MAD MAX Created A Happy Brandon (Reaction)

[@KC1976fromDetroit]

Fun fact: the actor who played Toecutter in Mad Max, Hugh Keays-Byrne, also played Immortan Joe in Fury Road. He passed away recently, in December of 2020.

[@but_can_you_meme4056]

Shit, i somehow missed his death :( RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne... Ride eternal. Shiny, and chrome!

[@dogstar9455]

didnt that same guy also play the mohawk guy in road warrior? or am I thinking wrong.

[@but_can_you_meme4056]

@@dogstar9455 Wez (Mohawk guy) was played by Vernon Wells

[@dogstar9455]

thanks, I should've imdb'd it.

[@petermirtitsch1235]

@@but_can_you_meme4056 the baddie in "Commando"

[@chn71]

If you thought some of the stunts and crashes in Mad Max were crazy, wait 'till you get to The Road Warrior. What they did in Road Warrior was revolutionary for its time.

[@jdeamaral]

Thunderdome needs some love....

[@donkfail1]

@@jdeamaral True! I have never been able to say if I like Road Warrior or Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome better. They both have different things I both like and dislike. But despite the odd details not matching up, they are both excellent sequels. I wonder if Brandon will be confused about Bruce Spence's similar characters in the second and third movie as I was the first time watching them. He's usually alert to details, so maybe not...

[@redjakOfficial]

@@jdeamaral True, Thunderdome is great, and gets tons of undiserved hate. But the Road Warrior created a whole genre and aestetic, and is a better movie overall, imo.

[@Carandini]

@@jdeamaral Thunderdome is an abomination. Even Mel Gibson agrees.

[@jdeamaral]

@@Carandini Everyone has their opinion on movies. My memory of watching Thunderdome has to do with my friends. I really don't care if Mel Gibson didn't like the movie he was in, which speaks volumes of his character. If I recall, this was before he became an alcoholic and drug addict and had a breakdown. I guess he loved the Thunderdome money.

[@shainewhite2781]

MAD MAX 2 THE ROAD WARRIOR, according to Rolling Stone Magazine, named it to be the best action movie ever made, beating out Terminator 2.

[@boyce919]

That is the best of the 3 by far

[@King-Omega-]

When I think back on Mad Max, it's the second one that I remember. What a film.

[@johnfriday5169]

As awesome as Fury Road is, I think The Road Warrior is the better movie.

[@wantutosigh1117]

@@johnfriday5169 Agreed.

[@CadillacOfTheSkies82]

The Road Warrior stands for the perfect mixture of western, action & post-apocalyptic chase film ever. Shootout for the soundtrack too, created by Queen´s guitarrist Brian May.

[@thingusbingus8181]

I consider this movie to be less of an action film and more of a psychological thriller. Hugh Keyes Byrne changed his accent for every scene hes in as toecutter to further show the insanity of the character. Max talks about how hes scared of becoming like the bandits and psycho on the road and that the only thing separating them from him is the badge. And at the very end he is a crazed man chasing people down in a stolen police car, just like the Night rider at the beginning.

[@goldleader6074]

Well the Night Rider was a criminal who was in jail who killed a rookie police officer and stole the car, not quite the same as Max's vengeance for his wife and child and Goose.

[@007wars6]

This movie was originally supposed to be a modern-era film about a journalist and what he sees on the job and how it destroys him. The thing is, they didn’t have the budget to film a bunch in a big city. So, they made it a post apocalyptic movie and filmed it basically in the middle of nowhere. And it created one of the coolest franchises ever

[@goldleader6074]

There's really no indication from this film by itself that it is post-apocalyptic I mean there's electrical power, TV broadcasts, businesses open (gas station diner where Goose was eating and that nightclub, ice cream shop, car shop), a legal system that's still intact with courts and police, and hospitals. Now granted the biker gang is pretty out of control but the post-apocalyptic vibe doesn't really show until the next film.

