robertandrews-44556 Well....the first Mad Max film. Watching this film nowadays is still a delight and it remains as entertaining and violent as when it did when it was released in 1979. I wasn't born when it first came out, and like many others, I only became aware of it after seeing the sequel, The Road Warrior. When I was little, I was forbidden to rent this movie from the video store, as my parents told me it was much too violent and would give me nightmares. Its silly now of course, but at the time, you could see this was a pretty violent film. The plot is simple. In future Australia, a small group of leather-clad police officers are the only law standing after Earth's downfall. They appear to be somewhat competent and on top of things until they make enemies with a violent biker gang led by the frightening psychotic Toecutter. Max is one of these police ifficers, and when Toecutter and his gang kill his best friend, wife, and child, Max sets out in his souped up V8 Interceptor to give the bikers a taste of their own medicine. The original Mad Max is a very simple and cheap film and is WAY different than its three sequels. This movie is almost very similar to other revenge films of the 70's, such as Wes Craven's The Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. In fact, the biker villains in this film are very much like the villains in Last House on the Left in their psychotic mannerisms and Toecutter reminds me awfully of Krug Stillo. Also, the villains in both movies have the tables turned on them in the name of revenge. Thus, the bad guys in this film are somewhat more realistic than the villains in the sequels.As mentioned, the film is cheap but that is also what gives it its charm. You could definitely see that Mel Gibson was going to go on to become a star. This is still my favorite Mad Max movie and i always love watching it at leadt five times a year. 10/10

merelyaninnuendo Mad Max3 And A Half Out Of 5Mad Max is a sci-fi thriller about an inadequately working officer who is a worried vulnerable family man that is on the verge of going rogue due to its surrounding that literally defines dog-eat-dog world. The effort and hard work that went on creating the future world pays off and the primary reason to that would be its accuracy and lunacy towards the resemblance with practicality which is not created to please the viewers but stand on its definite ideology. It is rich on technical aspects like choreography of all the chase sequences, background score, sound effects, art design and editing. The script is unpredictable, thought-provoking and goose-fleshing filled with nail-biting action sequences and three dimensional characters that are perfectly cooked and served to the audience. The screenplay by James McCausland and George Miller (the director) keeps the audience engaged with unexpected twists and turns and mind-shattering visuals where Miller's brilliant execution not only supports but celebrates it into a whole new level. The performance is decently handled by Mel Gibson although it could have been a lot better. Mad Max is sanely ingenious and bolder as much as glorifying and adventurous the journey is, for this is a long drive that every moviegoer has been waiting for buckling its seat.

bitomurder Mad Max, is really a gearhead movie: sweet cars, sweet bikes, lots of chases. It was made on a small budget and surely shows it. I go back and forth with this one. I love it, then it's only ok, then I love it. This time it landed on the above average side of things mostly because I was using my critical, rating eye instead of just sitting back and enjoying the experience.

Tweekums Set in a not too distant future where law and order is breaking down and murderous biker gangs roam the roads of rural Australia in the search for thrills and fuel. Standing against them are the men of the Main Patrol Force. After 'Mad' Max Rockansky chases a gang member until he has a fatal crash the MPF find themselves targeted by the gang; they leave his partner, and best friend, horrifically burned and Max decides he has had enough. He heads off with his wife and child but their troubles are far from over; they run into the gang again with tragic consequences. With nothing left to lose Max hunts down the gang.The fact that this was a low budget film is pretty obvious although it works well with what it has. The motorcycle gang is suitably unpleasant although at times they play up their 'madness' just a bit too much. Mel Gibson does a solid job in the role that launched him as a major Hollywood action star and the rest of the cast are decent enough. No one will be too surprised at the general ways it ends but Max's final confrontation with one of the gang is one of the most memorable in any film and has been copied more than once. There is a degree of nastiness of course; the gang are cruel and the way Max treats that gang member is fairly sadistic… even if few viewers will have any sympathy for him. Overall a solid revenge movie; just don't expect the large scale of the big budget sequels.