Mad Max Review - Off The Shelf Reviews
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 มิ.ย. 2015
- This week Gary and Iain review and discuss Mad Max (1979) by Director, George Miller. Starring, Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel and Hugh Keays-Byrne.
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Legend says that Mad Max movies take place in present day Australia, it's about people who got lost in the wild outback.
People kept saying they dubbed the voices for the U.S. version but I saw it with the Australian voices and hadn’t heard of the dubbing until recently.
Having seen all of the Mad Max movies including the new one i must say that this one, the original is my favourite by far
The original series of Mad Max is among my absolute favorite movie series. Growing up in the US a lot of people I knew were not aware of this series and I couldn't understand how. Max is such a complex character! The perfect idea of the anti-hero before it was really defined.
Hey guys, speaking of Mel Gibson, I'd love to see y'all maybe review _Lethal Weapon 1_ and _2_ in the near-future, those movies are awesome, I love them for the energetic Riggs/Murtaugh chemistry and the batsh*t insane action. ;D
A great review guys on one of my favourite films. Mad Max wasn’t Mel’s first film - he did one called Summer City (surfers in Sydney) also with Steve Bisley (went to film school together). He may have also done Tim as well (or it could have be straight after). Also not surprising about the Saw thing - James Wan and Leigh Whannell (writers of Saw) are Australian and would have grown up watching these films. Leigh Whannell worked as a film critic for a show called Recovery before getting into film making.
I love that Mad Max has become a trope for any film set in a post-apocalyptic world full of bikers in weird leather gear.
Sound was done in the kitchen. Cutting of the film was done in the lounge room or the other way around. Mad Max films are always a stand alone. A reinvention of it self. As it should be.
I'm a rocker!
I'm a roller!
I'm a right-out-of-controller!
Great review. One thing I will say is that Max doesn't get the same type of car as the Nightrider. His was a Holden Monaro. Max drives a Ford XB GT coupe.
Isn't a mix of some Australian cars like a Monda or something
I was gonna bring that up, but could never remember if it was an XA or XB ... cheers for clearing that up!
I remember seeing both versions on "Movies Til Dawn" when I was a kid. I always liked the version with the Australian accents better.
@9:20 it was the saucepan handle @22:40 it wasn't the nightrider's car, it was purpose built for Max to try and keep him on the force (candy)
Mel's first movie was not Mad Max it was Summer City which was also made here in Australia released in 1977.
RIP Hugh keays-byrne 1947-2020
Great review. Hope you do the road warrior soon.
Great review guys, only one thing....Max's car isn't the same one that the Nightrider had. Max's car was built from spare parts, plus the Nightrider's car blew up in the crash. On top of that, the blowers on the 2 cars are completely different. Thanks for pointing out that Goose was the lead until killed, he had always been my favorite.
Maybe it was the Director’s Cut, but there is a version where you actually see a charred Goose in the hospital.
I agree that all 3 Mad Max films are a progression of the disintegration of society. In the first, law and order are breaking down, there is no more justice. Resources are running out, and that leads to nuclear war, and then finally a new 'society' emerges in the third, out of the ashes, which is really awful, but stable (sort of).
Brilliant review once again.Never change the formula for your channel guys, it works so well:)) Good content, Awesome structure, Brilliant hosts:)) Take it easy and keep the vids coming:)
5 and a half years later (November 2020) Mad Max is proven prophetic. Yes - the crazies do come to the fore as society breaks down....
I love the old mad max movies so much!
I can watch it in its Australian language always understood it it’s one of my all time favourites love all the mad max films
Another top notch review guys, I would love to see a review of Sleepaway Camp sometime
Jonathan Powers Sleepaway is on our to do list some time :)
The actor who plays the mechanic towards the end of the film co-wrote Fury Road.
Good to know.
It didn't do well on release!? It made hundred million! And I dont like your mocking attitude towards Mel, he's an accomplished actor with nothing to prove.
Key guys long time no see. Been having some internet issues but love the review. I saw MAd MAx fury road. Its my favorite now. But you guys are awesome. Keep it up. BTW I always love the little intro jokes.
KidWithACamera Cheers kid. its my thing :) - Iain
And I love it. lol
Funny thing is a 80's anime series named fist of the north star was heavily based of the mad max franchise.also put some Bruce Lee martial arts with some blood and gore and that's the show.really great show too
Fantastic review
Who'd win in a fight, Max Rockatansky or Ash Williams?
Come to think of it they are pretty similar.
Ash
Intriguing question.
that's not entirely fair to say he's completely lost it and doesn't go anything good anymore, he made Apocalypto which is probably one of the greatest action movies ever made. And his current output is as good as Liam Neesons. :D both of whom still sell less DVDs for me than Bruce Willis's recent films, and those movies get negative scores. It's sad.
I love how Gary says “camp” lol we kno what ya mean mate
LOVE movie review channels..definitely subscribing to this one...this was the first of many i'm looking forward to watching....great job guys....didn't see Mad Max until around the the mid 90's actually (saw the Road Warrior first on VHS in the late 80's and tv) but MM is my favorite of all of them....also agree with about the music score, except i do LOVE the "love theme" music used for Max and Jessie's quiet scenes ..lol but i have big soft spot for some of some sappy stuff...i am a big fan of Air Supply so ..there you go lol
The first Mad Max is one of my favourite films ever. I never liked the others. I find Road Warrior and especially Fury Road overrated as hell.
