Easily the best Mad Max movie imo. I don't mind Fury Road, but this one has better side characters, better score, Max is actually the main character in his own movie and I just love the opening and ending narrations. They give me chills everytime. "And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now only in my memories."
Great recap. I was a teen in Broken Hill when Mad Max 2 was made. Dad made a few of the signature props, including a dummy gyrocopter. Me and a couple of friends used a backtrack to get close to the set and watch the detonation. It was pretty spectacular. Fun memories.
I absolutely love the Mad Max universe. The Road Warrior has to be my favorite by far. The originals were so much better but that's not throwing shade at the new movies.
I owned it on VHS, wide-screen DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, the soundtrack, the book and the original British cinema poster. All I need now is the Betamax, the CED and Laserdisc 👍😁
I’m in the middle of a rewatch of Farscape. It blew my mind when I realized the beautiful blue skinned alien character is played by the actress from this movie. Always had a crush on her.
Man, oh man! I first saw this at a screening for the Acadamy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films before release. Including the original "Star Wars", I had never seen the like before and was completely blown away. I didn't think any action film could top this one until "Terminator 2" a bit later. After seeing "Furiosa" I can honestly say that George Miller is still at the top of his game.
My dad showed me Mad Max 2 when I was 7 years old and I thought it was the best film I had ever seen,. I'm now in my 40's and I still think it's one of the best films ever made.
The recent "South Park" episode about Osempic did an homage to the big chase along the highway in "The Road Warrior", with Captain Crunch at the front of the semi truck, all covered in blood and then gets "crunched", so to speak. It's so funny and worth a watch on Paramount+.
I was stunned watching it for the first time on Blu-Ray, unbelievable experience comparing to VHS. Rafinery explosion is unbelievable, among the most spectacular in cinema history.
The Feral Kid, as an old man, said that he never saw The Road Warrior ever again after that. We get to see, however, after some time passed, him trekking his vehicle across the desert drawn by camels. I think the petrol was out by then.
The Road Warrior is one my favorite Mad Max film great it was the inspiration for Fist Of The North Star Thank you Joblo for this video The Road Warrior is a classic Just Walk Away
I saw "Road Warrior" at the local drive-in as the second feature. Leaving the parking lot after the movie was over was a very harrowing experience. The best part? The dog was saved and went to a "forever home".
Me too, and I thought that his kid in MM3 was the offspring from that lady he ended up with in the end of MM2. Also the same actor Bruce Spence played the Trainman in the Matrix
When I was a kid, this would have been only the 2nd live action film I would have seen in the theater, The Blues Brothers (1980) being the 1st. Unfortunately, since I was young and because of the rape scene, My uncle deemed it too risque, So I ended up seeing The Beast-master instead. I`d always heard that Humongus was supposed to be Goose, I think that would have been cool to have the connection with Max.
Mad Max 2 is my favourite, I think most fans like the second instalment best. Fury Road a Furiosa are great but feel like films in the MM universe rather than MM sequels or prequels or whatever they are. It's as real as the first film but the bigger budget has been used to great effect. It is also a perfect documentation of social and environmental collapse things have really gone belly up, whereas the first film things were on the slide - but law police and a legal system still existed, hospitals, restaurants, people had jobs and worked as lawyers, nurses, doctors etc trains were working and running, TV and radio were all running as normal and people still went on vacations. Mad Max 2 this has all gone entirely- total and utter collapse, the third film - complete post nuclear apocalypse. I always thought a really cool installment would be a new film based after MM1 and before MM2 so we could see the police and military actually collapsing and how this happened in real terms - did some police try to hang on, when did medicines run out etc that would be cool.
As a filmmaker I found it relatively simple, but subtler, tighter, and funnier than the first one. Not to mention featuring lusher visuals, and a more fully realized apocalyptic aesthetic.
Personally, The Road Warrior is still the best movie in the franchise. Ill never understand the obsession with Fury Road. They literally make Max into a peripheral character. And Tom Hardy is a sad replacement for Mel Gibson
To me, Mad Max: the Road Warrior, is *the* Mad Max. I'm not a fan of the first movie, I do like Thunderdome, I don't like Mad Max 4, I haven't seen Furiosa nor do I want to. I didnt like MM4 so I don't think Furioisa will blow my mind, it just looks so boring to me that's all. No, to me, Mad Max 2 is the best Mad Max movie, bar none.
If they had any brains they's make a series based in the Mad Max 2 world, set in the outback and decaying urban landscapes, with lots of cool cars and cast of authentic actors (no Hollywood types) and no stupid woke agendas.
There is no such thing as "assless chaps" Chaps don't have an "ass". Chaps with an ass are called "pants". No one ever referrs to cowboy chaps as "assless", but they are the same thing.
Easily the best Mad Max movie imo. I don't mind Fury Road, but this one has better side characters, better score, Max is actually the main character in his own movie and I just love the opening and ending narrations. They give me chills everytime.
