Mad Max (DVD)

(Also appears at ShaunMunro.co.uk) Director: George Miller Cast: Mel Gibson Release Date: April 12th, 1979 (Australia), December 10th, 1979 (UK) Certificate: MA (Australia), 18 (UK) Mad Max wastes no time in establishing a post-apocalyptic, nihilistic world, a barren wasteland where the morally bankrupt stalk the streets, preying on the innocent and defying the rather tenuous legal system. The opening scenes involve the police chasing a cop killer, yet the line between the law and the unlawful is blurred - the police wear black leather clothing, and as victims of their society, are often violent and blood-thirsty ...  Read the complete review

Director: George Miller Producers: Byron Kennedy and Bill Miller Writers: George Miller, James McCausland and Byron Kennedy Stars: Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Joanne Samuel, Tim Burns , Hugh Keays-Byrne and Geoff Parry. Released in April 1979 this Australian low budget action movie, set in the future and starring little known actor Mel Gibson... and possibly bringing the Australian movie industry onto the screens around the world. ** BRIEF PLOT ** Set in man kinds desolate future, with society already on the brink of destruction, a small police unit called Main Force Patrol (MFP) is struggling to protect the small ...  Read the complete review

One of the dilemmas facing movie producers is how much money to make available for a certain movie. Needless to say, a critical factor is the potential financial return. When a low budget affair returns many times more than its original investment, we inevitably have cult status along the lines of Blair Witch Project. An equally strong example was made in 1979. Directed by George Miller, Max Max went on to spawn two further sequels (one good, one not so good) as well as propelling the lead role into a career that has eclipsed the last four decades. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------- Main Cast: ...  Read the complete review

Long before his success in the great 'history' films of Braveheart and The Patriot, and before he shot to stardom with the Lethal Weapon series, Mel Gibson starred in the low budget Australian action flick, Mad Max. Set in a supposedly post-apocalyptic Australia, Mad Max featured over-the-top car chases, comic-book style villains, and one man - Max Rockatansky (played by Mel Gibson) - on a mission to rid Australia of a petrol-stealing, townsfolk-raping gang called the Toecutters. PC Plot ----------- As alluded to above, and on the back of the box, the film is set in a post-apocalyptic Australia. However, it doesn't look too post-apocalyptic, ...  Read the complete review

Review of Mad Max. DVD format. ==The DVD== A one disc edition, this was the first in the Mad Max trilogy. ASIN B00005MHN8 , Region 2, runtime 88 minutes, released on DVD June 2006 by Warner Home Video. Classification 18, genre Sci-fi/Action. The DVD is not bursting with special features merely the following:- Interactive Menus Scene Access Languages in Dolby Digital 1.0 : English, French, Italian Bonus Audio : Original Australian Theatrical Audio Track Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Dutch, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Romanian, Bulgarian Hearing Impaired: English, ...  Read the complete review