This action film is not only one of the best post apocalyptic fantasy films ever, but it was one of the best action films ever. It was great until they decided to insert Tine Turner and later reboot with a woman instead of a man (sigh the cliches...)Mad Max 2 was thrilling, scary, non-stop, interesting, men were men and women were women hot, thin and sexy

The first film made the leading actor a star, before his breakthrough in Lethal Weapon of course, it was low budget, the sequel obviously moved up a gear, directed by George Miller (The Witches of Eastwick, Babe: Pig in the City, Happy Feet, Mad Max: Fury Road). Basically, in the wastelands of Australia in a post-apocalyptic future, former Main Force Patrol (MFP) officer 'Mad' Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is still traumatised, following the death of his wife and child. Max roams the wilderness, scavenging for food and fuel in a scarred, black supercharged V-8 Pursuit Special, his only companions are an Australian Cattle Dog and a sawn-off shotgun with limited ammunition. Max is confronted by a biker gang, led by the unhinged biker warrior Wez (Vernon Wells), and then he encounters a Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence), piloting a boobytrapped autogyro, and tries to steal its petrol. The Gyro Captain is spared his life after telling Max about a small oil refinery nearby, but he finds the compound under siege by a motley gang of racers and motorcyclists called the Marauders, Wez is a member, their leader is a large disfigured man called "Lord Humungus" (Kjell Nilsson). Max bides his time and makes his move when a group of settlers attempt a break out of the compound with a fuel tank, while most are captured and subjected to torture, there is a lone survivor, the man shortly dies from his wounds. Max attempted to return him to the other settlers, their leader is Pappagallo (Michael Preston), they are on the verge of killing him, when the Marauders return, despite Wez wanting revenge for the death of his partner, killed with a metal boomerang, Humungus will allow the settlers to leave the territory unharmed in exchange for fuel. Max offers another deal to Pappagallo: an abandoned semi-truck to haul the fuel tanker, for him and the settlers, in exchange for petrol and his freedom, they accept, but keep his car. Max reaches the semi-truck, with the help of the Gyro Captain, with aerial support he drives it through the Marauders into the compound where a siege is being reignited by Humungus. Max abandons the settlers, wanting him to escape with them to a beach, he collects the petrol and leaves, but he is run off the road and wounded by Wez in Humingus's stolen nitrous oxide-equipped car. A Marauder kills Max's dog with a crossbow, then the Toadie (Max Phipps) unintentionally kills himself and two Marauders in an explosion, attempting to siphon the fuel. Max if left for dead, but the Gyro Captain rescues him, despite his injuries, Max insists driving the repaired and now armoured truck with a fuel tanker from the compound, the Feral Kid (Emil Minty), Papagallo and several settlers in armored vehicles accompany him for protection. Lord Humungus and most of his warriors pursue the tanker, remaining settlers flee the compound in a ramshackle caravan, and the compound is rigged to explode, Papagallo and the defenders are killed in the chase, the Gyro Captain is shot down, and Max and the Feral Kid are alone against Wez and the Marauders. A head-on collision between Humungus in his car and Wez in an out-of-control truck kills them both, the surviving Marauders leave, then Max rescuing the Feral Kid finds that the wrecked tanker is filled with sand, instead of oil, this was a decoy to allow the other settlers to escape with the precious fuel. With Papagallo dead, the Gyro Captain becomes the new chief, he leads the settlers to the coast, to establish the "Great Northern Tribe", while Max remains alone in the desert, and returns to becoming a drifter, the adult Feral Kid (Harold Baigent) reminisces about him, calling him the Road Warrior. Also starring Virginia Hey as Warrior Woman, Arkie Whiteley as The Captain's Girl, Steve J. Spears as Mechanic and Syd Heylen as Curmudgeon. Gibson remains just about as gritty and charismatic as before, this entry has much more of a dystopian atmosphere than before, the story is just about easy to follow, and there are plenty more stunts, chases sequences and explosions, most of which deliver, overall it is a worthwhile futuristic action adventure. Mel Gibson was number 47 on The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols, and number 17 on The 100 Greatet Movies Stars. Very good!

