Mad Max 2 - The Road Warrior (1981) Retrospective / Review

[@OliverHarper]

Get Mad Max 2 on Blu-ray goo.gl/gfrj0f Mad Max 2 OST available here goo.gl/HsqKhz

[@007beck9]

Oliver Harper I would really really really love you to do a review of the film The Hitcher 1986 it's such a fantastic film.

[@Liquidazot]

Oliver Harper max left the setlers. Because they wanted to take his stuff and kill him. Only thing save him was this truck. So if deal is deal. After complet the task he left them didnt wanted to be gratefull for anything and listen them any more. He had hope that he will roll out the gang as on the begining of the movie having so much gasolin and boost. But he misjudge gang's equipment. Will you travel together with peoples who wanted to kill you. Did not beleve you? Me surely not. He already had best company. Faithfull dog.

[@randybobandy9243]

Oliver Harper I don’t know if you give reviews on video games, BUT I feel you would do a great job on Mad Max the game... Just a thought mate.

[@mjblue19]

007 Beck That's a fantastic idea The Hitcher deserves a review by Oliver it's such a great film.

[@alexsaucedo8032]

Mad MAX part 2. The road warrior. Awesome good movie. A solid fuckin 10

[@athenapictures]

I don't think this film lacks story. It just tells it's story through visuals instead of dialog. The story is told through the acting and camera.

[@ShadyPlatinum777]

arthousefanatic that's why I love it because you can only tell a story like that on film

[@TheSensationPR]

You must also add the music as part of the story.

[@Shelboooooo]

@Jip Jackson Sad

[@kthx1138]

Visuals, editing and music--that's all that is required to tell this story! Max is burnt out and is a man of few words, so you ain't gonna get heavy exposition outta him! I like Papagallo's lecture to Max about loss of family.

[@kthx1138]

Disney is the Devil: Yep, Fury Road is Mad MAXINE. Tom Hardy is tied up and muzzled through half the damn movie!

[@persjodin3407]

"The Road Warrior" is the kind of film you can watch over and over again and still each viewing feels as fresh as the first. Whenever I happen to catch this film on television at some odd hour of the day (or usually night) I get hooked and can't stop watch. It's a true cult classic and proof that sometimes less is more.

[@tasteegold7772]

saw it for the first time back in 1986 on cinemax..loved it. also love the irony of cineMAX lol

[@therealvaliantthor]

What you said is so true, I still stop to this day and watch it on TV even though I own it on like every home video media possible haha. Such a great movie.

[@lfcaaron3080]

Per Sjödin Absolutely mate.

[@chocodiledundee1]

Per Sjödin absolutely right my friend awesome comment

[@cosmiceyness]

not a cult classic just a classic a cult classic is when people hate it at first then love it but a classic people loved it from the start

[@metalux1971]

i am 48 years old, and i think i have seen this movie a 1000 times and still not get enough of it. Its the best timeless action movie ever made in history. period!!!

[@Hugatree1]

metalux1971 you beat me by a few. Turned my son onto this movie in '92, nephews a few years later. It is a family tradition, can't wait for grandkids to watch in a few years!

[@torontomunda]

I agree best movie ever

[@scanspeak00]

Why cant they make movies like this anymore? Why????

[@jarrettrichey6028]

I agree very few come close

[@Buster_Piles]

Real stunts not cgi. Brilliant film.

[@nathenchalous7178]

"As for the Road Warrior...we never saw him again. He lives now, only in my memory"... queue sad melody.

[@cannibalholocaust3015]

James Cameron loved this line

[@RurouniHeero]

Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior is my favorite of the series, by far. It's simply amazing storytelling, without actually telling the story, for showing it. Perfect.

[@ElOchentero]

I think this is the best of the Mad Max movies, and I found Homoungus as the best villain of the series; scary and brutal but as the same time elocuent and intelligent which contrast with his look, like Bane in TDKR

[@Threesixtyci]

I always thought he was the chief of the first movie....

[@thebenjishow5492]

Nah Fury Road is the best

[@ConnorNotyerbidness]

@@Threesixtyci actually originally humungous was going to be revealed to be Goose, his partner and arguably main character of the first half of the film lol

[@robertlogan5354]

i always found wez (the go-getter) to be much more frightening and interesting. we can guess at humungus's background a bit, but what turns a man into the barbaric, inhuman psycho that wez is?

[@Casherr93]

Toecutter was creepier

[@BananaMana69]

I love how hopeful the movie is. It seems like the feral kid was able to live a peaceful life and grow old. He never died in battle against some crazies or died in his 30s of some plague. He seems to be in a peaceful world because he remembers chaos as a boy. Its too bad Max coukdnt get over his emotional issues and join them.

[@MrZeljko88]

Mad mAX 2 IS the best one, and that opening scene is wicked the roar of the v8 and the fast speed etc

[@thebenjishow5492]

Sorry Fury Road is the best one

[@grunthostheflatulent9649]

@@thebenjishow5492 Too much Hollywood BS in Fury road. It went against the indi film feel of the first two films.