"And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now only in my memories."
Pretty much how i feel. Fury Road was good but it wasnt a true Max film as he was just a side piece to what now is Furiosa's journey.
Mad Max 2 was nothing short of a masterpiece!
Great recap. I was a teen in Broken Hill when Mad Max 2 was made. Dad made a few of the signature props, including a dummy gyrocopter. Me and a couple of friends used a backtrack to get close to the set and watch the detonation. It was pretty spectacular. Fun memories.
A true action, no holds barred, cinematic masterpiece!
The best of the series .
A true gritty realistic action movie.
“Just walk away. “
And there will be an end to the horror
Yeah, into the Outback. Don't think so, mate.
Boy berserkers to the gate
Escape from New York and The Road Warrior are my favorite post-apocalyptic movies! Snake and Max! A great idea for a Future movie. 🤘🏻😎
They couldn't stand each other. Neither takes orders and both only accept help from subordinates.
Or a future comic book, but thankfully there is the game BroForce to make it a reality, while playing in co-op with a friend of course.
Oh, to be a teenager seeing these films in the theater upon release with a mind full of post-apocalyptic daydreams. 🙂
@@michaelmoraga2926 awesome!
@@cpl.barbarusc4814 cool!
I absolutely love the Mad Max universe. The Road Warrior has to be my favorite by far. The originals were so much better but that's not throwing shade at the new movies.
I 💯% agree with this.
One of the best post apocalyptic dystopian films of all time. Love it 🤘
"As for the Road Warrior that was the last we ever saw of him he lives now only in my memories"
2:40 that makes all the sense in the world! Thats why I never notice anyone sweating in the movie.
The actor portraying the Humongous had it the worse then.
I've owned this film on VHS, widescreen VHS, DVD, Blu-ray and currently the excellent 4K disc.
Impressive
I owned it on VHS, wide-screen DVD, Blu-ray, 4K, the soundtrack, the book and the original British cinema poster. All I need now is the Betamax, the CED and Laserdisc 👍😁
I’m in the middle of a rewatch of Farscape. It blew my mind when I realized the beautiful blue skinned alien character is played by the actress from this movie. Always had a crush on her.
Virginia Hey. I met her at a convention. Really friendly and fun.
road warrior is best in mad max trilogy.
Agreed. The franchise loses me after this one, though.
@@Axolotl_Mischief Master Blaster would not agree
Man, oh man! I first saw this at a screening for the Acadamy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films before release. Including the original "Star Wars", I had never seen the like before and was completely blown away. I didn't think any action film could top this one until "Terminator 2" a bit later. After seeing "Furiosa" I can honestly say that George Miller is still at the top of his game.
My dad showed me Mad Max 2 when I was 7 years old and I thought it was the best film I had ever seen,. I'm now in my 40's and I still think it's one of the best films ever made.
Fantastic movie.
and yes it gets all sorts of crazy cold in the outback here. the team making the film were hardcore dudes
The recent "South Park" episode about Osempic did an homage to the big chase along the highway in "The Road Warrior", with Captain Crunch at the front of the semi truck, all covered in blood and then gets "crunched", so to speak. It's so funny and worth a watch on Paramount+.
I was stunned watching it for the first time on Blu-Ray, unbelievable experience comparing to VHS. Rafinery explosion is unbelievable, among the most spectacular in cinema history.
The best Mad Max movie by a long shot and one of top 5 best dystopian movies ever!🤩
The 90's CGI cartoon, Reboot, did an amazing homage to this movie in the episode "Bad Bob".
The Feral Kid, as an old man, said that he never saw The Road Warrior ever again after that.
We get to see, however, after some time passed, him trekking his vehicle across the desert drawn by camels. I think the petrol was out by then.
The Road Warrior is one my favorite Mad Max film great it was the inspiration for Fist Of The North Star
Thank you Joblo for this video
The Road Warrior is a classic
Just Walk Away
The Road Warrior = Masterpiece . Superb editing and the superb soundtrack of Brian May at the Top . Fury Road ? it is far behind !
I saw "Road Warrior" at the local drive-in as the second feature. Leaving the parking lot after the movie was over was a very harrowing experience. The best part? The dog was saved and went to a "forever home".
My hair is going gray at my temples and my 1st thought was "awesome, im gonna look like Mad Max in my forties"
The Gyro Captain was my favorite character. I just assumed he was the same character in Thunderdome.
Me too, and I thought that his kid in MM3 was the offspring from that lady he ended up with in the end of MM2.
Also the same actor Bruce Spence played the Trainman in the Matrix
@@scrappyny7432 And one of the aliens in Dark City.
@scrappyny7432 dude, that has bothered me for 30 years, why not just one line where he's like "heey paatnah!"
