Mad Max 2 Final Chase 'Brake Downs' Ep-04 (Breakdown)

Mad Max 2, The Road Warrior contains one of the greatest truck chase and stunts ever put to celluloid in this 1981 Australian car chase classic film. Celebrating its 40th anniversary, a visual and verbal breakdown of the famous final truck chase in the George Miller classic Mad Max 2 is brought to you by MFP in this one of a kind insight at just how this chase was created. Delving into the development, along with the stunts performed, MFP is proud to present an original and in-depth episode of Brake Downs, that focuses on movie car chases of the past and present that have become fondly remembered and loved by fans across the globe.
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[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Hi all. Sorry for being out of action for this long, had some moving to do and this was one video that took a lot longer than I thought it would, and wanted to get it right, yet I am glad it is done now and I hope you enjoy. Cheers.

[@SaintBuick]

Glad you're back. Love your dedication to your videos and if you need time to get it right it's well worth the wait.

[@keepyourbilsteins]

It was worth the wait. Stellar job!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@SaintBuick Thanks a lot. Makes the effort all the more worth it.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

@@keepyourbilsteins Thank you very much. Appreciated.

[@paddy2661]

Absolutely awesome videos, question I've found ep1 ep2 and this one ep4 can't find ep3 if you did make it ? Cheers thanks love it I hope your getting some behind the sences footage of latest madmax . That would be supercool

[@tkskagen]

One of The BEST Action Films EVER!

[@paulhare662]

Not quite "Deliverance" but damn good.

[@baconsarny-geddon8298]

Damn, RIP for all those XA, XB and XC coupes that got totalled...

[@maxpower001]

I know its sad😔 years ago we used to get vw bugs for less then a couple hundred bucks and cut em up and make woods buggies and now u cant find one for less then 10gs... who woulda thought they would get so goddamn valuable? U couldn't swing a cat by the tail without hitting a vw back then They were EVERYWHERE

[@oildalejones567]

Back again. I saw MM2 on its original US theatrical release every Friday night for a month. Forty-three years later, I still watch parts of it at least once a week. It's an obsession. Thanks for an amazing analysis.

[@oildalejones567]

Note: Later releases have removed the visible wires. (MMBTD as well.)

[@christopherbell7561]

The stunt crew are hard core!

[@TStyx]

I remember watching this film in the cinema at 15 ( I sneaked in) when it first came out and it remains to date the film that had the most lasting effect on me. Thank you for this and your channel, you're doing great work!

[@shanekeen3039]

I was 8 years old in 1981 The movie blew my mind and have been obsessed with it ever since

[@culcune]

As a pre-teen kid in the 1980s, I perused all the cartoons and film advertisements in the Sunday Los Angeles Times entertainment section (it was quite an extensive section of the very massive paper). The film adverts included quotes from all the film critics around the country and my favorite quote to this day was for 'The Road Warrior' (which, as is common knowledge by now, was the name for 'Mad Max 2' in the US since the original 'Mad Max' film never really had wide release here). I do not recall the critic's name, but the quote was, 'The final chase scene in Road Warrior makes the chariot race from Ben Hur seem like a square-dance'. Sums it up in an EPIC way...

[@Rhythmattica]

11:21 As teenager, this one shot made me question .. "How did they do this?.. a bit of hong kong wire work magic?" And to know soon after, it was as seen.. in camera... a mis-calculated stunt, where no one died...... It is without doubt, some of the best real , in camera frames in action history.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

I had grown up with the cut for TV version in the 80s as that us where we recorded our copy. That stunt was missing along with several others. After finally seeing it years later on a rented VHS copy. I was blown away how amazing it all really was.

[@jamesthompson8008]

Just discovered this video, VERY well done! I'd known that most of the vehicles had been scrapped, but didn't know the F100 snake truck survived; good on the owner not restoring it. Also very interesting to know the 2nd Mack was ultimately sold by the dealer. While probably gone, talk about an epic find if it exists!

[@lesklower7281]

The best sequel by far

[@mcshagger510]

Love all the detailed info and back stories - great stuff!!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you very much.

