The road warrior trailer several years after the deaths of his wife and child, max has become an alienated nomad, wandering an australian outback that has fallen into tribal warfare conducted from scattered armed camps, helping a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil. The pursuit special, also referred to as the last of the v8 interceptors, is the iconic black gt falcon muscle car featuring a distinctive supercharger driven by the title character mad max during much of the mad max franchise, where it appears in mad max, mad max 2. It is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson reprising his role as mad max rockatansky. Fury road is a 2015 postapocalyptic action film cowritten, produced, and directed by george miller. Emil pronounced emeel minty was born in late 1972 in the australian state of new south wales, possibly in lidcombe, a southwestern suburb of sydney. One of the motorcycleriding raiders hits a car, flies off the bike, smashes his legs against the car, and cartwheels through the. Mad max 2 released as the road warrior in the united states is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic dystopian action film directed by george miller. Director george millers followup to his own 1979 hit mad max is proof that not all sequels are inferior to their originals. The road warrior 1981 in the postapocalyptic australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits. It has a slower pace, but wonderful character moments and a fantastic build to a spectacular revenge fuelled finale. Dave revisits the mad max trilogy to put together a list of the best vehicles seen in the series, from the v8 interceptor to the traintruck.
Yet road warrior zooms way into the future and gives us a post apocalyptic nightmare, in an amazingly polished production. Fury road is written in sequences, rather than scenes. The fourth installment and a revisiting of the mad max films, it is a joint australianamerican venture produced by kennedy miller mitchell, ratpac. Now i am interested in watching all george miller movies, i dont know how many else he has made.
Max mel gibson dangerously drives the rig back to base, pursued by wez vernon wells and the other psychotics. It began in 1979 with mad max, and was followed by three films. Where a vehicle is linked, there is a subpage for that specific vehicle. 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. Answers to all your questions about the mad max universe wired. Apparently moore was a mad max fan killed in a motorcycle accident near silverton, new south wales, australia, where mad max 2. Director george millers followup to his own 1979 hit. Vernon wells was contacted about commando prequel, wants. The road warrior 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The first road warrior movie mad max was great, and became a cult classic, but mad max 2 was the one that really broke into the international market and made the series famous. The road warrior 1981, the former officer of the tough main force patrol, max rockatansky, happens upon bartertown.
The original mad max movie catapulted mel gibson from the australian desert to international fame, but in the films first sequel, 1981. Fury road, a return to the world of the road warrior, max. The road warrior is everything a biggerbudgeted mad max sequel with should be. Near the end of the credits there is a memorial dedication that reads lance allen moore ii, may 24, 1987 march 10, 2015. The road warrior 1981 mel gibson postapocalypse movie hd in the postapocalyptic australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a. Mad max 2 or the road warrior, is a superior sequel that builds wonderfully on the vibe of the original. The road warrior 1981 starring mel gibson, bruce spence, and michael preston. Its very hard to say which i prefer because they are both so different.
Mad max 2 the road warrior cars and vehicles vehicle listing. Staging the improbable car stunts and crashes to perfection, director george miller succeeds completely in bringing the violent, postapocalyptic world of mad max to. First weve got the bit initial chase, and then weve got the middle bit featuring the battle in the canyon and their escape to the vuvalini. The road warrior script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the mel gibson movie. Hollywood hasnt produced a decent movie in years and people were disappointed. That means that if you havent seen the original trio of moviesor maybe. What cars were in 1981 postapocalyptic action film mad max 2. Mad max 2 1981, released in the united states as the road warrior, mad max beyond thunderdome 1985 and mad max.
Thats because the welltraveled character actor with a flair for baddies had four iconic 80s parts from wez, his first film role as the mad mohawked marauder in 1981s mad max 2. When the average viewer refers to a mad max movie, this is usually what he or she is remembering. The road warrior is one of the best sequels ever made that surpassed its predecessor, the minimal dialogue, the leather costumes, the set made out of junk and highly modified cars are. The film like all the rest is a dystopian tale set in a future australia. We caught up with the feral kid from the original mad. Mad max 2 released in the united states as the road warrior is a film of pure action, of kinetic energy organized around the barest possible bones of a plot.
The road warrior is an australian postapocalyptic action thriller film from 1981 directed by australian director george miller, this sequel to millers 1979 film mad max was a worldwide box office success that launched the career of lead actor mel gibson. Mad max 2 was filmed in new south wales australia, around the areas of broken hill and silverton. The films tale of a community of settlers who moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical western. Mel gibson starred in the first three films and tom hardy took over as max in the fourth film. Mad max is an australian dystopian action media franchise created by george miller and byron kennedy. This movie also known as mad max 2 and the road warrior. Its something he proved in road warrior and again in mad max. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay andor viewings of mad max 2. If you are interested to know about all the vehicle brands and models seen in this movie this post may be very informative to you.
Nilsson is a scary villain, with huge muscles and a sinister prejason hockey mask, but the stunt work is the key here, and it is more flamboyantly dynamic than ever, edited at breakneck pace and. See more ideas about the road warriors, mad max and mad max 2. The road warrior is the opposite of mad max which just stayed in my heart and i just love this movie to death and i always will. The movies initial us release did not announce it as a sequel, since the original film did not get a lot of exposure in the us market. Mad max 2 the road warrior filming locations a guide to the filming locations used in mad max 2 the road warrior. Road warrior, the internet movie firearms database. The car chases are as excitingly pulsepounding as ever and no film has yet to surpass the final chase as.
He certainly went to school at lidcombe and was only 8 years old when he won the part in a 1981 movie which starred an upandcoming actor named mel gibson. Fury road will be the film to beat for a long time coming, and the new highwater mark against which to judge action and blockbuster filmmaking. It has a vision of a violent future world, but it doesnt develop that vision with characters and dialogue. The road warrior that many people say its one of the greatest sequels ever made. The road warrior directed by george miller and stars with mel gibson. The road warrior 1981, which is set after world war iii. The mhm podcast network movie synopsis and film summary of mad max 2. That is to say that i thought its not as good as the first but other than that, unlike the first mad max film which this is quite good, mad max 2. But mad max road warrior is the best mad max movie. Even though his mad max 2 the road warrior character wez was wiped out pretty hard by the end of that movie, wells wants to work with mad max franchise mastermind george miller on another entry. Left for dead in the unforgiving deserts of postnuclear australia, after defeating lord humungus barbarian horde of bikers in mad max 2.
Vernon wells interview on road warrior, weird science. Mad max was a five star film, and mad max 2 road warrior is also a five star film. Also featured in the movie are josh helman as slit, jennifer hagan. According to trivia book movie mavericks by jon sandys, one of the more spectacular stunts in the film was actually a serious accident. With the gas tank at empty, max mel gibson aka the road warrior is chased by a group of bandits on a desolate highway at maximum speed. If u r looking for a great action movie, pick this one.