distant future of australia. Mel Gibson starred in the first 3 Mad Max films as the fourth film didn't come out for another 30 years by that point Mel Gibson deemed himself too old so a new actor was replaced for the role of Mad Max though the continuity remains the same...kind of... This was the movie that started Mel Gibson's movie career. The actor who plays the main villain the Toecutter is Hugh Keys-Bryrne who also played a villain in the fourth film but as a different character.