The Road Warrior is a rousing tale of survival set in a grim and violent future.
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02/04/04
The Road Warrior (1981)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:36
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: The Road Warrior is everything a bigger-budgeted Mad Max sequel with should be: bigger, faster, louder, but definitely not dumber.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The first sequel to MAD MAX takes place after nuclear war has destroyed Australia. In this installment, Max lends his aid and protection to a small band of survivors who are losing their struggle... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey
Director: George Miller
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Reviews for The Road Warrior
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10/05/03
The Road Warrior is lots more fun than the original, in my opinion, delightful in its inconsistencies and in its over-the-top acting, set design, and kooky plot.
07/29/03
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06/20/03
An extravagant film fantasy that looks like a sadomasochistic comic book come to life.
05/20/03
Glorious Aussie follow-up to MAD MAX. Bigger crashes, more flamboyant villains, great offbeat characters. Too bad Hollywood ruined the franchise from here.
03/21/03
This Mel Gibson starrer is a mythic Western for post-apocalyptic times.
03/10/03
One word: BOOM!
01/23/03
The Road Warrior isn't Citizen Kane, but it has a lot of things -- power, speed, brains and energy -- in massive quantities and at a high degree of quality that many films can only dream of.
11/07/02
No review available.
08/23/02
Quite simply the best action-exploitation film ever made.
08/17/02
No review available.
07/25/02
the movie builds into an extended chase scene that has carved its own niche in movie lore
02/27/01
[A] true masterpiece.
01/01/00
With a much bigger budget, more spectacular stunts than the first movie, this is undoubtedly the best movie in the series.
01/01/00
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