When Mad Max went to the USA the distributor didn't think the American audiences would understand the Australian accent, so it was badly dubbed with American accents. Mell Gibson was given a Texan accent. This 65 year young Aussie hasn't had the opportunity to see that version, thank God
This is actually my favourite Max movie as it's pre apocalypse collapse of society theme is quite realistic. Plus Hugh Keays Byrne is such a theatrical entertaining villain
Yep, this is the best. It's raw, it's artistic, it's poetic, it has substance. Put it this way, it would be impossible to redo this. What's his name had Shakespearian experience too. When people automatically say 2 is way better, or even the first is crap, I don't want to know those people. They don't have a cultured or tasteful bone in their body, and are commercial junkies for what is the Hollywood concoction mixed with the adrenaline surging need for gratuitous action. I think I'm done now. Good comment, I would watch films with you.
Fury Road is its own thing, a reboot advertised as a sequel-ish film for nostalgia and marketing purposes, and there's absolutely no continuation, neither in style nor the story...not to mention the character...
@@darkstar3116 Probably a result of it being praised beyond what it deserves and especially fans of it trying to present it as a part of the same story line as the originals which in turn created this whole revisionism thing where the character, the story and the entire world of original Mad Max are now misinterpreted in order to shoehorn Fury Road into the non existent "quadrilogy". It also represents everything that brought golden age of action film to and end, and everything the worst decade for action film (so far) is.
@@jovanjorgovan23 Fury Road was great. It was a great action movie, was a great Mad Max movie. None of the Mad Max movies are technically the same Max. Mad Max is the spirit that takes over. None of the timelines line up, and to claim Fury Road is so different from the original trilogy that it doesn't relate doesn't make sense, unless the first movie also isn't related to the second and third movie.
The movie still holds up after all these years despite being really low budget. Raw performances elevate this from a forgettable action flix. Launched Mel Gibson career. He has that screen presence that demands your attention without him having to say much, like a Clint Eastwood. It set in a post apocalypse society after nuclear war, where there is anarchy with these gangs. The subsequent movies they had larger budget to create environment that looks different.
The scene where the motorbike gang is run off the bridge and they land in the river, the bridge's safety railings were removed for those stunts to happen. They didn't ask Vic Roads if they could they could removed the railings for that scene, they simply removed the railings, filmed the scene and then reassembled the railings. The green house where the gang comes running out of is still there today and is now a B&B. Trees and a hedge have been planted in front of it. The town the gang terrorises is the historic town of Clunes. The railway station is still there and has been thoroughly modernised.
in the context of the film, The Dark One is Ziggy (the MFP with the cowboy hat who takes possession of the severed hand). In reality it's a remnant of the original script, which was changed several times as the budget was so, sooooo tiny
You guys are going to love “Mad Max 2” (“The Road Warrior” is the American title). It takes some of the good ideas here, and just expands upon them. The opening is both epic and haunting.
Great reaction you two to this sci-fi action classic which put Mel Gibson on the map as an international movie star. I hope you both plan to do the two sequels as well (again with Mel) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (and that one has the iconic Tina Turner as a main character, RIP).
The movie that started it all the whole dystopian world genre, good movie holds up, the next one The Road Warrior was huge at the theater, I remember me and my wife watching, thanks y’all!
Yep, you saw the original. I do believe the 29th Anniversary DVD has both this and the American dub. When it was first released in the States the studio didn't think we wouldn't understand the Australian accent and slang. The next one, "The Road Warrior" is fantastic, as is the third.
As an 8yr old kid i was really spooked by the scene where she finds the hand dangling off the car. Also the scene where Johnny is left to cut the chain around his ankle. Still remember that to this day. Weird how if you think of it .. there were 3.5 billion less people when that movie came out, same with all the late 70s, early 80s movies so imagine what a 'smashing hit' meant back then... Just EVERYONE and their mother were talking about these movies... kinda miss those days. Loved your reactions to this amazing classic.
it was the last scene where Mad Max had Johnny the Boy handcuffed by his ankle to the car, and was given a chance to cut through his ankle or the handcuff, was the inspiration for the horror film Saw also made by Australians James Wan and Leigh Whannell.