[@ChrisKuppaTroopa]

@@grunthostheflatulent9649 100% agree with you. No CGI in the first 2.

[@SteymarStark]

In my opinion one of the best sequels ever, it's up there with The Godfather 2!

[@nightthornkvala94132]

Along with Aliens for the trifecta.

[@alejbr4]

@@nightthornkvala94132 terminator 2 as well?

[@jasonvoorheesthethird]

Empire Strikes Back

[@ivannovacic8708]

Beyond Thunderdome is better in my opinion, just like The Godfather 3

[@philmellor4885]

Let's not forget Porkys 2.

[@seppo62]

One of the best movies ever mad max road warrior ! Seen it dozen times and another dozen in future.

[@TedShatner10]

About the strange continuity of the three movies: In the first Mad Max instalment I get the impression that modern industrial civilisation had not truly collapsed yet, with a real police force and running water still around, but it's clearly in deep crisis with civil order going to the dogs, and a terminal oil shortage. The two sequels is when world civilisation has really ended (most probably by nuclear exchange, presumably when the Russians and Americans tried to grab the last of the oil fields off each other).

[@TedShatner10]

***** Where did you get the backstory that Australia already turned into post-industrial wasteland by Mad Max 2, BEFORE WWIII escalated then ended?

[@TedShatner10]

Thanks for that and it's similar to how a lot of fanfiction writers assumed how things fell apart very quickly within what seems to be a couple of decades.

[@highoctanefiend]

the reason max leaves the compound and goes straight through the enemy is because it's surrounded by smallers camps you see in some earlier shots of the film so no matter which way he went he would have been chased and that's the direction the highway is that he gets on .the australian outback is nearly impossible to drive through without roads in a non 4wd car and he is confident he can rush them very early in the morning and outrun them with his supercharger once he gets on paved road.

[@Brutus_Mann]

highoctanefiend that is what I was thinking and as soon as he got in the road he was of if it wasn't for the Nitro he would have gotten away as well

[@Blade_Runner152]

"He lives, only in my memories." Chilling best last line of the movie!

[@gutz1981]

With regards to your complaint Oliver about why Max would be so stupid as to try and escape by going directly through Humungus's men when he has his fuel and car back. I do in fact think that was a foolish move, but it was not based on stupidity in my opinion. I look at that scene and see that Max makes a weird sort of u turn once he goes passed the camp and kicks the supercharger into gear. To me it feels like Max let his arrogance get the best of him and decided to stir up a chase, perhaps evoking a death wish. I think this decision partly came for his earlier confrontation with Papagallo about loosing his family. "What are you looking for?" was what was asked of Max before he first fled. He may have been looking for a way out, death by combat as it were. That is perhaps why at the end he wanted to take over the Rig. Max wanted to die, but not without a fight. Just my opinion.

[@TheGrayMysterious]

Personally, I don't think he could have escaped without Wez and the others catching on, considering his car sounds like a lawnmower fed through a subwoofer.

[@bodavidson2804]

I always thought he just assumed his pursuit special could outrun them

[@YABBAHEY1]

Could it be that it was the only way out of the valley ? Hence why they needed a decoy. (I know it showed the convoy going the opposite direction but I think that was for visual effect.) Plus given his character I think as said above, he wanted to say FU to the minions as well.

[@DK-nv9zu]

There is no other way out than straight through. The compound is completely surrounded by the punks, so he'd stir them up regardless of which way he went.

[@countrycottagelife4184]

That's right the way out the back is only with a dune buggy, pretty tough terraine , in real life ( I stomped around the location a few times ) and in the movie.

[@felipecardoza9967]

I never understood the "Humungous is Goose" theory because Goose is clearly burned all over his body whereas Humungous is only burned on his head.

[@GabrielBaltat]

Also Humungus is huge and Goose was skinny.

[@felipecardoza9967]

@@GabrielBaltat maybe the Goose doubled up on the Creatine and whey isolate?

[@GabrielBaltat]

@@felipecardoza9967 Yeah, and also somehow grew taller :))

[@orange-thing]

Also Goose is pretty much dead

[@CaroColina-m7r]

HUmanGoose

[@defenstrator4660]

I think that Max figured he could just outrun the raiders. After all, he had a supercharger and a ton of gas. If it wasn't for the nitrous boosted engine he would have gotten away.

[@ianmangham4570]

@Larry Kin it lasts as long as you want

[@nigeh5326]

Ian Mangham it only lasts as long until the bottle empties and if you want a lot of power that’s not long. Also nitrous melts engines unless you know what you are doing.

[@ianmangham4570]

@@nigeh5326 I have been using nitrous oxide since the 80s from my mate Trev at Armthorpe Doncaster, grandma sucking eggs son.