The Virginia Hey was reason alone to watch the Road Warrior.
@@danieltadros3262 Farscape!!!
Which blu ray did you talk with American and Australian versions.
nice review, ....drive in movie speakers went on to the window, many a window was broken if people forgot to put them back. love from australian.
Great review!
I know this is 5 years too late but, his first movie was "I Never Promised You A Rose Garden" [uncredited] then "Summer City" and then "Mad Max"... Just sayin.
I see all mad max films on an all nighter at scala cinema back in the late 80 s must be seen on a big screen it's pukka in the cinema x
Brilliant review guys. I love Mad Max. But I do have a little something to add about the biker gang. When Max gets revenge it seems that most of the gang have disappeared? What do you think? He only gets to kill about half of them. Where did the other bikers go? Could their scenes have been cut? Also, I heard rumours many years ago about the rest of the cops getting slaughtered by thre biker gang (which may have been fantasy). I would truly love it if George Miller mad this original again but filled those gaps. Please review Mad Max 2. I am a Thunderdome hater. It doesn't exist in the series as far as I am concerned. I though it did not feel the same as the others. I thought it was more of a Hollywood hopeful blockbuster and designed to be more accessible to a younger audience. BUT... Mad Max is an adult horror road movie. Tina Turner reminds me of Grace Jones in Conan the Destroyer. Very bad casting. I especially hate the theatrics of the desert children. I vaguely recall that George Miller didn't direct Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome due to his friend Kennedy being killed in a helicopter crash whilst searching for an ideal location to film it. I seem to remember that he only filmed the action sequences. I am grateful to George Miller to bring back the Mad Max universe in Fury Road. I hope he does more. I reckon Mel Gibson could come back as Mad Max in a story that leads on from Thunderdome. If this were to happen I might watching it again.
It isn't really an apocalypse. The world is running out of oil and the system is collapsing. That is why each subsequent film portrays world that devolves more from the last.
for me the mad max 1 is the best of the 4 films
I've heard that in these movies society hasn't broken down because of nuclear war but its because the world has run out of petroleum/gasoline
Well, at least we know where R.O.T.O.R got its cover from :-p
Whenever I see the old lady miss the bikers with her remaining barrel it stresses me out. If she had dropped the leader, maybe, they would have run away. Or there would have been enough time for Max to catch up.
now review road warrior.
Mad Max is Dystopian Cult Dysfunction Classic
How do you get a name like Toecutter anyways?
... oh.
Yo Gary dude it's wayne :) I've been going through your channel and loving the review videos , it's like being back in class but on a more adult level and without Mrs hardy threatening me with her husband and his access to live ammunition haha, not sure if you can see my email but if you can drop me a line it'd be cool go hear from you man , keep up the good work both of you. :)
Do you think they dubbed Mels voice for the US release or did they just get him to reread his lines with an American accent lol
On the car max goes and gets after his family is killed. It's a different car than the nightrider . It was given to him as a carrot to stay. His boss was listening on a radio when the car was shown to max
If I had crazy money I would get it!! Asked a V8Supercar racer if he ever got a chance to drive one and surprised the answer was no!!
@@genedrakes686 the black car is a Ford falcon gt, as far as I know they were only released in Australia and the gt model are super rare
The traffic controller (in the opening chase scene)would be shot these days,for trying to stop traffic at the top of a hill!dont do that!i know its just a movie
Review Highlander!
I was fortunate to hear Mad Max in the Aussie version rather than in Yank the first time. Years later, I was watching the Yank dub and it was hilariously bad. God old Mel - a decent actor but a real asshole. The scene where The Night Rider has a mental breakdown was amazing - and then we see Max! Brilliant opening. I enjoyed this review - keep up the good work.
And if you still dont have enough after watching fury road, theres Fist of the North Star
great fucking job, thanks guys
Mel Gibson is Mad Max. Sorry Tom Hardy.
no not the night riders car.
THE BEST!!!!!!
I feel like its implied in either the first or second movie that the collapse of society is an Australian specific problem? you never really hear about the rest of the world-and Im not sure how that would apply to Thunderdome and Fury road since by that time its so far into the post apocalyptic stuff. I had actually never seen these movies before and decided to watch them because Fury ropad had just come out and everyone was raving about it. Personally-while this movie is impressive given the time and budget and limited technology-I still think its the weakest of the Mad Max movies and I find the middle of the movie tends to be a bit boring. Fury road is probably genuinely the best ( even if you cant understand what max is saying half the time) And Mel Gibsons careere took a nose dive not necessarily because of bad movie choices but because there were a few incidents where he got reaaaaaal drunk and said some anti semetic shit
Also, I know it was the late 70's, but honestly max and his wife are terrible parents holy crap
This channel is very sexy! Will you guys review predator 2, predators, and alien 3 with its follow up abomination?
mad goose,lol
no, his career took a fall after his Christain Bible film messages and his links to anti-semtic views.