“The Dark One” is a very overlooked character. On the side of the MFP cars it says the names of the cops assigned and under Max’s name is the “Dark One.” He was the one who Goose was talking about in the diner with his face ripped off and was supposed to appear with a prosthetic nose in the scene where Max and Jesse deal with the severed hand. The cop who showed up to help Max and Jesse with the severed hand is called “Ziggy” but he was originally meant to be The Dark One. The novelization that was written after fills in a lot of the blanks
This was filmed in my city, Melbourne, and the surrounding countryside. A long time ago I bought my very first car and the very next day I completely wrecked one of the side doors due to my total inability to understand the concept of parking by sideswiping it into those pylons at 8:29 (Melbourne University underground car park). LOL
A classic Aussie film I couldn't see this when it came out as it was rated "R" The sequel - which is far the best of the series I could see. It had a rating of "MA" (mature adult - which meant over 15 years of age) Back then the ratings were "R", "MA", "M", "PG" and "G" and an "R" rating - restricted - meant you couldn't see it till you were 18 The sequel was released here in Australia as Mad Max 2, but in the USA as The Road Warrior I must have seen Mad Max 2 six times at the cinema in Parramatta
This was a very impactful film for the times. We'd never seen anything like it before and it ushered in the era of the "post apocalyptic, warrior of the wasteland" genre.
The Dark One appeared right after they found Cundalini's hand hanging off the bumper. He had the line "If no one makes a claim to it, I say we can forget it."
Actually, sorry to be a super mad max nerd. The dark one is a seperate character. That is Ziggy, he is the local zone commander of the transcon. Originally was meant to be the dark one in the script. But was changed. They left the one reference of him in the film though. the dark one is max first partner. So its assumed in the mad max universe that the dark one is a seperate character. He lives near that area and is retired. The story goose tells in the cafe at the start is about the dark one. This is from the mad max film book and original script. There is a lot of detail about everyone backstory. The subtle world building in this film is staggering when you learn about it.
It isn't really post-apocalyptic, the movie was made after the 1970s oil crisis and perpetuates the idea of a society in slow decline. The second movie takes place some five years later and things have changed quite a bit for the worse there.
Exactly. The first has electronics and some vegetation. The second there was still water but the vegetation was slowly dying and gas are hard to come by. The third oil is used for life in certain places, and it’s getting more barren. The fourth, water are hard to come by and the atmosphere are getting dried and damped. Damped as there are liquid but extracting water is a challenge. In a way, the first is just the start before the change in later years.
Oh for sure. The first three Mad Max movies show a snippet of a declining world in three forms. Mad Max being a dystopian movie. Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier being a post-apocalyptic. While Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome being a post fallout movie. There are differences being dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and post-fallout, and the first three Mad Max movies is a prime example of showing that within the same cinematic universe.
@@Cybrludite By Thunderdome it has. It is just within Australia. Everything within Australia has broken down. Think Somalia, but on an continental scail, and with a world war going on.
in a way in the Mad Max series, our contemporary society decreases from a state in Mad Max, to a chiefdom in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, a tribe in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and a band in Mad Max Fury Road, while the rebellious punk society increases from a band in Mad Max to a tribe in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, to a chiefdom in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome to a state in Mad Max Fury Road.
On Max's yellow INTERCEPTOR (front fender) is Max's last name, "Rockatansky" and his partner's name, whom we never see, "The Dark One." It was the same for the yellow PURSUIT, Roop and Charlie's names were on it.
Fun Fact: The movie was shot near by Melbourne Australia, the crew didnt have work permits and so Melbourne Police helped the crew by closing the roads and escorting the vehicles to the next shot location.
It does gets worst as time comes and you’ll notice by the citizens and atmosphere and environment. I love the Mad Max franchise and the video game version is also great.
During this time, Australia was putting out a lot of movies. They were lower budget but pretty good. They had a certain flavor that was unique. After you watched enough of them to get it, they started to click and the budget was less important. It's a bit difficult to explain really.
You guys are the first reaction channel I've seen that have watched the movies in sequence, awesome. I watched them all when they were first released, still enjoy watching them and it's even better with people first reactions. Thanks.
The Dark One was a character in initial conceptions of the film that was ultimately cut out. I don't know if any scenes were actually filmed, but he was called that because he was going to be an Aboriginal. He was like a local sheriff sort of character.
LOL - "the Dark One" is that goateed sheriff guy. Seemed like a pretty cool dude to me too... Also notice how the ravens foreshadow the bad guys and the hawk appears as Max starts killing them...
Max's beach house in Victoria here in Australia still exists today. It's had alterations been done too it as well. The car which is hacked to death by the Toe-Cutters gang is a '59 Chevy Impala. The car was basically on the way to ruin before it was even used in the film, The rusty water coming from the radiator is a good indicator of the general condition of the car. Also note that the pipes on the hood are riveted on for looks only, see how they shake around when the car is attacked. In reality this car was only a 6 cylinder anyway. So when you both said why would they wreck a car like that for the film that's why.