[@terrylandess6072]

Since Hollywood forgot how to be original, I blame this scene for the entire Fast and Furious franchise....

[@evieeve9618]

Weight, weight, remember he's carrying a tonne or so of petrol and any supercharged car would struggle in a race with additional weight modifications.

[@jonanjello]

A classic and perfect movie, IMO. The film I've seen the most times. (saw it in the theaters when I was eleven years old with my late older brother. The Road Warrior blew my mind!) Never gets old. The sped-up moments do seem silly, but also give the action a sort of hyper-frenzied feel.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

One of the best movies of all time! One could say a perfect film. Original, crisp, precise with not a wasted scene. Mel gibson's performance here is nothing short of genius! This seminal movie will always look timeless.

[@LorenHelgeson]

Lack of story didn't really get to me on this one. In fact, I felt the minimalist plot worked to its benefit - it was a different style of storytelling. It was my introduction to the series, and personally, it's my favorite of the films.

[@fureyhiggins3289]

It was very much a modern western in that regard.

[@JesseWolfboy]

I really enjoy your reviews, Oliver. I like how they're not just reviews, but you also talk about the history, the box office, etc. It's informative and educational as well as entertaining. Good job, mate!

[@OliverHarper]

Double- Jay Thanks man, glad you're enjoying them :)

[@JesseWolfboy]

Please do a review of my favorite "so bad it's good" cult classic from the 80's, "ROCK N' ROLL NIGHTMARE"!!!!

[@ShadeWMD]

I saw the guy who was the leader of the settlers in an airport once. I walked up to him and said "You wanna get outta here? *points at chest* You talk to me." Nah, I didn't say that, but I should have.

[@paspax]

He was a Play School presenter when I was a kid.

[@gutz1981]

In this film, Max seems like a genuine threat. As in he really feels like a warrior that has the talents to be a dangerous player in this world of metal and madness. In Fury Road, he seems way out of his league. Much like his pursuit special in the beginning of that film which seems almost useless in the world that film was now set which is why it gets totaled quick. An older Max (ala Mel Gibson) would have been a better suit for that film as an "Old dog that still has teeth". But they are all still great films.

[@maujo2009]

+gutz1981 Fan theories say that Fury Road's Max is not Road Warrior's Max but the feral boy grown up and stealing Max's identity, as he saw him as his hero. Pretty far fetched but it would justify the change of attitude in the latest movie. Regardless, in my head Max was always a figure that showed up at the wrong time and place to propel the plot forward, always as a side character. This is what justifies Fury Road's ending. He just vanishes in the crowd when his mission is over.

[@CalciumPlus]

+Mau Jo this theory was denied by George Miller

[@maujo2009]

Scratch Of course, but it{s fun to contemplate

[@nathaneskin3572]

I think Hardy did a good job. The only thing I had a problem with was that his accent was all over the place.

[@Scott-mh8fv]

I think the fan theories about Max in fury road being infact the feral kid are entirely wrong.... Mad Max 2,3,4 are all just legends or tall tales told by apocalypse surviours or historians, hence why they are all over the place and characters are or can be similar in nature (just look at Bruce Spence's re-hash jebbidiah the pilot from Thunderdome for example who is pretty much the same person as the gyro captain but isn't supposed to be because it's just a anotther wasteland story) ..another example is the inceptor and how it was resurrected for fury road but looked different... Sorry guys,it wasn't salvaged from the wreck in the road warrior like people speculated, it was just another rendition of the car for the specific purpose to start the campfire story and to familiarize the audience with the old mad Max universe. This is why Max is different to what he was in 2 and 3 and has a sumwhat different past ...what I'm saying is Max can be anyone he wants to be with any past..the only true take on events in what actually happened to max was mad Max one, where essentially he disappeared never to be heard from again from there on its all just fairy tales and fantasy.

[@Nycholas17]

This sequel will always set the gold standard on the strength of the intro. and outro alone. And it just so happened that everything that happened in between BLOODY RULED!!!!

[@charleshemphill6923]

One of the greatest films of all time been watching for 30 years and still is awesome.

[@Hugatree1]

Best opening sequence in film history! This movie is a timeless classic and will be forevermore! Tom Hardy as brilliant as he is is no match for Mel Gibson as the tragic haunted anti hero.

[@KickassUncle]

Respectfully, I will disagree. In IV, Hardy was great. His saving of Furiosa and revelation of his name was more moving than Mel could have done.

