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| American International Pictures (AIP) | Release Date: February 15, 1980 |
Starring:
Mel Gibson
Summary:
Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson), an Australian policeman, sets out to avenge his wife and son.
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Junky, freaky, sadistic, masochistic, Mad Max has a perverse intelligence revving inside its pop exterior. It's a crazy collide-o-scope, a gear-stripping vision of human destiny careening toward a cosmic junkyard. [21 July 1980, p.71]
One does not expect to find references to Bertolucci in a action movie distributed by American International, but Mad Max is no ordinary action movie: it's a B-movie classic on the order of Truck Stop Women, and when its director, George Miller, steals from established filmmakers, he steals from the best. [15 April 1980]
Though the plot is that of a simple revenge western, director George Miller infuses the film with a kinetic combination of visual style, amazing stunt work, creative costume design, and eccentric, detailed characterizations that practically jump out of the screen and grab the viewer by the throat.
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Mad Max is ugly and incoherent, and aimed, probably accurately, at the most uncritical of moviegoers. [14 June 1980, p.13]
May 16, 2015
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Dec 7, 2019
Heading out to the highway with Mel Gibson is one his early performances. A sadistic, wicked hunter & prey game between bikers and patrolman. The chases makes the blood pump at maximum, with a crashing final act. Good choice for a weekend.
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May 14, 2015
This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
2 of 4 users found this helpful22
Apr 7, 2016
Mad Max is created in 1980, so it can't get fixed up because some people that were in the making of this movie probably retired or died or something. Enjoy Mad Max like it is.
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Oct 17, 2015
Not so great,very unecessary dialogues much ado and scenes meaningless okey the budget it was tiny,but deserves a good 7 score a B+ movie... some good scenes,some good dialogues and good acting..
1 of 1 users found this helpful10
Apr 11, 2019
Mad Max is a strange film with a charismatic central presence in Gibson but a slightly haphazard feel to it.
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May 31, 2015
The start of the movie was really good and the characters are done and acted really well, but what the heck was the rest? After about 40 minutes, I waited 15 minutes for it to get interesting, then another 15 and I was done. My buddy was bored stiff too.
4 of 7 users found this helpful43
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