Classic film! I imported an Australian VHS original of this in 1987 with the help of a lady who at the time worked for Roadshow Home Video as it was known at the time. I also called the Australian Embassy in London when I thought that maybe Australian videotape might not be compatible with the VHS used in the UK but thankfully it was.
Moderately interesting trivia....there was, or possibly still is, a company in Australia called Aussie Coupes. They would source any car from the Mad Max trilogy, customise it to look as much like its counterpart in the movies as you wanted, and ship it to you anywhere in the world. Super expensive though! The badass grandma is a legendary Australian actress by the name of Sheila Florance. She was in dozens of Australian films, tv shows and a lot of theatre stuff from the late 50's until her death in the early 90's. Possibly remembered best outside Australia for the long running series Prisoner, a low buget but much loved prison drama.
In this film - society is sort of on the verge of collapsing but its not post apocalyptic in anyway. There is still law, a police force, hospitals etc - but things are running out and becoming more scarce, so it’s a society that is about to collapse. Fun fact - it was never meant to be a society collapsing, but George Millar decided to make it like that after not having the budget to film in cities etc and had to film in the outback and in small towns instead, so after a couple of weeks filming decided that society was collapsing as it made more sense. Mad Max 2 is post apocalyptic and Beyond the Thunderdome absolutely is.
Needless to say the plot of this film formed the blueprint for about half the films in Gibson’s career. “Braveheart?” Gibson jokingly called it “Mad Mack.”
This first movie was so low budget and such a surprise cult hit at the box office. The budgets for the subsequent films exploded.. While their quality is hit and miss (mostly hits) the more recent "Fury Road" is just outstanding.
Very good open minded reaction. Many slag this movie off, like spoilt little Hollywood, commercial brats. They don't have a brain in their head to think for themselves, and an artistic thought is out of the question.
So good y'all got to this cult classic! I remember watching this at the drive-in when it came out, just thought it was so cool. (My brothers & I are muscle car gearheads & were do over the top for the cars.) Although i wish more background would have been included, still think the storyline was pretty good...especially considering the budget etc. Look forward to seeing y'all get to the second one!
The Dark One was the name of Max's co driver that was in the original script, but the character was eventually dropped, but i guess the line was left in the final script for some reason. The Dark One was also originally going to be the subject of Gooses gruesome diner story, and was going to have a "plastic nose" as a result of bouncing through the car window. Ziggy (the cop who collects the hand) is like a defacto replacement for The Dark One, as he was originally going to be the one who Max talks to, regarding the hand.
George Miller ( Happy Feet, Babe, Lorenzo's Oil etc) wrote this movie after his experiences as an Emergency Room Doctor and the Motor Vehicle Accident cases he dealt with. After it's success he left Medicine and devoted himself to the Movie industry with varying levels of success but, overall, you'd have to say he made the right decision. It also catapulted Mel Gibson to international stardom. I think the budget for this movie was $400,000 (AU (!)) so......not very much and the returns were astronomical, I think he did pretty well, for having no money and a home-made script.
Small detail missed by most; The MFP cars are marked on the rear as to their job. Eveyone has "PURSUIT", while Max's car is marked "INTERCEPTOR". His job is to end the chase.
I don't comment much, but truly, kudos to you guys for starting at the beginning with this franchise (even though for us it was spaced out in decades lol) the way us boomers had to see it..
This is a very good start for Max you get to see his orgins and the awesome stunts it's a good movie. But the next The Road Warrior is fucking epic and you guys if you loved this one you will not be disappointed with the next entry 😊
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I agree with the comments about the sequel, "The Road Warrior" (US Title) or "Mad Max II". I think it is the best of the series. I saw it the year it was released in a theater on a big screen and it was exhilarating. No CGI, all practical effects and stunts.
I Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than US$100 million worldwide in gross revenue and set a Guinness record for most profitable film for many many years . Crazy huh ?
It was an incredibly low budget movie so there are obvious areas where things could have been clearer. There’s a whole culture online explaining some of the parts that aren’t so apparent. The Dark One was Max’s partner (you see his name on the yellow police Interceptor. He’s almost certainly the guy who takes Condalini’s hand into lost property. Definitely watch the second one, it’s largely felt to be the best of the original trilogy. Australian cinema isn’t frightened to kill off animals, women and children, it’s part of the joy…
I first saw this on VHS in the eighties and it was the dubbed version although I had no idea and thought it was an American film as everyone had super gruff accents.