[@KickassUncle]

"My name is Max,"

[@haroldishoy2113]

I was just fresh out of high school when Mad Max 2 was released and I had a brand new driver’s license. I played the soundtrack blaring on my stereo while I drove my morning motor newspaper route through the farmlands of Northern California which with a little Imagination resembled the area around Broken Hill especially at 2:00 AM. I did see the first two films out of order due to limited access of VHS outlets (pre-Blockbuster) in my area but Mad Max 1 quickly became a favorite. I was drawn to the chase scenes in the same way as I was for the chases in “Bullett” and “Gone in 60 Seconds”. As for the third film, my favorite part was Tina Turner in a chain mail dress. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@stylez893]

The Road Warrior, for me, sits within a top 10 of top 10. A brilliant masterpiece that created the Post Apocalyptic Movie. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Four Stars

[@BILLEON2005]

One of the greatest sequels in cinema history second only to the Empire strikes back!! When I was very young the first time I saw this it completely blew both of my socks off simultaneously!!

[@CaroColina-m7r]

same, firwt movies ever watched were empirestrikes back, E.T, madmax2, akira (at like 7 years old)

[@buildamillionbridges6153]

The simplicity of the story is a strength not a weakness. Casablanca and Star Wars are pretty straight forward. And the fact that Gibson only has 16 lines is shocking. I never noticed the lack of dialogue. That fact makes Mad Max 2 even more of genius movie. True art. Star Wars prequels has tons of exposition and overly explained everything until the movie was nothing but a bore. Sometimes, less is more.

[@patdowds4178]

I've actually met Vernon Wells. He was the celebrity guest at our little post-apocalyptic festival in Holbrook, Arizona. He signed my little saw blade hatchet. For as many villains that he plays he's a pretty nice guy, is a Buddhist, vegetarian, and does a lot of charity work.

[@Sizifus]

One of my all time favorites. There's so much I love about this film: it has brilliant directing that is very effective at conveying emotions, humor, speed and tension, exhilarating practical effects, relatable protagonist, interesting antagonist and very engrossing atmosphere. Secondary characters were also great, especially the dog (Max and dog duo was very interesting indeed)

[@paspax]

Papagallo was in Play School... & other stuff. @ 9:43 the black Falcon hardtop is shown with an XC (the model after the XB) front grille, headlights, guards & bumper. The XB had round headlights, a different grille, smaller bumper, etc.. The interceptor is fitted with the rectangular XC headlights to suit the custom "Concord" front nosecone.

[@PritchardCraftFTW]

Honestly it kind of bothered me he showed that particular car. If memory serves me, that particular XC is sitting outside a Mad Max museum in NSW. It's not a great replica and doesn't do the original justice.

[@JimmySlacksack]

I find it incredible that anyone thinks Fury Road is better than Road Warrior.

[@andrewvincent89]

agreed. Fury Road was awesome, even instant classic. Road Warrior does it's best and comes out on top as the best in the franchise.

[@rosaleeadams1160]

there is nothing better than Road Warrior...Fury Road was okay but cannot compare...

[@UFT90]

I too find it incredible that people have opinions that differ from mine.

[@That_AMC_Guy]

And yet I prefer the original Mad Max with proper Aussie soundtrack. We're all weird in our own little ways.

[@MEBoisv]

I personally prefer Road Warrior, but it's not really that incredible. Fury Road is a fantastic movie. Now if someone said Beyond Thunderdome, that's incredible.

[@gameofyou1]

Absolutely love the first 2 films. They are definitely in my top 10 favorites.

[@tylerskiss]

I'm glad I saw this because lately there's been a lot of discussion that Immortan Joe is the Toecutter. I always counter that Miller just used the same actor, like he did with Bruce Spence and I call up the fact that they initially considered the Lord Humongous to be Goose but later gave up the idea- but I had no idea where I had read that, and people are always demanding I cite my source, so it's nice to have another person who heard the same. I have seen Ford Falcons done up as V-8 Interceptors complete with MFP shield on the quarter panel here in the USA. I actually passed one on the road, turned and attempted to find it again, but never did. I can't tell you if the wheel was on the left or right, but I'm guessing since I saw it on a regular street, it must have been a left side driver. I'd still kill to own one, as I'm sure any fan would and one day I will...

[@NelsonStJames]

The one thing I've always appreciated about the Mad Max films is that the filmmakers have never been afraid to let Max get wrecked "no pun intended" in each film making him a more relateable hero.

[@Kamandi1971]

the new generation can have their fury road this one of the greatest post apocalyptic if not the greatest ever made

[@christytuck4583]

As part of the new generation, I wholly agree, cant beat the atmosphere of 2. A movies budget means nothing without the obvious passion and heart of this production ::))

[@sullivandmitry1416]

Here’s an idea how about we just enjoy all the mad max movies instead of criticising them.

[@Defrap22]

Nah the new generation can have both.

[@cinematicworldofbenji9311]

I watched all Mad Max movies in order and I still think Fury Road is my favorite. I’m in my early teens but I love old movies, I love The Road Warrior too, but Fury Road is the one that I would watch whenever I'm in the mood for a Mad Max movie. This doesn’t really mean that The Road Warrior isn’t one of the best post-apocalyptic movies, I think that both of them are up in the top 5 best post-apocalyptic movies.