[@007wars6]

@@goldleader6074 very true. I guess it feel more on the verge of being apocalyptic. And then The Road Warrior takes it all the way

[@mikearmstrong8483]

The film was so low budget that they couldn't afford costuming and bikes for actors to play the biker gang. So they just recruited a real biker "gang" and paid them mostly in beer.

[@007wars6]

@@mikearmstrong8483 lmao I hadn’t heard that, that’s great trivia

[@chriskelly3481]

This is a crumbling dystopia, on its way to full social failure and apocalypse.

[@ulyssesfilmchannel]

Important to remember this is where it all started. The events that unhinged Max and set him adrift in an increasingly desperate world. Even watching Fury Road, knowing that Max was once a cop adds a whole other level of nuance.

[@paulpeterson4216]

It's really too bad that US cops today don't have Mad Max 's excuse for the vicious violence that they inflict on the people that they are supposed to protect.

[@atmbcito]

@@paulpeterson4216 Brooooo facts

[@BroomMirdon]

@@paulpeterson4216 Really?

[@paulpeterson4216]

@@BroomMirdon And Truly!

[@goldleader6074]

@@paulpeterson4216 There are a lot of violent people in the US and police violence only makes up a small percentage of the total.

[@benuticone3079]

Fun Fact: This film was shot on such a tight budget, that many of the biker gang members were actually local bikers, and rather than a film wardrobe, a lot of them were wearing their own clothes. The budget was so tight in fact, that many of the extras and crew were paid in beer.

[@EfftupSmith]

and also the first chase was filmed last cos it used ALL the cars they actually had. When you see a later shot in the garage with loads of cars there, it's the same cars from the opening scene.

[@ubit397]

"The old school Immortan Joe" You said it. The same actor portrayed both Toe Cutter and Immortan Joe.

[@4sakend1]

Oh shit! For real!?

[@ubit397]

@@4sakend1 Yep. RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne. Legend.

[@peteturner3928]

@@ubit397 indeed, sleep well Hugh.

[@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009]

Some people say is the same character but in the future

[@ubit397]

@@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 That doesn't make any sense. Toe Cutter is killed at the end of Mad Max.

[@gutz1981]

Its funny cause no one notices that Max did not NOT fix the car (Though that excuse could be uses as well) But when Jessie ran through the gate, a wooden stake went through the radiator.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

Toecutter's hiss is a direct homage to Elsa Lancaster's final scene in The Bride of Frankenstein (1935). He even has her hair streaks. Best. Leo.

[@RazorStormInc]

Wasn't this also _actually_ a biker gang George payed with beer?

[@tommc3622]

@@RazorStormInc Indeed it was. Aside from a few paid actors; Toecutter, Bubba Zanetti, Mudguts, Johnny the Boy... the crew on the beach, farmhouse etc. ... And Leo Gallagher to your comment; The late Hugh Keays-Byrne was an accomplished stage actor and thespian. His performance is stellar.

[@RazorStormInc]

@@tommc3622 I just realized both Toecutter and Immortan Joe die after making some inhuman noise: Toecutter's hiss and Joe's roar. Hugh also adds incredible mannerisms to his characters, with the way Toecutter's accent constantly changes being a good example. RIP. Edit: I think the Bride of Frankenstein reference was his idea, IIRC.

[@aspieanarchist5439]

@@RazorStormInc He was directed that way plus at the time he had newly immigrated from British colonial India to Australia which is why Toecutter`s accent alternates between Irish, Aussie and something in between throughout the film with a menacing subtle but almost deceptively soothing rasp.

[@RazorStormInc]

@@aspieanarchist5439 He was great. To think he started in a biker gang and was paid almost entirely in beer for the first movie. It means he basically did the first movie for fun.

[@mullaoslo]

It makes sense that mad max had the original "saw" moment since both James Wan and Leigh Whannell are Australian and would have grown up watching this

[@werdle92]

the book version of Watchmen borrowed that idea too.

[@davidmeir9348]

Mad Max 2 (known in the US as The Road Warrior) is hands down one of the best sequel ever as well as one of the greatest action movie of all times.