Hey Eric & Sarah Reacts. I just watch this first time reaction, and I am about to see you Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier review. With that said, here are my heads up when it come time to watch other Mad Max movies. The first three Mad Max movies show a snippet of a declining world in three forms. Mad Max being a dystopian movie. Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier being a post-apocalyptic. While Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome being a post fallout movie. There are differences being dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and post-fallout, and the first three Mad Max movies is a prime example of showing that within the same cinematic universe. Mad Max is now what what we call an "origin movie" in relation to the role of Max Rockatansky. As for the other Mad Max movies. It is best to view them from the point of view of the events that happen to them, but just happen around the interaction of a person that fit the description of Max Rockatansky, and due to tome tend to distort story's in relation to person(s), and or event(s). It means that Max Rockatansky has been lifted in to a mystical figure In this movie, his call sign is "The Dark One". Meaning that he is the best driver that MFP have, and Max work the best on his own. Also the only reason that it is refereed too in this movie is all down to the community's he come across has no reason to know that. Also with the very last part of this movie. That whole section where Max Rockatansky handcuff Johnny The Boy to the car, and gave him the two option with the saw. Yup, that is exactly where the idea of the Saw movies came from. With that said, I am about to watch the first time reaction to Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier. OH, I just subbed by the way.
Night Rider cried because the stuff he was on that made him hyper wore off and he really was missing that hyper feeling. The movie could have made this more obvious, but it makes sense once you know what is happening.
I seem to be backward from most people when it comes to the "Mad Max" films. I liked "Fury Road" the best, "Beyond Thunderdome" second, "The Road Warrior" third, and this one the least (which is not to say I _dislike_ this movie. I just like it the least of the four). So, for me, this was the opposite of what's normal. Instead of the first being the best and going downhill, each sequel was better than the one before. Looking forward to your reactions to the next ones, whenever they happen to come along! ✌🤓
Studios didn’t think American audiences would be able to decipher the thick accents and navigate through the slang. The American dub does change dialogue for this reason as well. I agree; it’s silly and saps all the nuance out of the performances, especially Hugh Keays-Bryne, who was changing up his accent scene to scene intentionally.
When Mad Max went to the USA the distributor didn't think the American audiences would understand the Australian accent, so it was badly dubbed with American accents.
Mell Gibson was given a Texan accent. This 65 year young Aussie hasn't had the opportunity to see that version, thank God
It's fkn cancer to the eye and ear.
This is actually my favourite Max movie as it's pre apocalypse collapse of society theme is quite realistic. Plus Hugh Keays Byrne is such a theatrical entertaining villain
Yep, this is the best. It's raw, it's artistic, it's poetic, it has substance. Put it this way, it would be impossible to redo this. What's his name had Shakespearian experience too. When people automatically say 2 is way better, or even the first is crap, I don't want to know those people. They don't have a cultured or tasteful bone in their body, and are commercial junkies for what is the Hollywood concoction mixed with the adrenaline surging need for gratuitous action.
I think I'm done now. Good comment, I would watch films with you.
What a wonderful philosophy you have.
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Well if you like him as a villain then you should like Fury Road even more!
Yes! I hate it when reaction channels just jump straight to Fury Road instead of starting from the beginning.
Fury Road is its own thing, a reboot advertised as a sequel-ish film for nostalgia and marketing purposes, and there's absolutely no continuation, neither in style nor the story...not to mention the character...
@@jovanjorgovan23 Well aware.
Fury Road is not really a Mad Max movie though (lots of reasons...)
@@darkstar3116 Probably a result of it being praised beyond what it deserves and especially fans of it trying to present it as a part of the same story line as the originals which in turn created this whole revisionism thing where the character, the story and the entire world of original Mad Max are now misinterpreted in order to shoehorn Fury Road into the non existent "quadrilogy". It also represents everything that brought golden age of action film to and end, and everything the worst decade for action film (so far) is.
@@jovanjorgovan23 Fury Road was great. It was a great action movie, was a great Mad Max movie. None of the Mad Max movies are technically the same Max. Mad Max is the spirit that takes over. None of the timelines line up, and to claim Fury Road is so different from the original trilogy that it doesn't relate doesn't make sense, unless the first movie also isn't related to the second and third movie.
The movie still holds up after all these years despite being really low budget. Raw performances elevate this from a forgettable action flix. Launched Mel Gibson career. He has that screen presence that demands your attention without him having to say much, like a Clint Eastwood. It set in a post apocalypse society after nuclear war, where there is anarchy with these gangs. The subsequent movies they had larger budget to create environment that looks different.