[@matthewcochran3325]

Excellent work, Oliver. I totally agree about Max's escape after getting the truck. Even as a kid that daft move frustrated the crap out of me.

[@gaspargh]

Excellent video Oliver. One of the best analysis I have ever see about one of the most important films of the 80's that show us how the audiences and movie studios were ready to receive intensive action films and no matter if they receive an "R" or "18" rating. It seems difficult that today any studio would decide to make a movie as "The Road Warrior", because of the rating and too because of the fear with some cinemas that think that an adult film could scare the families from seeing the rest of the movies they are showing. Honestly I wish that "Mad Max 4" could be as awesome as "The Road..." because, thirty years between one Max and another it's been a very long time.

[@kdisley]

"I remember a time of chaos... ruined dreams... this wasted land... but most of all, I remember toilet paper..."

[@thejamesbondshowwithkrazyk4581]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jasonwilson2763]

“And the hand sanitiser - the sweet hand sanitiser...,”

[@OroborusFMA]

We watched this movie endlessly on HBO and video tape in the early 80s. Great characters, great stunts, great post-apocalypse world. Bleak on the surface, but with a beating heart. Gibson has but a handful of lines but that makes them all the more intense.

[@armanddebella7594]

The second film 'Mad Max 2:The Road Warrior' has still one of the greatest openings I have ever seen and that beginning dialogue,"And in this blighted place that he learne -d to live again' with the V-8 interce -ptor roaring onscreen with it's thu -nderous and superfast introductio -n in the Film is still marvelous to this day.It may have not cost much in it's day but under Miller's directi ion it remains a true action classic.

[@jmedia1102]

One of the greatest sequels ever made - in my mind. (Fantastic times for movie-goers back then!)

[@larryking7255]

If I wasn't already playing Fallout: New Vegas this video would make me. Great retrospective/review Oliver. This is my favorite out of the Mad Max movies.

[@sleuthentertainment5872]

Miller opened a new standard in action and scifi genre creating the easiest story with an iconic hero everybody in the whole world could understand and sympathize with. Gritty violence, Frazzetta comic style, fast-speed pace, amazing photography and totally fascinating and disturbing post-apocalyptic look. Many tried to copy, no one got it. My favorite film, I watched it for the first time at 14 years old and I freaked out! I've seen a million of times after that (and there's only one Max Rockatansky: Mel Gibson, know what the Hell I mean?)

[@nigeh5326]

Watched it in the cinema with a group of mates when it came out we were 18 and all bikers when we came out of the cinema we all loved it. A great movie

[@Dj_Real_Eyes_Open]

Did you ever notice that in all of the first mad max posters it always features Goose instead of mad max... i always found that super weird. Still a fantastic film none the less.

[@AndrewAMartin]

The actor that played Goose was better known than Mel Gibson, which may have had a part in it...

[@philmellor4885]

Its Max. Just Max wearing a helmet and shades...just looks cooler i guess. Naughty though.

[@tommc3622]

Miller's budget was extremely low and he wasn't able to film everything he wanted. Goose had a bigger role in the script. There was a scene where Max and Goose swap vehicles for a drag race that was never shot. Max's helmet for that scene is visible however in several shots on the parcel shelf of his yellow Interceptor. Yup, it's Max. Just wearing his helmet. Which you never see in the film.

[@Redmenace96]

The movie was consumed by marginalized people. (stoners, low-income losers) Goose was the 'irreverent' character that most would identify with. Kennedy/Miller had no idea that Mel G. would be good. They got lucky!

[@gingerking76]

There is a remarkable purity to both the story and the filmmaking. It’s not pretentious, it’s not complicated, it’s not trying to be anything it isn’t. For those reasons it has ended up being timeless. A simple story that all can understand, driven by incredibly ambitious (and absolutely real!) action sequences that had me on the edge of my seat as a child and frankly, still do 40 years later. It’s a perfect action film, and just to prove it, my kids love it as much as I ever did. ❤️👍🏻

[@tallaganda83]

I went to school with the son of the bad guy in the mask. I used to be obsessed with movies and I must have annoyed the crap out of him, I must have asked him 30 questions a day about it.

[@moldvox]

all good samurai and cowboy films feature the loner. He kills all the bad guys and turns down the girl because he doesn't want life, doesn't believe in it...

[@Ghostrider-71]

One of my favorite movies as a kid and even now. This movie will be time less.

[@kd84afc]

Regarding the stunts, I am really surprise only a one stuntman only broke his leg, I was amazed of the stunts in this film, Probably the best ever captured on film

[@w0bbl3r]

I think that guy in the first movie was almost killed in a bike stunt, when another bike from behind smashed into the back of his head as he slid down the road, the bike came sliding down behind him and smashing into him. The scene is in the movie, when Max scatters the bikers on the bridge near the end.

