A former police officer is now a lone wanderer, traveling through a devastated Australia after a nuclear war looking for now-priceless petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself the only hope of a small group of honest people running a remote oil refinery. He must protect them from the bike gang that is terrorizing them whilst transporting their entire fuel supply to safety. Max is travelling in a post apocalypse Australia where Gasoline is the most valuable commodity. He becomes involved in a struggle between bandits and a town that has build defenses around a small refinery. He must cross the no man's land several times to allow them to make a dash for freedom, pursued by the bandits in their vehicles. Mad Max 2 (1981) <br/><br/>*** 1/2 (out of 4) <br/><br/>A post-apocalyptic wasteland in Australia is the setting for this riveting sequel that finds Max (Mel Gibson) being a drifter who is constantly on the look out for rare gasoline. Gas has become a battling ground for a vicious gang but Max finds out about a location where a group of survivors have been able to produce it. The only problem is transporting it, which Max agrees to help with in exchange for enough to get him to his next location.<br/><br/>MAD MAX 2 is a very rare sequel that actually manages to be better than the original film. This here really doesn't happen too often but director George Miller takes everything that made the original so good and adds a ton of adrenaline to the action and makes for quite a memorable movie. Fans of the original film are going to be happy that the rawness also gets carried over here but with even more wicked stunts and more action, it's impossible not to fall for this film.<br/><br/>What makes it so memorable are the incredible action scenes. As with the first film, you can't help but watch them with your jaw on the floor as you wonder how no one was killed during the production. These action scenes aren't made through editing but instead they're just downright dirty and dangerous stunts that are incredible to watch in full speed. I'm not going to ruin the most memorable stunts but the finale is just one miraculous scene after another as Max goes speeding down a road in a semi followed by countless bad guys. The amount of destruction on display is enough to please any action fan. It's these scenes here that make this movie a classic and one of the best action films of its era.<br/><br/>We're also given a great supporting cast with everyone fitting their roles quite nicely. Of course, the main star is Gibson who manages to be even better here than he was in the first film. He isn't given too much dialogue but he manages to really come across in a believable fashion as this drifter who once again finds himself with nothing and a reason to fight. Everything else from the wonderful score to the terrific cinematography just takes the material and raises it to new levels. MAD MAX 2 is a pure adrenaline rush from start to finish and with the borrowed elements of YOJIMBO, one can't help but be entertained. I mean–just look at some of the piffle that's rated above "The Road Warrior:" "Batman Begins," "Magnolia," "Almost Famous," "Being John Malkovich," "American Beauty," both "Toy Story" films and "Monsters Inc." etc. Come on. There's no way that computer-generated child fare should be rated above the great accomplishments in film history. (And can anyone believe that every single one of those "Lord of the Rings" movies are rated above true film classics like the original "King Kong," "Citizen Kane," "Lawrence of Arabia," "Sunset Boulevard," "Metropolis," "Taxi Driver" and "Gone With the Wind?" (Which is only #158 on the list?) And "wizard of Oz" which is only #86?) <br/><br/>Sorry to digress, but my point has been made. There are a lot of good films missing from the list, many that don't belong, etc. <br/><br/>So why do I think "Road Warrior belongs in the Top 100 (at least)? Well, most great films are judged by several criteria (my own personal biases on display here, in the form of questions), such as: <br/><br/>1. Does the film create movie stars? Is there a role that puts a future superstar on the map? (Such as "Dazed and Confused," Taxi Driver," and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High?") Certainly Mel Gibson is one of the mot important film actors (and producers) in the world. This role and this film in particular (along with "Gallipoli") created Mel Gibson's career. <br/><br/>2. Do other people involved in production end up making other great films? Well, let's see… The director made "Babe," which almost won the Oscar… And most of the other actors have enjoyed long careers (even though they're from Australia…) <br/><br/>3. Does the film contain an epic/classic sequence or scene? (Think the chariot sequence in "Ben-Hur," Luke Skywalker blowing up the Death Star at the end of the first "Star Wars," the car chase in "The French Connection," the scene between Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger in "On the Waterfront.") Certainly the car chase at the end of "The Road Warrior/Mad Max 2" fits the