[@danielgriffith3633]

Def my favorite. Well done, thank you

[@thedevilinthecircuit1414]

What a lovely film! Vernon Wells co-starred (as the bad guy) with Arnold Shwarzennegger in the film Commando. He was superb as the evil Bennett.

[@roadtonowherefilms]

Watched this last night (showing my partner the whole series). A true classic and real filmmaking. I really can't stand cgi action!

[@daveinglis7080]

Warrior woman was hot as hell back in the day

[@Mayala285]

Fuck yeah. Another upload

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. I'm gonna try some new stuff soon and get more content out sooner in between the bigger stuff.

[@231mac]

Wow, so I saw this move 42 years ago? Crazy

[@maxpower001]

U cant do ANY of this today. Thats right kids NO CGI! real dudes jumping around real vehicles going real fast! Real risky behavior.... but if u need to make a badass movie, your gunna want badass people

[@RdyMixFlapjacks]

Furry Road is not far behind this, I believe Miller said(maybe just for hype) during that big ass truck roll over scene, he thought the stunt driver was getting his head cut off during the stunt! Yes, this is on a whole nother lvl still...

[@PontiacBanker]

Great video behind the scenes of an awesome movie!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you very much.

[@RoverIAC]

Great video. Thanks MFP.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

You are welcome. Much appreciated.

[@SIXX2772]

HELL YES!!!!!!!!

[@TCadillacM]

Cool video! My favorite is in the first movie when Max meets the Interceptor.

[@michaelhutin5451]

Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.

[@MadMaxCars]

GREAT VIDEO! LOVE THIS!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you.

[@MadMaxCars]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions No worries. Great work!

[@rhettcorbett3346]

Will get out there 1 day. And visit Adrians MM 2 museum.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Yeah, I had a plan to do that this year for the 40th. But, we all know this year is just not letting that happen.

[@rhettcorbett3346]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions Yep. That was my plan as well. Got a few mates from The Collective that have been there for a few festivals.

[@dingjs1969]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions Was allowed to sit in the Interceptor when it was in the Keswick cars of the stars museum. My second favourite car there after the Lotus S1 sub.

[@olibedel]

Great video !!👍👍

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you.

[@robvegas9354]

Great vid, thank you for sharing mate!!!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thanks. Much appreciated.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

Just found your channel, it’s cool to learn all these facts about Mad Max. Have you seen To Live and Die In LA? I think that movie would be right up your alley. Though there’s only one car chase in the movie it’s hailed as one of if not the best from Hollywood

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. Yes I have seen it and discussed it in other videos on the channel.

[@LTTUSA]

Lethal Weapon without Mel Gibson is just another “Buddy Cop” film Mad Max without Mel Gibson is just another “Post Apocalypse” film.

[@Gent82]

Glad you mentioned the Italian and Filipino rip-off B-movies. In fact they're some of my favourite action B-movies. Although none of them come anywhere near the vehicular carnage of 'Mad Max 2'. The closest was probably Italian B-movie 'Exterminators of The Year 3000' which did it's best to re-create the final tanker chase, but on a much lower budget.

[@elcasho]

Freakin awesome!

[@mickburns5546]

How many cool old cars did we throw away. Never thinking that one day we would love to have them back. I’m sure most of us are guilty of that.

[@CycolacFan]

Remember hearing that Miller had spoken to the guy who rolled the Mack tanker about a year before and asked how easy it was to roll one. Not realising why Miller was asking he’d replied that it was easy and blokes did it most Saturday nights. He then suddenly gets a call saying they’re ready for him to come out and perform the rollover. He’d never done anything like it before and on the first attempt it didn’t roll, fortunately the cameras weren’t filming. Second time it all worked perfectly.

[@roadwolf2]

I heard They only had one chance to roll the truck as they only had one truck and it would cost too much to get another. There’s a few glitches in the wreck though

[@CycolacFan]

@@roadwolf2 I’m pretty sure they did only had one Mack prepped for the stunt, which involved removing everything from the cab and putting a large cage behind it since they were concerned the tanker might come loose and tear the cab off the chassis.