[@007wars6]

This one is really good, but MAN The Road Warrior is AWESOME!!! Fury Road is epic as well

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Yeah, The Road Warrior is basically what everyone thinks of when they think of ‘Mad Max.’

[@stiofanmac3376]

@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 100% the best of MAD MAX

[@chriskelly3481]

People hate on Thunderdome... I don't know why. I love that one too. A WONDERFUL, Mad part of the saga.

[@JunoReactor77]

Just getting into the reaction. Curious if Brandon is going to realize that the toecutter is immortan joe? RIP Hugh Keays-Byrne

[@DeclannShieldsFilms]

Dude you are going to absolutely LOVE Mad Max 2, it's the closest to Fury Road of the original three films.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

The first three Mad Max movies are all excellent. You will enjoy them.

[@greenpeasuit]

"Road Warrior" is so much a whole different level. "Thunder Dome" is great too, but RW is the best of the franchise imo.

[@JackMellor498]

You’ve seen Fury Road so this isn’t really a spoiler at all, remember Max had a leg brace on his left leg in that movie? Right there at 24:47 is the origin of the injury.

[@redgreen2453]

Mad Max is for me what Star Wars is for a lot of people, I’m so excited to see Brandon’s run the series if that’s the plan

[@bobschenkel7921]

The next film in the series, The Road Warrior, is where much of the Post-Apocalyptic look of Beyond Thunderdome and Fury Road comes from. This is the essence of the character Mad Max.

[@jimtatro6550]

The Road Warrior is still my favorite in the series. Enjoy the ride!👍🔥

[@doctorw4259]

There's a really great documentary called Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Amazingly entertaining in it's own right and goes into some of the history and backstory of all these truly mad Australian films from the 70s and 80s. Very recommended.

[@MadMaxBible]

What's cool is that this film sets up Max's descent into literal 'Madness' by the time we see him in Fury Road. He's so dead inside at the end of this film that when we see him in MM2 he doesn't even want to have any connection to any living being at all, he'd rather form a connection with a dog but he didn't even give it a name, it's literally called "Dog". In MM3 his madness went even further, there were cut scenes of him having nightmares about his wife and hallucinating all kinds of crazy stuff when he was out in the desert without water (some of it made it to Fury Road in the scene where Max wakes up from a nightmare in the War Rig). And then in Fury Road (which takes place after MM3) he's just reduced to an animal with a single instinct "survive", full blown PTSD, hallucinations, hearing voices, seeing things you name it.

[@jovanjorgovan23]

Tom Hardy's character has nothing to do with Mel's classic one. Why the need to shoehorn ridiculously overrated CGI reboot into a known continuity? Isn't the popularity of the computerised one enough already? It's a reboot for God's sake, why is that so hard to accept. You don't need the legitimacy of the originals to enjoy your 2010's CGI nonsense.

[@MadMaxBible]

@@jovanjorgovan23 It's only a reboot by name. It was a sequel to Beyond Thunderdome that was going to be filmed in 2003, but we all know what happened to Mel Gibson in mid 2000's. So they replaced the main actor and called it a reboot - the script stayed the same. It's a film written for an old Max that lost his mind.

[@jovanjorgovan23]

@@MadMaxBible It’s not what we got. Even Thunderdome wasn’t what it was supposed to be due to the known tragedy. Fury Road is a purposeless film, a meaningless self plagiarism made for one purpose only - $. Well, two - long overdue recognition for Miller. It's a "sequel" with a different actor portraying a different sort of character (dumb, incompetent and useless - unless as a rifle stand) set in a ridiculously different, comic book ish world in which a spectacullary destroyed car miraculously comes back for 30sec fan service cameo. Yeah. It's a reboot. It's just perfectly timed one. Generation TikTok really digs the flaming guitars and IG filters🤘

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Hi, @Mad Max Bible, nice seeing you here. Love your channel!

[@joergzabbee3921]

@@jovanjorgovan23 Seems you didn't even listen what Mad Max Bible replied to your comment...

