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Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.
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It's comic books in a Cuisinart, all costumes and cute monikers and no story, a sort of case history of just what's wrong with sequelitis. Jan 4, 2018 | Full Review…
It's comic books in a Cuisinart, all costumes and cute monikers and no story, a sort of case history of just what's wrong with sequelitis.
Paul Attanasio
This middle portion of the picture becomes dangerously preachy, but just before we and Max are bored, director Miller returns Max to his roots, a screaming chase sequence through a desertlike Australian landscape. May 13, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
This middle portion of the picture becomes dangerously preachy, but just before we and Max are bored, director Miller returns Max to his roots, a screaming chase sequence through a desertlike Australian landscape.
Gene Siskel
Beyond Thunderdome is the third in George Miller's Mad Max series, and it closes the trilogy like a lightning blast followed by the ominous, resonant drone of thunder. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
Beyond Thunderdome is the third in George Miller's Mad Max series, and it closes the trilogy like a lightning blast followed by the ominous, resonant drone of thunder.
Michael Wilmington
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome isn't a bad movie. It has entertaining sections, decent performances and more than a few provocative images. But it also has a major shortcoming: It's too darned sane. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome isn't a bad movie. It has entertaining sections, decent performances and more than a few provocative images. But it also has a major shortcoming: It's too darned sane.
Jay Boyar
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. Aug 25, 2008 | Full Review…
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.
Richard Schickel
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. Jun 10, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
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.
James Berardinelli
In a sense, it's sort of the Return of the Jedi of the Mad Max series: It's solid, it's engaging, but yeah, it's also a kind of a step down from the previous two Nov 8, 2018 | Full Review…
In a sense, it's sort of the Return of the Jedi of the Mad Max series: It's solid, it's engaging, but yeah, it's also a kind of a step down from the previous two
Zaki Hasan
It's hard not to wonder why Beyond Thunderdome isn't better. May 17, 2015 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
It's hard not to wonder why Beyond Thunderdome isn't better.
Tim Brayton
Outrageously sinister, unblinkingly violent, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is everything that fans of the futurist road warrior could hope for and more. May 13, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Outrageously sinister, unblinkingly violent, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is everything that fans of the futurist road warrior could hope for and more.
Candice Russell
There is something to get excited about in this third chapter of the Mad Max series: the powerhouse presence of Tina Turner. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
There is something to get excited about in this third chapter of the Mad Max series: the powerhouse presence of Tina Turner.
Peter Travers
The directors, George Miller and George Ogilvie, borrow from every source they can find; movie buffs can pass the time spotting the Lynch shot, the Leone shot, the Jodorowski shot, and all kinds of others. May 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The directors, George Miller and George Ogilvie, borrow from every source they can find; movie buffs can pass the time spotting the Lynch shot, the Leone shot, the Jodorowski shot, and all kinds of others.
David Sterritt
The third in Mel Gibson's sci-fi series is the weakest, but it remains a hugely entertaining futuristic spectacular. May 13, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The third in Mel Gibson's sci-fi series is the weakest, but it remains a hugely entertaining futuristic spectacular.
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