Fresh
Exhilarating entertainment -- and a textbook for sophisticated, popular moviemaking.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Mad Max 2
Just one man can make a difference.
1981 · 1h 36m · R
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
George Miller
Overview
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Director and cast
- George Miller Director
- Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky
- Bruce Spence as The Gyro Captain
- Michael Preston as Pappagallo (as Mike Preston)
- Max Phipps as The Toadie
- Vernon Wells as Wez
- Kjell Nilsson as The Humungus
- Emil Minty as The Feral Kid
- Virginia Hey as Warrior Woman
- William Zappa as Zetta
- Arkie Whiteley Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A straightforward action/adventure film, filled to the brim with over-the-top chases and stunts.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
A film of pure action, of kinetic energy organized around the barest possible bones of a plot.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
For pure rhythm and visual panache, Miller has few real competitors; the climactic chase, with its deft variation of tempo and point of view, is a minor masterpiece.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Miller's choreography of his innumerable vehicles is so extraordinary that it makes Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark look like a kid fooling with Dinky Toys.
Derek Adams, Time Out
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