The scene where the motorbike gang is run off the bridge and they land in the river, the bridge's safety railings were removed for those stunts to happen. They didn't ask Vic Roads if they could they could removed the railings for that scene, they simply removed the railings, filmed the scene and then reassembled the railings.
The green house where the gang comes running out of is still there today and is now a B&B. Trees and a hedge have been planted in front of it. The town the gang terrorises is the historic town of Clunes. The railway station is still there and has been thoroughly modernised.
So glad you watched it in original Australian. Now you guys are ready for Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.
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in the context of the film, The Dark One is Ziggy (the MFP with the cowboy hat who takes possession of the severed hand). In reality it's a remnant of the original script, which was changed several times as the budget was so, sooooo tiny
The Toecutter actor in this played Immortan Joe in Fury Road.
You guys are going to love “Mad Max 2” (“The Road Warrior” is the American title). It takes some of the good ideas here, and just expands upon them.
The opening is both epic and haunting.
Great reaction you two to this sci-fi action classic which put Mel Gibson on the map as an international movie star. I hope you both plan to do the two sequels as well (again with Mel) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (and that one has the iconic Tina Turner as a main character, RIP).
The movie that started it all the whole dystopian world genre, good movie holds up, the next one The Road Warrior was huge at the theater, I remember me and my wife watching, thanks y’all!
Yep, you saw the original. I do believe the 29th Anniversary DVD has both this and the American dub. When it was first released in the States the studio didn't think we wouldn't understand the Australian accent and slang. The next one, "The Road Warrior" is fantastic, as is the third.
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Because Ostrælian Ekksænt in the movie so thick lmao
I was a teenager when this first came out. We were all obsessed with the Interceptor, such a great introduction in the film.
As an 8yr old kid i was really spooked by the scene where she finds the hand dangling off the car.
Also the scene where Johnny is left to cut the chain around his ankle. Still remember that to this day.
Weird how if you think of it .. there were 3.5 billion less people when that movie came out, same with
all the late 70s, early 80s movies so imagine what a 'smashing hit' meant back then...
Just EVERYONE and their mother were talking about these movies... kinda miss those days.
Loved your reactions to this amazing classic.
it was the last scene where Mad Max had Johnny the Boy handcuffed by his ankle to the car, and was given a chance to cut through his ankle or the handcuff, was the inspiration for the horror film Saw also made by Australians James Wan and Leigh Whannell.
“The Dark One” is a very overlooked character. On the side of the MFP cars it says the names of the cops assigned and under Max’s name is the “Dark One.” He was the one who Goose was talking about in the diner with his face ripped off and was supposed to appear with a prosthetic nose in the scene where Max and Jesse deal with the severed hand. The cop who showed up to help Max and Jesse with the severed hand is called “Ziggy” but he was originally meant to be The Dark One. The novelization that was written after fills in a lot of the blanks
This was filmed in my city, Melbourne, and the surrounding countryside. A long time ago I bought my very first car and the very next day I completely wrecked one of the side doors due to my total inability to understand the concept of parking by sideswiping it into those pylons at 8:29 (Melbourne University underground car park). LOL
Toe Cutter and Immortan Joe (Fury Road) same actor Hugh Keays-Byrne ,hence the mask.
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A classic Aussie film
I couldn't see this when it came out as it was rated "R"
The sequel - which is far the best of the series I could see. It had a rating of "MA" (mature adult - which meant over 15 years of age)
Back then the ratings were "R", "MA", "M", "PG" and "G" and an "R" rating - restricted - meant you couldn't see it till you were 18
The sequel was released here in Australia as Mad Max 2, but in the USA as The Road Warrior
I must have seen Mad Max 2 six times at the cinema in Parramatta
This was a very impactful film for the times.
We'd never seen anything like it before and it
ushered in the era of the "post apocalyptic, warrior of the wasteland" genre.
The scene where Max gets up off the road, after being shot in the leg and having his arm ran over, stuck in my head as an example of pure will.
You can absolutely see how low budget this movie is, but it's still extremely effective in getting you emotionally invested and very entertaining.
The Dark One appeared right after they found Cundalini's hand hanging off the bumper. He had the line "If no one makes a claim to it, I say we can forget it."
Actually, sorry to be a super mad max nerd. The dark one is a seperate character. That is Ziggy, he is the local zone commander of the transcon. Originally was meant to be the dark one in the script. But was changed. They left the one reference of him in the film though. the dark one is max first partner. So its assumed in the mad max universe that the dark one is a seperate character. He lives near that area and is retired. The story goose tells in the cafe at the start is about the dark one. This is from the mad max film book and original script. There is a lot of detail about everyone backstory. The subtle world building in this film is staggering when you learn about it.