[@Outpost31Research]

This was such a cool surprise! Glad you are reacting to the OG movie. The trilogy was a big part of my childhood

[@chriskelly3481]

Many people don't rate the originals, simply dismissing them in light of (the amazing) Fury Road, but I LOOOVE (somewhat contravertially, ALL three of) the Mel Gibson trilogy.

[@TheWaynos73]

mine too! love all the Max films and how they deal with the coming apocalypse and post apocalypse

[@milesisediting]

"Not sure if its necessary but I mean it looks kinda cool" - Mad Max in a Nutshell

[@frankie4fingers552]

The last scene with the hacksaw ...I live on that road ....Wildwood Rd WildWood Victoria

[@eduardoalegriarampante639]

Im 52 and in the 80s Max became my favorite hero. I wasnt much of a comic book kid so Max is my Batman. I saw Fury Road in a press showing pre-release and couldnt believe that Miller delivered perhaps the BEST one in the series in his 70s !!!!

[@eduardoalegriarampante639]

Keep going!!!!!!!!

[@moc9893]

This was one of the very first films I saw as a kid growing up in the 90s, lots of nostalgia with this one.

[@peteturner3928]

Toe Cutter is the Australian slang for a person who makes a living by torturing people and then robbing them! You may want to watch Eric Bana in 'Chopper' (from 2000 directed by Andrew Dominik), although now a famous actor he was an Aussie comedian before giving a brilliant portrayal of the infamous Melbourne underworld violent criminal Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read in this great Australian flick.

[@michaelmclachlan1650]

'Money Movers', a 1978 Australian crime heist film, has a scene where information is extracted by taking a big toe off with bolt cutters. The scene is deleted from television broadcasts.

[@CraigMurraysVids]

Love this. Australian stunt men were crazy back then. Mad Max 2 Road Warrior is one of the best movies ever - it takes him into the post-apocalyptic world you saw in Fury Road and has some even crazier stunts and crashes. And the costumes and cars are 100 times better than in this one.

[@TheWaynos73]

Australian stunt icon Grant Page drove the car through the caravan while he still had a broken leg.

[@007mjv]

The actor who plays Toecutter, Hugh Keays-Byrne, is the same person who played Immorten Joe in Mad Max Fury Road. Really cool gesture on George Miller's part to keep at least one connection to the original considering Fury Road is unclear on whether it's a sequel or a reboot.

[@cryp4life509]

Mad Max 2 is the best and most iconic

[@edsmith3461-z7m]

The semi that runs over Toecutter turns from a real front end to a painted shield, the owner of the rig didn't want to damage it.

[@goldenageofdinosaurs7192]

Wish they would’ve sold the Ford Falcon in the US. Such bad ass vehicles..

[@grantterlecky1248]

We REMEMBER THE NIGHT RIDER!!!!!

[@songsayswhat]

The sequel is iconic, so much so that the "wanderer and dog" from Fallout you see in their artwork is inspired by MM2. By the way, have you ever seen The Great Escape?

[@johnfriday5169]

Fallout was more inspired by "A Boy and his Dog"

[@songsayswhat]

@@johnfriday5169 I'm talking about the visual image of the lone wanderer wandering down the road with Dogmeat.

[@aspenator42]

The leather armour in some of the fallout games was heavily inspired by Max in road warrior as well

[@exquisitelemonade3039]

I hope you watch Road Warrior mate. Epic is thrown around alot, but it's epic.

[@longfootbuddy]

i like that they called it mad max.. i first saw the road warrior as a kid, and shortly after my dad got me mad max.. i asked him why they called it mad max, and he said because its what made max mad

[@JoshuaC0rbit]

I saw a replica of the mad Max interceptor at a gas station in Dallas. Here's the part where people are going to want to call BS but it was being driven by an elderly lady. That's almost as weird as when I saw an octogenarian driving a McLaren MPC 12 in Fort Worth. You never know what people are into...

[@rogerfurlong1535]

At least 70% of all Gibson movies: Wife dies, get revenge. And I f*cking love it.

[@danielschaeffer1294]

And in most he gets tortured.

