Average Rating: 6.3/10
Reviews Counted: 37
Fresh: 30 | Rotten: 7
Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 1
Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.
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About 15 years after the events of Mad Max 2, nuclear war has finally destroyed what little was left of civilization. Grizzled and older, former cop Max (Mel Gibson) roams the Australian desert in a camel-drawn vehicle -- until father-and-son thieves Jebediah Sr. (Bruce Spence) and Jr. (Adam Cockburn) use their jury-rigged airplane to steal his possessions and means of transportation. Max soon winds up in Bartertown, a cesspool of post-apocalyptic capitalism powered by methane-rich pig manure
Jul 10, 1985 Wide
Jan 1, 2002
Warner Bros. Pictures
All Critics (37) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (7) | DVD (3)
An astonishing display of virtuoso cinema that is destined to take its place among the most vivid and freshly imagined fist-to-groin contests in the medium's history.
Miller never falls back on the formulas that have become the bane of too many recent action films, and his sustained cuts lend a clarity to the proceedings.
Gibson impressively fleshes out Max, Tina Turner is striking in her role as Aunty (as well as contributing two topnotch songs, which open and close the picture) and the juves are uniformly good.
The punky energy of the earlier films has given way to a self-conscious striving for significance, obscuring Miller's considerable kinetic talents in favor of a lumpy didacticism.
This film has showier stunts than its predecessors, and a better sense of humor. It also has Tina Turner, in chain-mail stockings.
More visionary and more entertaining than the first two.
Disjointed but it still rocks.
Quality, visionary sci-fi.
The performances are superb. The script allows Gibson to bring a welcome new dimension to the Mad Max character, and the actor rises to the occasion.
Great goofy fun.
Good action plus Tina Turner. Welcome indeed.
Enough imagination, wit and ingenuity to put recent Spielberg to shame.
Mel Gibson proves to be a formidable warrior.
Mad Max 3 has some great ideas but ends up a little messy. The kids are fairly annoying too and at times it feels like a horrible version of the Goonies. It's still not as bad as I was lead to believe though and exploitation films don't need to make sense, they were always messing around with characters and storeys
August 30, 2011Super Reviewer
Mad Max and The Road Warrior redefined the action genre. Not only did the films have some of the best action scenes ever filmed, but they also made Australian actor, Mel Gibson a star. Obviously it's only natural that they would make a third entry in this bizarre series of action films. Mad Max has always had eccentric
July 14, 2010
Super Reviewer
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