[@Rhythmattica]

​@@w0bbl3r Grant Page. An Aussie Stunt legend. Also the stunt co-ordinator on 1.

[@abendroid]

1981: Give us gas. 2020: Give us toilet paper.

[@TheNecropolis20]

Aben Droid - its going to be a prophecy .. this movie is just another take on the idea and concept " how did the world really end ?" what could have ended the world ?. i think that the max max resource wars are going in the 2040s and 2050s.

[@alexspasevski648]

The first time I watched this movie I was 8 years old, i remember my older brother borrow it from the video store left it on the tv cabinet and I put it on and loved the epic adventure since the set go. I watched it every day till he returned it lol. It has stuck with me ever since and is my favorite movie of all time and I never go without watching it in a year. Timeless movie, great Aussie Classic!

[@noahsark4528]

I watched the entire series a few years back on recommendations. I wasn't disappointed, but I wasn't a huge fan. I'm rewatching them again and well Mad Max, and Mad Max The Road Warrior are masterpieces in my humble opinion. Fury Road is crazy amazing. Thunderdome is really good in my opinion.

[@nicktroisi6347]

One of the greatest films and sequels ever made, never get tired of rewatching it

[@laeldestan1536]

Mad Max = post apocalyptic Batman.

[@gustavoalmanza2673]

Lael Destan I’d say Max is is more similar to the Punisher rather than Batman

[@TalenGryphon]

Who else is watching this from the start of the apocalypse? As to the "lack of plot". It had a great plot, but was done visually. When Miller tried to give the next film "A plot" things got... Weird. But quite quotable

[@filipdudek5092]

wow man... that was amazing! thank you for this 19 minutes of pure joy.

[@hankkuya4354]

Had a friend who worked on a replica here in TX. Many years ago. The head liner had many signatures on the head head liner. And he gave me the specs and the supercharger that didn’t work and all the mechanics of the car for film. I personally tattooed this mechanic for many years

[@JohnCollins]

I do like the fact that there turns out to be a faster car than Max's legendary V8 interceptor in this movie. Max simply assumes he's going to get away.

[@Stevelives13]

He doesn't have a choice, he can only use what he's got and speed is only 1 factor in a chase.

[@The12thDimension.]

I like to think that Max's supercharged V8 Interceptor is the fastest car in the wasteland, if looked after properly. I'd dread to think how many things are broken on the car. Also the enemies had nitrous, which is basically a cheat code in the wasteland

[@bowriverblues8445]

This is the best mad max movie....love the scene when the leader is communicating with the mechanic and his side kick about the truck damage....classic old school Aussie convo.

[@JohnCollins]

Dude. Learn some basic psychology. Max has intimacy issues because he's lost everyone. As soon as he starts to belong, he self sabotages. His ability to trust has gone. This is what has kept him alive. Look into personality disorder behavior patterns. They are the screen-writers' bible.

[@taunteratwill1787]

I know you're right but don't bother the shitkickers with this info. :-))

[@LuckyBastardProd]

Or you can live life and not have to look stuff up. Just saying.

[@docbuddy2575]

Just wanted to say thank you for doing these videos. I´ve always loved the Mad Mad movies, especially the first one. I mean, what a time to be alive where they paid some of the bikers in beer. It seems like they had a lot of fun, no CGI, just skilled stunt-man that performed real breath-taking action. Max was always the person I envied the most: He drove this big beautiful car, that is so much better in every aspect (although it is not as safe as todays cars), he lived in this wooden house near the coast and he didn´t need a smartphone or a computer. He was a man of might, of power. Because of Mad Max, my biggest wish is to visit Australia and drive a Ford Falcon from the 70´s.

[@shelleywayne4329]

Mad Max: December 6th, 1984 written on the Highway 9 Sector 26 sign "est. 1983" seen on the MFP plate at the gates of Halls Of Justice (not visible in the movie, info retrieved from a movie prop) Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome: September 10th 1999: the day Captain Walker left The Crack In The Earth along with other adults from the crashed Boeing 747 in search of civilization. In the script, this date was originally November 8th, 2005. George Miller revealed in an interview [1] from 1984 that the events of the first two movies took place some odd 15 years from then. This would place the first two movies in the mid to late 90's. Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome takes place 15-18 years after which puts it in 2014 - 2018.

[@McBurnside6380]

Max wasn't aware the road gang had a vehicle that would catch his super charged interceptor. That is why he felt safe leaving at dawn. There wasn't much choice either.

[@thedumbguncollector5546]

Anybody that doesn’t like this movie doesn’t like fun

[@IRex-wm9pd]

well if you think Road Warrior was "thin" and "simplistic" youre going to really hate Fury Road. I prefer to think of both as "minimalist". I can handle that. It works in both cases.

[@kingdjack6]

this film also created hawk and animal characters in the pro wrestling world.

[@DrJReefer]

Aaaaaaa what a rush.

[@Threesixtyci]

Are u Sure that wasn't from the Buck Rogers series?

