In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang. Mad Max showcases what kind of movie you can really make if you have a low budget and the answer is a pretty damn great one. Now don't get me wrong this film has it's fair share of flaws but it's also pretty damn original for it's time. It showcases a dark future where Anarchy has risen, those bikers attack a car and basically turn it to pieces, they kill, they rape and they just don't care. The perfomances are definitely terrific but the real stand out was definitely Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky. (9.0/10)

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.

Set in the not-so-distant future of Australia and its vast expanses of open spaces, a gay biker gang claims the road as their own by terrorizing the towns and citizens found there. The MFP (police) pursue them in vain until the Interceptor (driven by Mel Gibson, in the title role) can track them down; the result is usually a spectacularly fatal crash. Produced by Bill Miller and Byron Kennedy on a shoestring budget, this cult classic – directed by Miller's brother George, who wrote the story with Kennedy, and the screenplay adaptation with James McCausland – it made Gibson a star.The story begins when the gang's leader – the Nightrider, played by Vince Gil – escapes with one of the MFP's vehicles. The ensuing chase creates havoc and violent collisions which foreshadow what's yet to come. But once Max joins the proceedings, the Nightrider knows he's doomed because he realizes that his interceptor is just as crazy as he. Afterwards, Max's boss Fifi (Roger Ward) convinces his superiors that they need to retain their young officer, and the last of the V8 Interceptors (a souped-up car that runs on Nitro) is assembled to entice and keep him from resigning. Later, after Max's best friend, motorcycle cop Jim Goose (Steve Bisley) is killed, Fifi gives his sullen young officer some time off with a speech, saying: "They say people don't believe in heroes anymore. Well damn them! You and me, Max, we're gonna give them back their heroes!"But Max, his seemingly always pantless wife Jessie (Joanne Samuel) and their child can't seem to escape the gang, bent on revenge after a mishap that causes one of their members to lose his hand. The Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne), now the gang's leader, and his annoying lover Johnny Boy (Tim Burns), happen upon the vacationing young family and tragedy befalls them. Of course, now it's Max's turn for revenge. He'd wanted to get out for fear that he'd become just as bad as them – "I'm scared, Fif. It's that rat circus out there; I'm beginning to enjoy it. Look, any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, a terminal psychotic, except that I've got this bronze badge that says that I'm one of the good guys" – but now it's too late. One by one, he picks off the bikers who, though they draw blood, haven't got a chance. In the final scene, Max earns the adjective that precedes his name in the film's title.

So once i saw Mad Max:Fury Road(which was very good), i wanted to the the original to get a better understanding of it, and it wasn't what i expected. First the pros. So i really like how George Miller was able to work with a very low budget and yet have all of those car chases. Speaking of car chases, the begging sequence was good, you got the cops chasing a psychotic driver, that was a pretty good sequence. Mel Gibson's character was alright, but i just wish he did more. But now for the cons. If i am correct this movie is supposed to take place in the apocalypse right? Well the sets don't make it out like that. The town that Max lives in just looks like a regular town. My friend told me this was a great revenge story, but you don't get to see his revenge until his wife and son die at the very end of the film. I think it would've been better if they carried his revenge story threw out the movie. So over all i thought this movie was alright, i just think its highly overrated. I don't know maybe i am just being a grandpa but i just thought this movie was alright, nothing really special about it.