[@Mugthraka]

Mel is a great actor, even if he became unhinged later and we don't see him anymore. But to me He is part of my movie heroes.

[@reesebn38]

This movie was made by people who had no filmmaking experience at the time. George Miller was a Doctor, Mel Gibson was right out of acting school, no one had done any stunt work. It was as if you and a bunch of friends said hey let's make a movie. At the time the movie was made for one million and made 100 million. You should watch the films of Peter Weir. He is Australia's greatest director. Mel Gibson made 2 movies with George Miller and 2 movies with Peter Weir form 79 to 82. Those movies made him an International movie star. "The Year of Living Dangerously' is a work of art.

[@geofftottenperthcoys9944]

Even the movie Tim.

[@reesebn38]

@@geofftottenperthcoys9944 Good flick, but a small aussie movie. Mad Max, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously and The Road Warrior were huge hits all around the world. I live in Canada and I remember leaving a theater after Gallipoli in 1981 and all you could hear was everyone saying. "Who is that Mel Gibson guy? He's amazing!"

[@acereporter73]

Plz correct me if wrong, didn't George Miller's experience as a doctor (seeing the impact of highway accidents in the ER) inform how he approached Mad Max?

[@reesebn38]

@@acereporter73 I"m sure it did.

[@shainewhite2781]

YES!!!! Finally!! My mom saw this film a few years ago, and said, "My god, Mel Gibson was so cute! What happened to him?" I told her, "Alcoholism."

[@DunsdonIllustrates]

What a classic! The other two movies are increasingly outlandish but still brilliant, especially Beyond Thunderdome. You're going to have a blast watching them.

[@Yewchoobarkontz]

I wa an 8 year old kid in 1981 when Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior came out. To me it was the coolest film of all time. This first one has some great Aussie character actors from the 70's: Vince Gil as the Night rider, Hugh Keays Byrne as the Toecutter and the great Roger Ward as the police captain. So many great Ozploitation movies from this period. Try the Man From Hong Kong or Turkey Shoot.

[@thunderstruck5484]

Great introduction to Max now on to Road Warrior which is epic thanks Brandon! Also I love the sirens they sound so cool

[@maximillianosaben]

This first movie is kind of surprising to most people because they expect the desert wasteland the series has become synonymous with, but that doesn't arrive until the second movie, The Road Warrior (which was everyone's favorite, until Fury Road came along and changed some minds).

[@pinkertonlady]

My dad and his friend went to the cinema to watch this at the time in 1979. It was rated R in Australia (18+) and there was the rumour that it might get banned. My dad told me there was a big group of bikies in the cinema with them and during the scene where Toecutter and his gang come to town and start revving their motorcycles, all the bikies started laughing

[@sobrietyisoverrated]

I’m sure someone has mentioned it but Hugh Keats-Byrne played Toe Cutter in Mad Max and Immortan Joe in Fury Road.

[@derrickbias3406]

Toe Cutter and the bikers were a real biker gang in the area. I believe they were paid in "slabs" of beer (translation; slab is Aussie for case).

[@Henrik_Holst]

Many of the bikers where but not Toecutter, he had appeared as an actor in a film (Stone) about bikers though which was an inspiration behind Mad Max.

[@mullaoslo]

this was one of those movies that i didnt see until my late 20s (it was just never on tv in norway) And as soon as i saw it i was like "i love this movie, but if i saw it when i was 12 i would have been obsessed with it!"

[@Henrik_Holst]

Not strange since the film was banned in Norway back when it was released, not sure when the ban was lifted, here in Sweden it was lifted in 2005.

[@mullaoslo]

@@Henrik_Holst i bought the dvds round 2010..in Sweden I think..

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@mullaoslo Sounds about right, it was unbanned in 2005 and just like Norway (removed 2004) we no longer have any film censorship in Sweden (removed 2011).