bill. This ranks among the list of all-time classic car chases. And there are many other eye-popping sequences. <br/><br/>4. Does it inspire other filmmakers? I'd have to guess that it did, since after "Road Warrior," every other futuristic film stole from it–notably "Blade Runner." <br/><br/>5. Does the film affect our society in some way? This movie focused a lot of attention on the film industry in Australia. Well, yeah, maybe we have to blame "Road Warrior" for everything from "Outback Jack" to Russell Crowe? But on the other hand, the recent use of Australian actors for so many film roles began with this film. <br/><br/>6. Another important aspect to this film is how it inspired punk fashion. The mohawk became more visible and acceptable, Gibson's leather outfit inspired punks to wear leather, and punk rock itself became more mainstream after this film. <br/><br/>"Influential, popular, important." These are the words given to great films. This is a great film and should be rescued from its reputation as being a "good Grade B film." It's much better and much more important than that. <br/><br/>Too many voters on IMDb miss the point when they vote for films. They vote for films they enjoy, rather than films that are important, influential AND popular. They are consumers, not film fanatics. Thus, we will soon see a sad phenomenon where Peter Jackson's "King Kong" is rated way above the original… What an abomination. Without the original, the homage would never exist. And I bet Peter Jackson (and every other filmmaker) would agree that the original should be listed first. <br/><br/>The voting criteria on this Website needs to change. IMDb is losing its credibility. Too many mediocre films are pushing great films off the "Top 250." <br/><br/>Let's work with the great people who run this website. I doubt they like this any better than true fans of film like ourselves. Let's begin by tanking the film ratings for these CGI- generated monstrosities. True film lovers, drive all bad films off the list by giving them a "1" rating. Film lovers, let's take back film history. In its stripped-down, cannily cinematic way, it's one of the most imaginative Australian films yet released in this country. It has no pretensions to do anything except entertain in the primitive, occasionally jolting fashion of the first nickelodeon movies, whose audiences flinched as streetcars lumbered silently toward the camera. Half a decade after he killed the motorcycle gang that slew his wife and son. Max (Mel Gibson) a cynical and selfish wanderer whom aimlessly drives across the barren highways of Australia learns from a deranged pilot called The Gyro Captain (Bruce Spence) about a nearby petrol refinery which is besieged by a gang of savage warriors led by the masked Humungus (Kjell Nilsson) that wants the petrol from the refinery for themselves. Max manages to enter the petrol refinery and makes a deal with the leader of the refinery Pappagallo (Michael Preston) to find a truck, so the people running the refinery can safely transport the petrol across the highway whilst evading The Humungus and his warriors and so Pappagallo and his people can travel to a safe place, which in return, he'll be given petrol as payment and hit the road and move on. After, Max manages to find a truck and drives it back to the refinery, Max is injured in an ambush and is nursed back to health and a reluctant Max agrees to drive the truck and soon, Max, Pappagallo and his people are pursued across the highway by The Humungus and his warriors which becomes a high speed fight for survival as The Humungus and his warriors will stop at nothing to get to steal the petrol for themselves. No. In the US r-rated version some short plot scenes as well as some scenes of violence, which had to be cut in order to get an r-rating, are missing. This version has been released on DVD, Laserdisc and VHS in the USA. In early VHS times a few European releases (e.g. Germany and UK) as well as the Australian version offered the so called unrated-version. Later then, new re-releases based on the cut US-Master have been released in these countries which lead to the fact that the original unrated copies vanished more and more.<br/><br/>Until now only one version has been released on DVD and it's the r-rated-version. The reason for this, is the same as the later VHS re-release being only the r-rated version: The US-Master has been used for every DVD-print on the planet (although there are rumours that the first Japanese DVD had the unrated version).<br/><br/>But there is some light at the end of the tunnel: At least the new HD-releases (HD DVD and Blu-Ray) offer a slightly longer version. This version includes the scenes that had to be cut to achieve an r-rating. However it seems that even the HD-releases still lack the short plot scenes. According to director George Miller on the Blu-ray commentary track, costume designer Norma Moriceau was given very few limitations on how to design the film's unique outfits. Miller said he wanted the "clothing" of the future to look post-apocalyptic & pieced together from whatever the wearer could scrounge up from anywhere they happened to be. Moriceau had the idea of using American football shoulder pads & clothing she bought from sex shops (like Wez' seatless leather pants).