In Mad Max One, Max Rockatonsky (Mel Gibson) was a great cop. But, the earth was falling apart from a destructive world war and his job got much, much harder. Finally, when his wife and young son were killed, Max walked away from the force after sticking it to the bad guys one more time. Now, he and his dog roam the wasteland of inner Australia, always on the lookout for food and fuel. He has, one observes, become a "shell of a man". No wonder. The human race has self-destructed, with lawlessness and chaos the rule. In the outback, Max has a close encounter with a gang of marauders. One member in particular, Wez (Vernon Wells, superb), sporting a mohawk and exhibiting ruthless behavior, is miffed that Max wins the first round. He shouts out that revenge will be his at some later date. Then, Max stumbles upon a gyrocopter pilot and his underground home. It WAS Max's idea to steal some fuel but, after the pilot has a run in with the fierce canine, this loner tells Max about a nearby compound with an immense cache of gasoline. It's true. As Max and Gyro watch from a hiding place, they spy the gang trying to bargain with the honorable folks of the well guarded fortress. Then, all too soon, the gang captures a small number of heroes, sent from the compound to look for a truck to haul the fuel. Those caught are killed, horribly. In retaliation, a small feral boy kills Wez's partner with a sharp boomerang. Hate fills the gangs' hearts. After Max finds a way to talk to the fortress folks, he proposes two things. One, he knows where a suitable truck is concealed in the desert. And, two, he Max wants a huge amount of fuel in exchange from him delivering the truck at night. Will these folks trust Max? Will anyone survive the terror of the vicious gang members? This classic film, a sequel which is even better than the first movie, is thrilling, in a dark, dark way. The violence is horrific so no one under 18 should really see it and even then, some won't want to chance it. But, beneath its rough exterior is a superb dystopian tale of survival, loyalty, and courage. Gibson is terrific as the wanderer whose heart is so damaged, he can scarcely go on. Likewise, Wells is absolutely terrifying in one of the most applauded villain portrayals of all cinema. All of the other cast members are fine, too. The setting of desert wasteland has to be seen to be believed and the costumes are very original and fitting. Add on a great script and a relentlessly driven direction and the results are staggering. The Road Warrior deserves its place in the action movie hall of fame.

Road Warrior was by far the best of the original trilogy as in terms of action, plot and style, which has been one of the most used in the majority of post-apocalyptic story- lines in films, TV series, comics and video-games. In short this one and the Terminator three years later are the archetype of how to make a world after we have destroyed your civilization. To the setting, years after the events of the first flick ,we see that the society has crumble due to the near complete exhaustion of the global oil reserves and now the wasteland is filled by motor crazy, gasoline hungry gangs and drifters who fight each other in order to get some petrol, because in the wasteland their but one rule : find oil by any means, because no oil, no mobility and then no food, water or protection. In general the creators of the film took inspiration from the oil crisis of 1973 and 1979 and went berserk with the idea. That was an amazing idea for the film hit hard then (and even now) to our dependence of the fossil fuels, which some day will be gone and then let's hope that we have find a solution to the problem.As for the plot, it is pretty simple in that desolation we follow our protagonist, the stoic Max Rockatansky, who shambles on oil rich community ,which is besieged by a gang of sadistic motorcyclist and decide to give them a hand for them to get out. That is,nothing more the rest in on the shoulder of the director George Miller, his co-writer Terry Hayes and the actors lead by Mel Gidson to make you invested to the plot and world they are in. Also that simplicity works to the favor of the crew and the film ,because they didn't have to think continuously what was happening and so they had their minds fixed on doing their best and in definitely paid of. As the production of the film, even though it had about tens times the budget of the 1979 predecessor it was still quit low so that premonition simple story allow them to focus it in them vehicles, stunts and costumes to bring this world to life.As for the action, holly cow dang(the no curse rules of IMDb is a bit annoying) even 36 years after holds up very well and the practical effects were amazing. Side note here one of the reason of why the stunts look so great and painful it is because some of them weren't stunts at all, the drivers for real lost control of their vehicle and face plant to the ground. Ah well you can't make an omelet with out breaking some eggs.In conclusion the flick rocks, it worth every minute of it (the 95 minute version) and if you want to make a film about how the world could be after we have devastated it then that is a good place to start your study!