@@Jimmyjivelives I stand corrected
That was awesome! Underrated movie. That movie was made with next to no money. Great job!
All practical stunts and effects
It isn't really post-apocalyptic, the movie was made after the 1970s oil crisis and perpetuates the idea of a society in slow decline. The second movie takes place some five years later and things have changed quite a bit for the worse there.
Exactly. The first has electronics and some vegetation.
The second there was still water but the vegetation was slowly dying and gas are hard to come by.
The third oil is used for life in certain places, and it’s getting more barren.
The fourth, water are hard to come by and the atmosphere are getting dried and damped. Damped as there are liquid but extracting water is a challenge.
In a way, the first is just the start before the change in later years.
WWIII hadn't gone nuclear yet in the second movie according to the creator of the series.
Oh for sure. The first three Mad Max movies show a snippet of a declining world in three forms. Mad Max being a dystopian movie. Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier being a post-apocalyptic. While Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome being a post fallout movie. There are differences being dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and post-fallout, and the first three Mad Max movies is a prime example of showing that within the same cinematic universe.
@@Cybrludite By Thunderdome it has. It is just within Australia. Everything within Australia has broken down. Think Somalia, but on an continental scail, and with a world war going on.
The writers of the movie Saw said they took direct inspiration from this movie when they wrote the script.
35:40 pretty sure this is where that part of Saw came from.
in a way in the Mad Max series, our contemporary society decreases from a state in Mad Max, to a chiefdom in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, a tribe in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and a band in Mad Max Fury Road, while the rebellious punk society increases from a band in Mad Max to a tribe in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, to a chiefdom in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome to a state in Mad Max Fury Road.
The Nightrider, remember him when you look at the night sky.
On Max's yellow INTERCEPTOR (front fender) is Max's last name, "Rockatansky" and his partner's name, whom we never see, "The Dark One." It was the same for the yellow PURSUIT, Roop and Charlie's names were on it.
Fun Fact:
The movie was shot near by Melbourne Australia, the crew didnt have work permits and so Melbourne Police helped the crew by closing the roads and escorting the vehicles to the next shot location.
The sequel, The Road Warrior, one of the best action movies ever made.
It does gets worst as time comes and you’ll notice by the citizens and atmosphere and environment. I love the Mad Max franchise and the video game version is also great.
Mad Max 2 starts where the first one ended . Best of all 3
During this time, Australia was putting out a lot of movies. They were lower budget but pretty good. They had a certain flavor that was unique. After you watched enough of them to get it, they started to click and the budget was less important. It's a bit difficult to explain really.
You guys are the first reaction channel I've seen that have watched the movies in sequence, awesome. I watched them all when they were first released, still enjoy watching them and it's even better with people first reactions. Thanks.
The Toecutter is played by Hugh keyes byrne, who went on to play Immortan Joe in Fury Road.
As someone who lived in Oz in 79, can attest that Australia is even Worse now
(Max seeing the goose in the hospital)
“Is this the creation of Mad Max?”
Oh…no…Just wait.
The Dark One was a character in initial conceptions of the film that was ultimately cut out. I don't know if any scenes were actually filmed, but he was called that because he was going to be an Aboriginal. He was like a local sheriff sort of character.
LOL - "the Dark One" is that goateed sheriff guy. Seemed like a pretty cool dude to me too...
Also notice how the ravens foreshadow the bad guys and the hawk appears as Max starts killing them...
Max's beach house in Victoria here in Australia still exists today. It's had alterations been done too it as well.
The car which is hacked to death by the Toe-Cutters gang is a '59 Chevy Impala. The car was basically on the way to ruin before it was even used in the film, The rusty water coming from the radiator is a good indicator of the general condition of the car.
Also note that the pipes on the hood are riveted on for looks only, see how they shake around when the car is attacked. In reality this car was only a 6 cylinder anyway.
So when you both said why would they wreck a car like that for the film that's why.
Classic film! I imported an Australian VHS original of this in 1987 with the help of a lady who at the time worked for Roadshow Home Video as it was known at the time. I also called the Australian Embassy in London when I thought that maybe Australian videotape might not be compatible with the VHS used in the UK but thankfully it was.
Moderately interesting trivia....there was, or possibly still is, a company in Australia called Aussie Coupes. They would source any car from the Mad Max trilogy, customise it to look as much like its counterpart in the movies as you wanted, and ship it to you anywhere in the world. Super expensive though!