<br/><br/>As far as Max's outfit goes, it is heavily modified from the original leather uniform he wore as one of the "Bronze" policemen in the first film. Each alteration has a unique origin:<br/><br/>* The sleeve of his jacket is missing since he had his arm run over in the first movie and medics would have cut the sleeve off rather than remove it by pulling it over the injured arm.<br/><br/>* His leg brace is due to his knee cap being shot through by Bubba Zanetti in the first movie.<br/><br/>* His spanner and tool harness is for running repairs on the V8.<br/><br/>* His driving gloves are missing the fingers on the index and middle finger on both hands, this may be so he can easily retrieve and load shotgun shells, it may also be due to wear and tear as the gloves have several more holes. Cutting the fingers off the gloves would be easier than repairing any holes. There's different ways of interpreting this. One argument is that he felt he owed them for patching him up and not leaving him to die in the desert. Another is that he is still as cynical and misanthropic as he was before his Interceptor was destroyed and realises that if he doesn't drive the tanker he'll be left behind to the mercy of the Humungus' Dogs of War. It's also possible that Max had long had a death wish and the only thing that kept him going was protecting his car and his dog and, having lost them, he decides he no longer has any reason to live and may as well go out in a blaze of glory, given the slim chances of the small crew that was riding & defending the tanker. Possibly he also wanted revenge on the Humungus gang for killing his dog and destroying his car, and the best revenge he could enact on them, besides killing as many of them as possible, was to make sure they didn't get the gas either, so that they too were left without getting what they wanted. His line "Believe me, I haven't got a choice" when asked why he wants to drive the truck leaves his motives ambiguous. Another interpretation is that since everything he had is gone ("got all I need here") referring to his vehicle, he had no choice but to drive the rig and hopefully get a new vehicle out of it. Because of his past, being with others is not an option.<br/><br/>However the voiceover at the beginning states that this was Max 'learning to live again'. Noticeably he saves the Feral Kid and spares the life of the Gyro Captain, ultimately he is the saviour for the settlers whom he realises are the hope for a new and better world. Whilst the original Mad Max featured the crumbling of civilization and Max's loss of humanity all of the sequels feature him regaining his humanity and restoring what was lost. However he does not go with the settlers in the end suggesting the process is still far from complete. <br/><br/>The theme of a burned-out loner helping out a rag-tag group of people is an old one in cinema. Some other movies to watch for similar themes include The Seven Samurai & Yojimbo by Akira Kurosawa, and also countless westerns. The novels of Mad Max 2 and 3 give some background to Max' history: in the 2nd book Max remembers his boss losing control of the MFP after Max's wife and son were killed as society fell apart further. In the 3rd novel it states that after the death of his family and his revenge on the Toecutter's gang "the world had finally blown itself to Hell a few weeks later it had seemed only fitting. He had taken off alone into the wastes and lived there ever since". An Australian Cattle Dog or "Blue Heeler", as it's known in its native land. The dog the producers got for the film was known simply as "Dog" and was retrieved at a local pound where he was scheduled to be euthanized the next day. The production's animal wrangler (trainer) found that the dog could be easily trained for the film. After the film was done, it found a home on a local ranch. "THE VERMIN HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH". It was likely painted on there by someone who thought of marauders like Wez & the Humungus to be the vermin of the world following the apocalypse, the type of thugs who rape & kill for fuel. In the middle of the 80s Mad Max 2 got edited in a special version for TV. The first channel which aired this version was NBC, later the Australian Network 10 as well. This version is censored in nearly every scene containing violence but offers different camera angles and complete alternative scenes which are unique in this way. These scenes were re-inserted to the movie to enlarge him to its original runtime whereas some of these scenes would have been good for the original version as well. As most movie fans should know, Mel Gibson's appearance as The Road Warrior had to be softened in two scenes (arrow in the arm + boomerang in the head) in order to receive an R-Rating. The original version also features some more plot material. 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