#MAD MAX 1979 CAST SERIES#

They range from enjoyable spectacle to absolute classics.

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The first hour changed up the typical racing action sequences by introducing a new element: the thunderdome. The dystopian motorcycle cage battles were a great concept and provided a new challenge for Mel Gibson’s Max, and the larger budget didn’t feel at odds with the grimness of the post-apocalypse. You also get a gloriously hammy performance from Tina Turner as the eccentric Entity, who rules with an iron fist over Bordertown. It’s when the film goes “beyond thunderdome” in which it makes a shift into being more heartfelt.

#MAD MAX 1979 CAST SERIES#

The series had some sentimental moments in the first two installments, but for the first time Max became more openly heroic when he helped a tribe of orphaned children searching for a legendary 'Tomorrow-morrow Land.' While Max needed to develop for what was a temporary conclusion to his character arc, it came as a drastic shift from his usually grim persona. Beyond Thunderdome’s conclusion certainly isn’t all a wash, however the train action sequence is among the best moments in the series.ġ979’s original Mad Max is the film that started it all and looking back it's a very different film from the rest of the series. Rather than opening like a western fable with an established post-apocalypse, the first film explores the events that kick off the descent of society and give insight into Max’s origins.

Mad max 1979 cast