[@mullaoslo]

@@Henrik_Holst make sense i was able to buy cannibal holocaust in the same Swedish shop.. Nordby senteret, the big dvd store there

[@Henrik_Holst]

@@mullaoslo Border shopper I see :)

[@tylerhackner9731]

Love this movie. You’re going to LOVE Mad Max 2

[@harrywhittingham7753]

Yaas! Someone reacting to the original Mad Max series at last, brilliant!

[@JunoReactor77]

TimotheeReacts and TBR Schmitt did a collab reaction of the entire Mad Max series. CinemaRules did a reaction to Mad Max. All three of those are great reaction channels worth checking out! There's a few smaller channels who have also done some reactions to the original trilogy films.

[@harrywhittingham7753]

Nice one, cheers

[@NappyJChan]

I can't wait for the road warrior if he does it. Watch that one alot as a kid also having toecutter come back to play immorton Joe is just awesome. I don't know if I spelled that right.

[@blytheguy7510]

I'm so glad no one but George Miller has done the Mad Max films. This has been one of my favorite film series since I saw Road Warrior on TNT as a kid. Anytime I played with my GI Joe figures my headspace was in the Mad Max universe. I had so many convoy chases with my vehicles. Great times. This first film is a quieter film and has some slower pacing but a lot of that was budget restraints. Still though, for a smaller budget, they still handed in an awesome movie. But the real post-apocalyptic Mad Max universe doesn't really kick off until Road Warrior. It's such an influential film and it created one of my favorite subgenres with post-apocalypse. I still think that kind of world could still exist. And the Mad Max films are very synonymous with excellent stunt work. Stunt people really get their time to shine in these films. There's always such good dedication to the performers in Miller's directing. Even though part 3 is a little odd, it's still an entertaining film. Can't wait to see your reaction to Road Warrior, you're going to absolutely love it. It's one of my favorite films of all time, and that's saying something from me. I love film and could talk movies for hours. Road Warrior is just one of those special films to me.

[@ZappasBappas]

Maybe this has already been mentioned, but apart from Toecutter and Goose most of the bikers in their gang were from actual biker gang, beside that, due to a very very tight budget, Miller paid a lot of the actors in beer. Love the lore of this movie, it's just as adventurous as the movie itself.

[@EzioHanitore]

Whats crazy is they made this movie for like no money. They didnt have any permits to film where they did so they would have lookouts to make sure cops didnt come while they were filming chase scenes and the stunt drivers and just regular truck drivers they asked to help out got paid in beer lmao

[@Yewchoobarkontz]

The final dilemma of this movie with Johnny the Boy being handcuffed to the vehicle was the inspiration for the first Saw movie.

[@TheWaynos73]

What’s really impressive about the first movie is just how low budget it is yet it’s still spectacular

[@SupermanObsession]

The place where the scenes at the farm house where they hide out is actually now a school and i work there, so its really wierd to watch Mad Max and see your workplace in it. Its obviously changed a lot, but the farmhouse is still there (its our staffroom and admin) and the some of the trees are easy to recognise too.

[@HappyTeeth.]

when max handcuffs johnny the boy at the end and gives him the saw to hack his foot off was the inspiration for the movie SAW. Mad Max 1 and 2 are the best one two punch ever in cinema. great character arc. When Robert Rodriguez went to make the sequel to El Mariachi (Desperado) he studied The Road Warrior because he wanted to figure out how to make a sequel to a movie that most audiences had not seen and make it good. George Miller is the man. George Miller, the man behind Mad Max and BABE and Babe Pig in the City.

[@chefskiss6179]

Brandon bringing the quality, as per usual. Nice one!

[@gavinlisk2292]

the actor who played Toecutter also played immorton joe in Fury Road

[@pthor6265]

There are no super chargers that can be turned on or off by flipping a switch. If it's on, it's on. You can't turn the cam or crank on and off, by a switch. Nitrous gas can be added by a switch.

[@tommc3622]

Not a roots type blower, you're correct. A centrifugal supercharger could be engineered to be part time but...why would you?

[@nickfatsis9607]

That's the great thing about fictional movies, you can whatever you like in the movie, because it's fictional.