[@zackjay71]

I hate that most of these vehicles get scrapped. Pisses me off.

[@zackjay71]

And the future of cool cars is bleak. These electric soybeta junks are horrible.

[@kijekuyo9494]

This was great! Thank you. I watched and studied this sequence many times, almost obsessively, once I gained a copy of the film. I had a number of questions that still bothered me. What happened to the "Bearclaw Mohawk" character? The red Monaro also disappears just before the end, and is not seen among the small number of vehicles that turn back. I thought it was great that the Ford Snake truck, one of the most menacing and destructive of the wasteland vehicles, survives the final chase. I'm glad not all the major villains had to be eliminated in a Hollywood-like resolution. Another survivor is a black buggy with a red cross on its nose, seen much earlier in the film during the "Greetings from the Humungus" scene.

[@garrisonnichols807]

I cried when Max's dog died. At least the Interceptor averaged his death.

[@brianswelding]

Great breakdown thanks! I always wondered why, after they finally got the rig to crash and stop, everyone just turns and rides away. They didn't know it was full of dirt at that point did they? I mean, after all that, they probably could use some gas...

[@Leondrius]

So many facts. 🤯

[@Robocop_1987]

My personal favorite chase scene is from Ronin .

[@garygreen3062]

Awesome vid 👍👍.

[@oildalejones567]

Nice! I once asked Vernon Wells if he had doubled for Guy Norris but he's kind of a wiseacre and I didn't get a straight answer. It's pretty obvious that he did, out of necessity.

[@MOLE60]

the japanese movie poster at 26:29 anyone know what that is ???

[@gofast3209]

This had to be one of the best behind the scene of this movie!! Thank you. They never did tjink to save what they could for cars. Never thinking they would become collectors pieces. Also they ruined fury road!! That was a very disappointing movie!

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you. This channel has several other break down videos of other car chases and documentaries on movie cars. Feel free to check those out as well. Cheers.

[@mccrackenphillip]

More like Cpt Fefe not goose

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thought the same thing. Made more character sense. He was already built and bald and was the right size, and it was a good arch for him. From going to a captain believing in bringing back heroes, to becoming the thing he fought against. Plus it made sense with all those extra cops in the gang how he brought them with him.

[@dillinger209]

@@MFPMapFilmProductions Thank you for your extensive research into The Mad Max Saga . I've always thought Lord Humongous was Fefe , and vehemently defended my observation , much to the dismay of my friends who were also fans of the film . I saw Road Warrior @ The 8th St. Playhouse in Greenwich Village in New York City in '82 . I dragged as many people I could convince that they're missing out on the greatest action movie of our time . They agreed I was right on that note , but had not seen Mad Max , which went into re-release with the success of Road Warrior . When the VHS releases became available , the great debate began , and continues to this day . Only wish I could get closure on that score .

[@crazyman1650]

What was the music you use in your videos called?

[@mccrackenphillip]

26:25 I don't think I heard of this one anyone have the name???

[@graemeogle4492]

Hey dude… great info but the speed of the narration is too fast.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Cheers. It's something I am constantly trying to improve.

[@mathewhyland8925]

Mel Gibson is an Aussie.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

No, he is not. He was born and raised in the USA till his teens and his father migrated to Australia with his family.

[@skeetermcswagger0U812]

Hummmm,my comment got removed..... And right after I was forced to do an update on KZbin. Go figure.🤷‍♂️

[@grumpymunchkin2959]

I waited DECADES for another Mad Max movie only to be horribly disappointed by Fury Road. I pretend 3 never existed.

[@johnno7429]

100percent agree. Fury Road is totally bullshit feminist propaganda. Tom Hardy plays Max as a Proof hairdresser. The only movie that disappointed me as close as Fury Road was the 3rd Bill and Ted movie.

[@rpoer]

Good job, thanks.

[@MFPMapFilmProductions]

Thank you