Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.
Director: George MillerWriters: Terry Hayes (screenplay), George Miller (screenplay),
Stars: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston |
Storyline
A former Australian policeman now living in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback as a warrior agrees to help a community of survivors living in a gasoline refinery to defend them and their gasoline supplies from evil barbarian warriors.
Mad Max 2 momie Reviews
I think this may be the greatest ‘car movie’ ever made. The chase scenes are gritty and thrilling, and quite realistic. None of that ‘car falls over cliff and blows up’ crap.
In the fighting/war scenes, it plays a perfect balance between hidden action and open action, never overselling the gore nor underselling the violence.
The plot is an excuse to have a long highway battle, but I’m not complaining. It’s vaguely feasible enough that you don’t worry much about it, just accept it as a needed background to hang the fun stuff on. Oh, to be a stunt driver in this movie! Or even to be a mechanic! That would be a story to tell your children.
This is every driving fantasy I’ve ever had, and played perfectly. I know that certainly flavors my review, but tell me that movies which are cathartic for you haven’t affected YOU that way?
Bottom line: thin plot, heavy action, decent characterization. Symbolism absent, directness the rule of the day. Jump on this bandwagon and ram something. Fun all the way.
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