The badass grandma is a legendary Australian actress by the name of Sheila Florance. She was in dozens of Australian films, tv shows and a lot of theatre stuff from the late 50's until her death in the early 90's. Possibly remembered best outside Australia for the long running series Prisoner, a low buget but much loved prison drama.
The dark one was the guy who took the hand . In the original script he was Max's partner and the one Goose told the story about in the diner.
In this film - society is sort of on the verge of collapsing but its not post apocalyptic in anyway. There is still law, a police force, hospitals etc - but things are running out and becoming more scarce, so it’s a society that is about to collapse. Fun fact - it was never meant to be a society collapsing, but George Millar decided to make it like that after not having the budget to film in cities etc and had to film in the outback and in small towns instead, so after a couple of weeks filming decided that society was collapsing as it made more sense. Mad Max 2 is post apocalyptic and Beyond the Thunderdome absolutely is.
Needless to say the plot of this film formed the blueprint for about half the films in Gibson’s career. “Braveheart?” Gibson jokingly called it “Mad Mack.”
There's a great (now old) music video based on the opening chase sequence - Addicted to Bass by Puretone.
Duran Duran - Wild Boys is closer to Mad Max 3.... :)
THE ROAD WARRIOR HAS WAY MORE ACTION IN THE MOVIE
Watch part 2 immediately lol
Fun fact.
The movie Saw was based on the closing scene of this film
"A break could do him good" Well...😂😂😂
This first movie was so low budget and such a surprise cult hit at the box office. The budgets for the subsequent films exploded.. While their quality is hit and miss (mostly hits) the more recent "Fury Road" is just outstanding.
The guy thats plays Toecutter is also the guy that plays Immortan Joe in fury road.
"Anything I say, what a wonderful philosophy yah have . . ."
Definitely worth watching the movies with Eric and Sarah
Please do The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) as well
Very good open minded reaction.
Many slag this movie off, like spoilt little Hollywood, commercial brats. They don't have a brain in their head to think for themselves, and an artistic thought is out of the question.
So good y'all got to this cult classic! I remember watching this at the drive-in when it came out, just thought it was so cool. (My brothers & I are muscle car gearheads & were do over the top for the cars.) Although i wish more background would have been included, still think the storyline was pretty good...especially considering the budget etc. Look forward to seeing y'all get to the second one!
I saw this in a cinema that no longer exists when i was about 13. Instantly an Australian Classic
The Dark One was the name of Max's co driver that was in the original script, but the character was eventually dropped, but i guess the line was left in the final script for some reason. The Dark One was also originally going to be the subject of Gooses gruesome diner story, and was going to have a "plastic nose" as a result of bouncing through the car window. Ziggy (the cop who collects the hand) is like a defacto replacement for The Dark One, as he was originally going to be the one who Max talks to, regarding the hand.
George Miller ( Happy Feet, Babe, Lorenzo's Oil etc) wrote this movie after his experiences as an Emergency Room Doctor and the Motor Vehicle Accident cases he dealt with. After it's success he left Medicine and devoted himself to the Movie industry with varying levels of success but, overall, you'd have to say he made the right decision.
It also catapulted Mel Gibson to international stardom.
I think the budget for this movie was $400,000 (AU (!)) so......not very much and the returns were astronomical, I think he did pretty well, for having no money and a home-made script.
That psycho's car bouncing sideways down the road, no CGI, 1979 . . .
It was a model car.
@@supraman100 Define model. Are you suggesting miniatures?
Small detail missed by most; The MFP cars are marked on the rear as to their job. Eveyone has "PURSUIT", while Max's car is marked "INTERCEPTOR". His job is to end the chase.
The actor who plays Toecutter has a very important role in Fury Road...
But i won't ruin the surprise by telling you who he plays.
I don't comment much, but truly, kudos to you guys for starting at the beginning with this franchise (even though for us it was spaced out in decades lol) the way us boomers had to see it..
You gotta watch the sequel. It’s one of the best action movies of all time and was named one of the best 100 movies of all time too.
Mad Max 2 is the absolute best.
This is a very good start for Max you get to see his orgins and the awesome stunts it's a good movie.
But the next The Road Warrior is fucking epic and you guys if you loved this one you will not be disappointed with the next entry 😊
In Australia in 1979 car seats for kids were probably not mandatory. Neither were seat belts. They were an option in some cars.
Front-seat seat belts became compulsory in 1969, and belts were required on all seats by 1971. It's also been compulsory to wear a seat belt since 1971.