[@JokerInk-CustomBuilds]

rewatching the Mad Max movies it allways surprises me how different they feel... I was a kid when Thunderdome came out, and that was my first time seeing Max... so that will allways be "the original" in my eyes...

[@yw1971]

It owes a lot to the Biker-gangs movies of the early 70's.

[@ThirstyUrkel]

I'm glad I was able to grow up seeing so many of these films from the 70's, 80's, and 90's.

[@majorccunliffe4662]

the night rider scene with the hands on the guys face has me cracking up every time..and the close up of eye balls when crashing..very brutal ..but funny

[@fuckTrump-v7j]

22:39-Brandon, you are too pure for this world.

[@ToyutahLifein]

Finally!! Glad to see this was done. Pt 2 is done 2 years later, and is better. Mel was busy back then. I liked him until Lethal Weapon (87) It was good to see you surprised too. The original story is almost always better, and the F/X and camera in this were nuts-- for 42 years ago. The cars were as scary as that motorcycle!!!

[@thseed7]

Law enforcement models of production vehicles are often called Police Interceptors. They usually have bigger engines, super/turbo chargers and upgraded suspension.

[@shainewhite2781]

27:04, this scene inspired the movie Saw!! 😱🤯🤯🤣

[@northernpunx1978]

Road warrior is bad ass as F you will love it Brandon

[@tubechasa]

Mate, great work reacting to the original masterpiece with original Aussie audio. You're a legend!

[@aspieanarchist5439]

Fun Fact:Hugh Keays-Byrne(R.I.P.) played Toecutter in this film and Immortan Joe in "Mad Max:Fury Road" so he was both Mad Max`s first and final main villain!

[@arconeagain]

There is so much I want to talk about with this film, being Australian, and Victorian too. The suspense and parts left up to your imagination is Hitchcock like. The shot with the raven is definitely a homage to Hitchcock. With the organisation, you kind of have to let it go, this was made on a small budget and it's amazing what they achieved. It was the record grossing Australian movie for many years until Crocodile Dundee came along. Croc 1 still holds the record for the highest grossing independent film in the world ever. It's also worth mentioning that Mel and Steve Bisley (Goose) graduated from NIDA together (National Institute for Dramatic Arts), the most prestigious acting school in Australia, if you will. Judy Davis attended in the same year/s, so that says something.

[@briancarr4607]

I wonder if toecutter got his name from cutting off his toes because when you see him walk or run he has a limp ?

[@warpig4942]

Pause at 1:38 to notice The Night Rider has "DEATH" tattooed on his toes. George Miller wrote extensive backstories and stuck in corresponding details for even minor characters all through the Mad Max series.

[@shainewhite2781]

The first time I saw this movie was on SCI FI in 1999, celebrating Mad Max's 20th Anniversary, restored in it's original 2:35:1 widescreen format. I even watched Mad Max 2 on the UPN network in 2001, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 2002 on AMC.

[@WolfHreda]

Fun fact about Australia: While production of the Ford Falcon ended in the US back in the '60s, it has continued in Australia to this day. The Last of the V8 Interceptors is an Xb Falcon, which we never got.

[@user-uj2li2dh6m]

That's wrong. They stopped making Australian Falcons in 2016.

[@RG1001]

I always understood all of these movies to be like tales that were told around a campfire. The world that we know is gone but Max is a legend of the wasteland to those that are left. A symbol of a hero in a Mad world. As long as the character hits all the same points such as the V8 Interceptor, the double barrel shotgun, the leathers with a pauldron, and a leg brace you can tell any Mad Max story and it will fit in the world that George Miller created.

[@chustard7784]

its cool to see the city of melbourne with a incomplete west gate bridge in the backround

[@DanJackson1977]

"The original SAW".. literally true. James Wan created that movie after being inspired by that scene. Hes an Aussie too.

[@depressedtv]

Mad Max 2: Road Warrior is one of the best, if not THE best, sequels ever

[@EzioHanitore]

Also its funny you called that ending scene "the original Saw" cuz that scene actually was the inspiration for the first Saw movie lol

[@sydhamelin1265]

So much respect for people that appreciate this original masterpiece. Part 2 is phenomenal as well, and I think you'll see tons of people recommending that, and they're right :)

[@myopicautisticmetal9035]

One thing I can say that you benefit from by watching this now is you aren't forced to see it with the bad over dubbed dialog!