@@aaronleverton4221also "the mouth of Sauron" in L.O.T.R. 'I have a token I was bidden to show thee.'
@@williamdixon-gk2sk Bruce Spence always stands out.
One of the best - if not the best action movie of the 80s. Thanks for the vid. Some new info, at least for me...
A George Miller directed first blood would have been amazing.
Such a great movie. A masterpiece.
Still my favourite Mad Max movie and firmly and forever in my top ten favourite movies of all time.
Love the trivia about the dog, never knew that.
When I was a kid, this would have been only the 2nd live action film I would have seen in the theater, The Blues Brothers (1980) being the 1st. Unfortunately, since I was young and because of the rape scene, My uncle deemed it too risque, So I ended up seeing The Beast-master instead. I`d always heard that Humongus was supposed to be Goose, I think that would have been cool to have the connection with Max.
Road Warrior is what you want a sequel to be bigger and better. The action scenes are insane in this movie
Brilliant films, gutsy filmmaking
the definitive Mad Max movie.
What happend to him? He inspired us to create the Mad Max short film HOPE AND GLORY. The Road Warrior legend lives on.
Funny thing about the refinery (of many), it didn't seem to have any sort of wall around anywhere but the front gate.
''not many'' quite A LOT of 1st sequels hit the margin.
Personally I think Mad Max 2 is the King. I love them all tho. But Furiosa I need to watch again. I'm not thrilled after the first watch.
Mad Max 2 is my favourite, I think most fans like the second instalment best. Fury Road a Furiosa are great but feel like films in the MM universe rather than MM sequels or prequels or whatever they are. It's as real as the first film but the bigger budget has been used to great effect. It is also a perfect documentation of social and environmental collapse things have really gone belly up, whereas the first film things were on the slide - but law police and a legal system still existed, hospitals, restaurants, people had jobs and worked as lawyers, nurses, doctors etc trains were working and running, TV and radio were all running as normal and people still went on vacations. Mad Max 2 this has all gone entirely- total and utter collapse, the third film - complete post nuclear apocalypse. I always thought a really cool installment would be a new film based after MM1 and before MM2 so we could see the police and military actually collapsing and how this happened in real terms - did some police try to hang on, when did medicines run out etc that would be cool.
Awesomeness! 👊😎✊😎👍😎👌🍁
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Got to meet Vernon Wells at a Q&A recently, and he calls Mel Gibson “the boy”
He didn't actually break his leg, perse. He bent a rod in his leg from a previous injury requiring emergency attention.
The red Mohawk guy became the main bad guy in power rangers Time force
As a filmmaker I found it relatively simple, but subtler, tighter, and funnier than the first one. Not to mention featuring lusher visuals, and a more fully realized apocalyptic aesthetic.
Mad Max rules
The pup was saved a day before euthanasia! Then he got adopted by a camera operator at the end! Thats the story I want to hear.
He had to give up his lakers tickets
Everybody needs to quit crying like babies and buy Furiosa into profit so we get more. I saw it twice and purchased the VOD.
👍👍👍🎥
Personally, The Road Warrior is still the best movie in the franchise. Ill never understand the obsession with Fury Road. They literally make Max into a peripheral character. And Tom Hardy is a sad replacement for Mel Gibson
No Mel Gibson, No Max
Mel Gibson as an old man Mad Max? It could work. The Finnish movie Sisu (old man takes on Nazis) certainly did. Terrific entertainment ...
You can pick out the liberal in the camp..😂 quote" humongous seems like a reasonable man ..open for negotiations! Lolololololo......love that scene
To me, Mad Max: the Road Warrior, is *the* Mad Max. I'm not a fan of the first movie, I do like Thunderdome, I don't like Mad Max 4, I haven't seen Furiosa nor do I want to. I didnt like MM4 so I don't think Furioisa will blow my mind, it just looks so boring to me that's all. No, to me, Mad Max 2 is the best Mad Max movie, bar none.
If they had any brains they's make a series based in the Mad Max 2 world, set in the outback and decaying urban landscapes, with lots of cool cars and cast of authentic actors (no Hollywood types) and no stupid woke agendas.
Those cartoons (Fury Road, Furiosa) made after Thunderdome are NOT Mad Max movies, they are just stealing the name .
They’re badass keep crying kid
They’re literally made by George Miller lmfao
George Miller would strongly disagree.
There is no such thing as "assless chaps" Chaps don't have an "ass". Chaps with an ass are called "pants". No one ever referrs to cowboy chaps as "assless", but they are the same thing.
The sequel was much better!
This alongside the others sequels like The Dark Knight Empire Strike Back
are must better than the original.
Yes fury road and furiosa are soooooo good 👍
The best thing about Mad Max 2 was not knowing about Mel Gibson's deep personality flaws.
Go suck on another kielbasa
Mel Gibson had 25 years old in 1981
Mel Gibson had 21 years old in 1979
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