In 1977 children aged under eight years of age were required to use seatbelts when travelling in the front seat of cars. From 1988 onwards, legislation was introduced mandating the restraint of infants under one year of age by “suitable devices”.
I grew up in the 60's and survived with no car seats! 😆 p.s. and sitting in the back of station wagons and pickups too.
I agree with the comments about the sequel, "The Road Warrior" (US Title) or "Mad Max II". I think it is the best of the series. I saw it the year it was released in a theater on a big screen and it was exhilarating. No CGI, all practical effects and stunts.
The original and the best.
You’ll love part 2 more than this.
The Road Warrior is the perfect action movie. Flawless.
I Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than US$100 million worldwide in gross revenue and set a Guinness record for most profitable film for many many years .
Crazy huh ?
It was an incredibly low budget movie so there are obvious areas where things could have been clearer. There’s a whole culture online explaining some of the parts that aren’t so apparent. The Dark One was Max’s partner (you see his name on the yellow police Interceptor. He’s almost certainly the guy who takes Condalini’s hand into lost property.
Definitely watch the second one, it’s largely felt to be the best of the original trilogy. Australian cinema isn’t frightened to kill off animals, women and children, it’s part of the joy…
Filmed around and outside Melbourne, great cars
I first saw this on VHS in the eighties and it was the dubbed version although I had no idea and thought it was an American film as everyone had super gruff accents.
Hey Eric & Sarah Reacts. I just watch this first time reaction, and I am about to see you Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier review. With that said, here are my heads up when it come time to watch other Mad Max movies.
The first three Mad Max movies show a snippet of a declining world in three forms. Mad Max being a dystopian movie. Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier being a post-apocalyptic. While Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome being a post fallout movie. There are differences being dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and post-fallout, and the first three Mad Max movies is a prime example of showing that within the same cinematic universe.
Mad Max is now what what we call an "origin movie" in relation to the role of Max Rockatansky. As for the other Mad Max movies. It is best to view them from the point of view of the events that happen to them, but just happen around the interaction of a person that fit the description of Max Rockatansky, and due to tome tend to distort story's in relation to person(s), and or event(s). It means that Max Rockatansky has been lifted in to a mystical figure
In this movie, his call sign is "The Dark One". Meaning that he is the best driver that MFP have, and Max work the best on his own. Also the only reason that it is refereed too in this movie is all down to the community's he come across has no reason to know that. Also with the very last part of this movie. That whole section where Max Rockatansky handcuff Johnny The Boy to the car, and gave him the two option with the saw. Yup, that is exactly where the idea of the Saw movies came from. With that said, I am about to watch the first time reaction to Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier.
OH, I just subbed by the way.
The mad is a refference to the old english use of mad as in crazy or insane
So it begins.
Mad Max 2 is my fave of the four max films, looking forward to the 'furiousa' movie from Miller
Worlds BEST movie car ever
Night Rider cried because the stuff he was on that made him hyper wore off and he really was missing that hyper feeling. The movie could have made this more obvious, but it makes sense once you know what is happening.
Each of the 4 Mad Max movies have a slightly different flavor.
19:36 Just wait till you see why the title is Mad Max! Lol! His V8 car really did have 600hp!
I seem to be backward from most people when it comes to the "Mad Max" films. I liked "Fury Road" the best, "Beyond Thunderdome" second, "The Road Warrior" third, and this one the least (which is not to say I _dislike_ this movie. I just like it the least of the four). So, for me, this was the opposite of what's normal. Instead of the first being the best and going downhill, each sequel was better than the one before. Looking forward to your reactions to the next ones, whenever they happen to come along! ✌🤓
You guys are cool ❤
The bikers were played by members ifvan actual outlaw biker gang. Or "bikies"as they're known in Australia
This is classic……..love Mel Gibson 👍
If you like this I suggest “The salute of the Jugger”. It’s sports instead of cars.
Yes the two writers of Saw got the idea from this movie.
I like how the Night Riders a AC/DC fan I want to party with that guy
Mad actually means insane in this.
that grandma was in the original prisoners tv show (wentworth)
Great reaction guys to a timeless classic although the sequel is better
Made in 1979 there were no carseats back then.
Why would anyone dub some other English over an Australian English dialogue??
Studios didn’t think American audiences would be able to decipher the thick accents and navigate through the slang. The American dub does change dialogue for this reason as well. I agree; it’s silly and saps all the nuance out of the performances, especially Hugh Keays-Bryne, who was changing up his accent scene to scene intentionally.
Nice reaction, please give a try to Mad Max 2!
Yep 19:05, the Goose is cooked!