Story Line
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
“The maximum force of the future.”
Top Cast
Mel Gibson
Max Rockatansky
Joanne Samuel
Jessie Rockatansky
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Toecutter
Steve Bisley
Jim Goose
Tim Burns
Johnny the Boy
Roger Ward
Fifi
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Rating
6.7/ 10
Release Date
1979-04-12
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
AdventureActionThrillerScience Fiction
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Mad Max Collection
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User Reviews (6)
John Chard
8/10
•9/25/2014Low budget classic that is now a genre landmark.
Set somewhere in the future we are privy to a world where the roads are ruled by maniac gangs with souped up cars, and bikers that literally could come from hell. Trying to stop these marauding loon...
talisencrw
9/10
•1/21/2016Though I had only seen the previous installment, 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome', which I enjoyed whilst a great many people didn't, with the present sequel earning ten (!?) Oscar nominations, I wanted to catch up on things before seeing the new film at...
Gimly
9/10
•4/12/2019Who'd have thought we'd still be talking about a $350,000 film, 40 years after it was made? And who'd have thought it would be in a positive way.
_Mad Max_ was one of the most formative films ever released, and not only is **one of** my favourite fi...
JPV852
8/10
•11/29/2020For whatever reason, never had seen the original and doesn't disappoint, some good action and gut wrenching scenes defying the rules of killing pets and kids, Mel Gibson is quite good in the role and look forward to checking out the sequels. **3.75/5...