The grass has some green left in it, the law is still trying to keep the world straight, and the cars are still driving (Scarily accurate in their prediction). Loads of world-building goes on in just the first 10 minutes, with the world still barely hanging on.

They catch word of Nightrider (Gil), a cop killer driving crazily on the road who’s able to avoid them, so they call on Max (Gibson), who puts the chase to a stop. “A few years from now” the law-abiding few rely on the Main Force Patrol, who are essentially the highwaymen of the rotting world. It’s got the basics, but it scrounges for more, taking elements from films the world over to make something quirky, sophisticated, and barbaric. The Plot: With the world teetering on the brink of complete collapse, Miller and McCausland created a story from the perspective of the movie’s own world. It’s about a cop trying to maintain a system of law and order in a dying world being pushed to the edge by a biker gang. Mad Max was directed by George Miller (Happy Feet, Lorenzo’s Oil), written by Miller and James McCausland, and stars Mel Gibson ( Dangerous, Boss Level), Joanne Samuel (Alison’s Birthday, My Pet Dinosaur), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Stone, The Blood of Heroes), Tim Burns (Now and Forever, Patrol Boat), Geoff Parry (Gallipoli, Sword of Honour), Roger Ward ( Boar, Turkey Shoot), Steve Bisley (Water Rats, The Great Gatsby), and Vincent Gil ( Body Melt, Prisoner).

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