[@karlepaul6632]

@@Threesixtyci Nope. It was from this movie. Originally, it was just one guy, The Road Warrior and then shortly after, another wrestler was added, becoming The Road Warriors, with the original guy becoming Road Warrior Animal and the new guy becoming Road Warrior Hawk.

[@karlepaul6632]

@king djack3000 RIP Hawk & Animal, the greatest tag team of all time! \m/💀\m/

[@johnc9247]

Just got to appreciate this movie for what it is, raw, straight in your face, !! no digital, no cars jumping over the grand canyon with the driver shooting everyone on a yacht.. , I wish these type of movies still existed,, but only in our memory, like Max... LOL.

[@DjEDGain]

I watch it every week and I'm proud of doing so. The story was told throughout the screenplay. The movie was shot in sequence, I assume people know what that is. Seems this review was done at an early time where many things were incomprehensible for the reviewer. Great classic film of a time long gone where movies had consistency. Now everything mostly computer generated and lacks consistency

[@toke5800]

Only a selected few movies can claim to have changed movie history, Mad Max 2 is in my world one of them. I was 15 when it came out in the movie theaters in my country and it certainly changed my way of viewing movies. Later we saw (as you mentioned) countless rip-offs and spin-offs in the movie world and even later in the gaming world (No Mad Max = no Fallout). We movie-lovers ows a tremendious gratitude to George Miller for giving us this movie. And now in 2015 he bloody went and did it it again with Mad Max 4 ;-)

[@TCommando]

Mad Max 2 is still my favorite movie of all time. Those chase scenes... oh my gosh... those bumper cameras... god damn these were so cool and still are. :D

[@TCommando]

LOL ... year later and Iam here again. :D Watching this video again. :) Mad Max 2 opening driving scene is best movie start ever. :D

[@guadalahonky4002]

Can you imagine being 16 years old and seeing this in 1982? That was me. The sign of being a good director is being able to follow the story on the screen with the sound, off. This is not a simple plot and you can follow along rather easily with George's bloody brilliant directing.

[@BillyCLeWorth]

NO CG !! YAY!

[@jarrettrichey6028]

One of my top 5 ever.

[@roddale8412]

@3:10 that is depressing. Speaking as a non-Aussie, the Australian slang & accent is one of the great things about this movie. Regional/national accents & slang are great. Films today are even worse. Producers try to bland out different accents. They mistakenly assume if an accent is noticable or the slang unfamiliar, no one will like it.

[@nathaneskin3572]

An someone from the US, I totally understood what everyone was saying in the original version of Mad Max. I haven't watched the dubbed version and don't plan to.

[@Eliel20117]

better than fury road

[@davidd2295]

Better than Fury Road

[@suwatsaksri7191]

I would put them in the same place, Fury Road has spectacular action and Theron and Hoult are awesome but Mel/Max is leagues better than everyone in Fury Road imo and FR looked sometimes too clean, i love the gritty and dirty "bad" quality of Road Warrior, also, the Interceptor was such a let down in FR

[@adolfosanchez5033]

Suwat Saksri I think fury road, holds the candle perfectly, using cleverly the new technics and the traditional camera work in order to create a big screen spectacle. the problem with fury road is that is NOT a mad max movie. It take place into the mad max universe. But our friend Max is missing almost the whole film. So is kind of dissapointing

[@Derke73]

david duhoux They're both GREAT films.

[@JayDee284]

+Derke73 Road Warrior is over 30 years still holds up but Fury Road is going to look very dated in the long run plus the plot & characters are nowhere near as good

[@chevy-is-a-good-boy]

+david duhoux Easily.

[@profshad3429]

Each film is supposed to be stand alone like campfire stories are told differently. Hes a legend

[@nipstar]

There's a scene in The Fifth Element that pays homage(in my opinion) to that heli pilot with the crossbow. The part where the robber is trying to rob Korben Dallas in front of his apartment. His weapon (crossbow shaped) and his mannerisms are very similar to that scene where Max is being held up when he first encounters pilot dude.

[@alanfalleur6550]

I'm almost certain it's a reference. His jittery behavior, the weapon, and the fact he used some kind of trickery like the helicopter pilot did are too similar for it to just be a coincidence.