[@DesignHen]

Awesome to see you watch one of my favourite childhood film series! I hope to see Mad Max: Road Warrior soon :)

[@warpig4942]

One of the best openings ever, the rest is a bit uneven but it's exciting to know that The Road Warrior is on deck... Top to bottom one of the best action movies I have ever seen.

[@sca88]

Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) is a favorite of a lot of people including me.

[@kmvoss]

Goose done dirty man... Fantastic performance.

[@MrUndersolo]

This is one I did not expect! Have not seen the remake (memories of seeing this as a child are too hard to interrupt), but I am glad that people recognize this one's original greatness!

[@anthonymunn8633]

What remake?Just three sequels.

[@jcastromex]

Great review! Can't wait to see the next two Mad Max movies. By the way, did you recognize the shotgun Max was using? It's the very same one that will be in the other 3 movies. ☺

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

When "Mad Max" was originally released in the US, it was dubbed with American voices. The Australian accent, I read later was not considered 'normal' for our domestic ears, harsh and unusual. Even after "The Road Warrior" was a cinema hit, here and around the world (Where it's title was MAD MAX 2) -The most common version of MAX 1, that was found on cable channels was the US-voice-dub'. Only When MAX1 had a quality vhs, after "Max 3 -Thunderdome", was the Australian dialogue available here in the States. While DVD's and Blu have audio tracks, to feature other dub's, I've not found one that has the American overdub.

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

MM was released in Australia, and much of the world in 1979. America got it in 1980 with the overdub. Wiki' says that slang used in this film, all understandable in Australia, also received an American 'translation". MM2 or "The Road Warrior" arrived in 1981. My Dad took me to the cinema to see it. I was 12. Film was R' rated. Dad and Son enjoyed it so much, we later saw "Thunderdome", and "Fury Road" together at the cinema, too.

[@MadMaxBible]

Another reason why the film was re-dubbed and with a new sound mix was because the original sound mix of Mad Max wasn't all that great. The music was too loud, the dialogue was too quiet, sounds were jumping at the audience left and right. Understandable because the film was partially mixed by Byron Kennedy - the film's producer and he didn't have much experience with it. So when the film ended up in America they not only fixed some sound issues, they re-dubbed all Australian english with American english.

[@timcliffsmith]

Get ready for HUMOUNGUS!!

[@georgemartin1436]

The "Interceptors" were former taxi cabs that were beat to $hit...so the low-angle filming, close to the road surface...made them look fast. They did this film on no budget and there are lots of stories from George Miller and his crew why they could never make this movie now, due to the huge cost that current safety regulations would require...and I don't think you can buy surplus rockets from the Australian Navy any more either...

[@EfftupSmith]

only the one you actually see smoking (the XA) was a taxi, the other 2 yellow ones were ex cop cars.

[@georgemartin1436]

@@EfftupSmith Guess I misheard Mr. Miller's commentary. Well...they were purchased "on the cheap" anyway...

[@EfftupSmith]

@@georgemartin1436 definitely that.

[@tyrionlannister1628]

Probably already been said but the actor who plays the main bad guy in this movie also played Immortan Joe in Fury Road!

[@MrBendylaw]

Mad respect for the original Goose. Says something when main character is called 'Mad Max', and he's the one trying to calm him down.

[@redtailzephier4141]

This is the very first movie I remember watching, I used to rent it at the library in town when I was 5 years old, I'd rent it everyday and watch it all day, my movie DNA started with Mad Max

[@joergzabbee3921]

You were a lucky kid.

[@petersabourin1276]

great reaction. the road warrior is the best of all of the movies in the series in my opinion. you gotta do that next.

[@layedout778]

Brandon, you GOTTA watch the other 2, you'll love em! Were ALL on the journey with ya bro :)