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Mad Max (1979)

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Reviews Counted:37

Fresh:35

Rotten:2

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director George Miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max to visceral life.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Futuristic tale set in Australia, which has become a wasteland where vicious, fast-driving criminals cause death, destruction, and mayhem on the highways. The police do their best to maintain... Futuristic tale set in Australia, which has become a wasteland where vicious, fast-driving criminals cause death, destruction, and mayhem on the highways. The police do their best to maintain control, but their attempts prove futile. As a result, one cop named Max quits his job and goes on a vacation with his family. However they are terrorized by a gang of malicious speed-demons, who kill Max' wife and baby. Angry, Max rejoins the force, revs up his motorcycle -- and seeks bloody revenge against the fiends who murdered his family. [More]

Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Tim Burns, Steve Bisley

Starring: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Tim Burns, Steve Bisley

Director: George Miller

Director: George Miller
Producer: Bill Miller
Composer: Brian May
Screenwriter: George Miller

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Jul 21, 1998

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This is brutal, exciting stuff, all the more impressive for its budget constraints.

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05/06/08
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11/14/07
Cole Smithey
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Classic cult fun made famous by director Miller and then new star Gibson.

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08/03/07
Steve Crum
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The stunt work is spectacular.

Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
07/04/07
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
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Simple, but effective.

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05/30/07
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Overnight, Mad Max went from being a U.S. cult hero to a mainstream figure, and Mel Gibson's place in the firmament was secured.

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05/30/07
James Berardinelli
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Australia exported this creative, original, exciting, low-budget genre landmark which gave the young Mel Gibson his first starring role.

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05/30/07
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Stunts themselves would be nothing without a filmmaker behind the camera and George Miller, a doctor and film buff making his first feature, shows he knows what cinema is all about.

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05/30/07
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Some of the most determinedly formalist filmmaking this side of Michael Snow.

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05/30/07
Dave Kehr
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This was a great movie!

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08/04/06
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The tone sometimes wavers into self-parody, and there are occasional crude patches, but overall this edge-of-seat revenge movie marks the most exciting debut from an Australian director since Peter Weir.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
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Though director George Miller took the post-apocalyptic tough guy Max a lot farther in the sequel The Road Warrior, Mad Max still packs in Miller's particular brand of black-comedy thrills.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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07/25/05
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07/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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Encompasses the essence of the sexy revenge flick.

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07/08/05
Gregory Weinkauf
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01/05/05
Jay Antani
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Cult low-budgeter that benefits from Miller's direction and Gibson's then lack of self-importance.

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07/19/04
Ken Hanke
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07/01/04
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02/04/04
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