[@cmlegend]

Broke my fibula while playing hockey last week and I'm off for 6 weeks. I have been watching all your reviews in the pas few days and I just love listening to everything you have to say. Great insight, loads of info and I most cases, I agree with you loll keep it up bud! Love your work :)

[@ViceCityVacation]

"Come'on Aussie, come'on, come'on....Aussie, Aussie, Aussie....Oi, Oi, Oi" Makes me proud to be a Skip! Hahahaha not really... I've never been a huge fan of the Mad Max series, my dad is & always has been since their cinema releases, but I do get very emotional about them. I grew up 2km away from Broken Hill, from birth to age 6. I was born in the same year this one came out, about a few months before the official release. Dad loved the first 2 films so much, he made sure my first car was a Ford XB GT-HO Phase 3 (not the same car I know, but it at least had to be a pure aussie performance touring car). He made me watch ALL three Max films on VHS during the late 80's & early 90's, all the while cursing out the third film with expletives. *TEAR* Memories

[@nastee10]

Max leaving on his own after he came back with the truck made perfect sense. He arrogantly thought he could out drive the gang. But he had good reason to believe this because he'd already done twice before: in the opening chase scene and when he retrieved the tractor trailer. And no, he wouldn't have been able to sneak out the back way, the gang had the complex surrounded. The only reason they were able to sneak out at the end was because they brilliantly used the tanker as a decoy.

[@RedSkyHorizon]

Back in 84 I nicked £5 from under my dad's mattress and bought some reflective chrome stick-on letters for my BMX which spelled 'MAD MAX'.

[@Gint3r]

+Tom Mulligan you will burn in hell, thief.

[@RedSkyHorizon]

+Black_Sun Let he who is without sin cast the first stone

[@AwesomePhantomPig]

worth it tho for those pimp-ass stickers

[@RedSkyHorizon]

Haha, yeah it was worth it. The old bastard used to drag me out of school and work me like a dog, tarmac driveways, resurface tennis courts, drove Bobcats, rollers, mechanical barrows and even JCB's, even got me raking 150f tar on hot summer days since aged 10yr and I never got paid. I figured I was owed a one-time payment in stickers. :)

[@andrewrobertson3894]

Old comment and off topic but damn, I love skid steer loaders like the Bobcat. Best I ever got a chance to operate was a Takeuchi TL12. It ran on tracks and had a laser level attached to the bucket for grading. Not as rugged as a Bobcat and no way could I get it to wheel stand but it was beautiful to use on long jobs. On topic. I salute you thieving that fiver and pimping out your BMX with a chrome MAD MAX. The reward far outweighed the potential risk so when you saw your chance, you did what you had to do.

[@lucilovecraft1621]

A visual and action masterpiece, doesn’t need dialogue. One of the greatest movies of the 1980s ✌️

[@TCM215]

Based on Mel Gibson's recent movie Blood Farther he could still play Max. Even though he is older it would be better than Tom Hardy's effort. Hardy is an amazing actor but their was something just off with his performance, plus his Aussie accent was only about a 7 or 8 out of 10 and then it went to mostly like a British accent. They must have filmed Road Warrior in sequence because in the last half of the movie Hardy's accent changed a lot. It's almost like when he had filmed half the movie and there was no going back now, he decided to play the role his way, thus the accent changed. Maybe he just did not want to tread on Mel's toes too much. I don't know?

[@VERMISIMILITUDE]

Stunning review, one of my all time favourite movies. Thank you Oliver for your contributing work that my whole family enjoy!

[@catangel70]

This movie from beginning to end is 100% high speed, low drag - hell of a ride!

[@TheWaynos73]

George Miller made up the story for The Road Warrior as he went along? Now that's a serious talent right there.

[@CaroColina-m7r]

So did Tommy wiseau, jk

[@murtauk]

So well done. Thank you so much for these retrospectives. I get such a blast watching them.

[@CDubya.82]

Hats off to a rare gem of Australian Cinema. As an Australian myself.... "Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!!......"

[@YarcoTV]

Rare gem? What about Gallipoli and The Year of Living Dangerously?

[@philmellor4885]

Huh...rare gem? Aussie cinema has churned out more than its fair share of gems.

[@Fury851]

Just watched mad Max 2 for the first time ever last night. Great film, enjoyed all of it. Will definitely watch it again and again. I really liked the ferrel boy, every scene he was in as outstanding. Wish more was spoken of him in this retrospective

[@RoverIAC]

4:06 "the movie was shot in continuity" , most movies are shot in 'continuity', I think what your trying to say is the movie was shot sequentially.

[@zendonrey122]

The critics panned it when it was released. It ended up becoming a huge cult classic and the critics ended up with egg on their faces.

[@Blizofoz45]

With the love of cars present in all of the Mad Max movies, it's obvious they aren't a product of the American Hollywood mill.

[@Rorginator]

My dad saw the first Mad Max in theatres. By the time of the second, him and my mom were dating and saw that in theatres too. They missed the third in cinemas when I was born. Fortunately for me I grew up with these films with as much love as my parents had for me! Long live Mad Max!

[@tasteegold7772]

worst part of the movie is when dog gets shot..fucking hated that.the interceptor getting trashed blew too

[@PimpDragon108]

I've always said if ever there was a film that would put hair on your chest, it's The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2)! I just love this film so much as it is such a slim, trim focused piece of action that does exactly what it sets out to do and never pulls its punches. Bravado filmmaking on a miniscule budget! Nice review as always, Oliver!