Mad Max

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Cast & Crew

Mel Gibson
"Mad" Max Rockatansky

Joanne Samuel
Jessie Rockatansky

Hugh Keays-Byrne
Toecutter

Steve Bisley
Jim Goose

Roger Ward
Fifi Macaffee

Vincent Gil
Crawford "Nightrider" Montizano

Tim Burns
Johnny the Boy

Geoff Parry
Bubba Zanetti

Paul Johnstone
Cundalini

John Ley
MFP Officer Charlie

Jonathan Hardy
Police Commissioner Labatouche

Sheila Florance
May Swaisey

George Miller
Director

James McCausland
Writer

George Miller
Writer

Byron Kennedy
Producer

Bill Miller
Associate Producer

Brian May
Original Music

David Eggby
Cinematography

Cliff Hayes
Film Editing

Tony Paterson
Film Editing

Mitch Matthews
Casting

Jon Dowding
Production Design

Jon Dowding
Art Director

Clare Griffin
Costume Design

Vivien Mepham
Makeup Artist

Ben Taylor
Hair Stylist

Steve Connard
Second Assistant Director

Ian Goddard
First Assistant Director

Ned Dawson
Sound Effects

Gary Wilkins
Sound Recordist

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Audience Reviews for Mad Max

• Sep 15, 2017

  I didn't enjoy this film as much as I wanted to, I found the story to be predictable and dull, The acting wasn't great, The villains were just a a typical crazy biker gang and didn't seem a threat to anyone other than women and children, It did have some good car chase scenes and some cool stunts but it felt too dull and the ending was pretty tame compared to what I thought it would be like, It's not a terrible film more of a let down.
  Jamie C Super Reviewer
• Jul 18, 2016

  There is a reason why Mad Max remains a cult classic, George Miller created a violent apocalyptic world where fuels are now scarce and violent gangs terrorise people. Mel Gibson was the star of this film in his very early film career, he truly did a marvellous job playing the titular character. Overall, Mad Max has enough car stunts to satisfy action buffs, even if the acting was not the greatest.
  

  Sylvester K Super Reviewer
• Feb 11, 2016

  A very good debut for a great franchise. Mad Max has a great storyline, cool stunts and an amazing performance by Mel Gibson. It does get boring in some segments and isn't as action packed as later installments but this film does work great as a revenge thriller.
  Mr N Super Reviewer
• Jun 18, 2015

  More grindhouse than post-Apocalypse wheelhouse, this drive-in adrenaline rush established a blockbuster brand and put Mel Gibson on the map. It was shot mostly on the cheap, but you wouldn't know it. Staging Fast & Furious-level hot-rod blockbusting on a Two-Lane Blacktop budget, this origin tale exhibits a biting - albeit offbeat - sense of humor and balletic violence that rightly earned it an instant cult status. Indeed, Mad Max isn't for everybody. It's more dialogue driven and stagy than the superior follow-up, The Road Warrior, and shares only basic DNA with Fury Road, but it sets a winning grindhouse cinema tone that carries through to this day in top shelf form. In this R-rated thriller, a vengeful Australian policeman (Gibson) sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang in a self-destructing post-apocalyptic world. George Miller and Mel Gibson seem to be planning this road trip as it goes. Driven but cagier than in future stories, the titular anti-hero gets played more as a feral vigilante here. In the next two superior installments, Gibson's Mad Max assumes the mantle of lone wolf-turned-reluctant hero. For now, however, this less assured young actor exhibits definite chops but still exudes lethal weapons-grade charisma. You can't turn away, even if this iteration of Max lacks the steely cool machismo of Road Warrior. More of a cornered animal striking out, his magnetism keeps us vested, as does Miller's H'Wood-level stunt spectaculars. Bottom line: The Passion of the Crikey
  Jeff B Super Reviewer

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