Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior made me PROUD to be Australian
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Thank you Mary for reacting Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior starring by Mel Gibson. Next time reacts Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome
thunderdome is like the best, you'll wonder why tina turner didn't do more movies, she does an incredible job, the plot is cool, every character is on point, dunno who how anyone could rate it the 'lowest', trust me you'll enjoy it.
Yes, it was a REAL explosion. The biggest one in Australian cinema up to that point. One that actually was bigger than some Hollywood explosions and topped even some real-war explosions as well. It held the record as "biggest in movie history" (Both in Australia and around the world) for nearly 10 years.
Keep in mind, this is considered as "ONE explosion" for the record. Having "secondary explosions" in the effect didn't count. And they also could only film it happening ONCE due to the fact that it actually blew the entire set apart and they couldn't afford to rebuild if they failed to capture it on film or it didn't go off properly.
Gasoline tends to give the explosion more fire while most other things give more impact but doesn't look nearly as impressive for the movie.
To watch Fury Road you should really play Mad Max (2015) videogame.
It's cannon and leads up to Fury Road.
The third movie is definitely worth checking out, if only for Tina Turner.
Bruce Spence, the actor who played the gyrocopter pilot in this movie also appeared in Beyond Thunderdome, playing a different character
Tina Turner was epic in that movie and her single "We Don't Need Another Hero" is still powerful today.
Here's a YT link to a non-video version to prevent spoilers! ruclips.net/video/kDERlmd2NS4/видео.html
Who run Bartertown?
It's... Meh. Not very good. Love Tina though.
Tina Turner was enough reason for me NOT to see the third movie.
The 3rd film is 85. This one was 81. And yep, they did everything you saw for real! And, of the originals, this is by far the best one!
Yeah, it has a raw, visceral quality that the slickness of Fury Road can't match.
@@richardb6260 I actually meant of the original trilogy, but yeah, unpopular opinion that it is, I'd put Part 2 over Fury Road as well!
I agree that the 2nd is the best of the originals, but the Tell of Captain Walker in Thunderdome is one of my favorite scenes; the tribal dialect is fascinating.
I would give more points to Fury Road. It was pretty good. They did try to stick with the rawness and practical effects that Road Warrior had.
I would put Fury Road a real close second to Road Warrior.
@@DocMicrowave Ditto.
Mad Max is the hero of legend who wanders in and out of people's tales. It's what makes him a legend. He's like Eastwood's man with no name
It's funny when I look back on most post-apocalyptic action movies and realize that they are just repackaged American and Italian Westerns or Australian bushranger epics.
@@robwalsh9843 Japanese Samurai movies were inspired by American Westerns, and Italian Westerns were inspired by Japanese Samurai movies. All of them inspired Star Wars. It's all memetic.
I'd classify Mad Max as dry pirate movies. Cars for boats, water/fuel/food for treasure, roads and dunes for sea...
"Mad Max" was about a society about to fall, "The Road Warrior" is a world in complete chaos, and "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" is the journey back to rebuilding some sort of society. I think as far as trilogies go, it's one of the absolute best. The third isn't my favorite, but it's still great, and it lays a lot of the groundwork for the expanded universe we see in "Mad Max: Fury Road." (Which you should most definitely see)
Read the book "Milton". It's better to rule in hell than serve in heaven!
That pappagallo dude was the best, he says we've won at the end because his people was safe, the plan wasn't to protect the tanker, but to give the rest of the clan a chance
I will never understand why people are trippin about the third movie. I thought it was fantastic. There is so much happening in it. Plus it was a throwback to the first movie in that it allowed Mel Gibson to do more than just grunt & look tough. And it introduced the concept of Max literally being a mythological figure.
Maybe because The Road Warrior is so epic? I liked the 3rd movie, I should probably watch it again.
Why? It has a lot of unnecessary characters and too many plots going on at once.
@@kiillabytez yeah okay... But what about "bust a deal spin the wheel" and "2 men enter 1 man leaves"
Damn girl, how have you not seen this yet. They're going to take your Aussie card away. Lol
If she hasn't seen "Crocodile Dundee" she is officially not Australian 😆
Australians don't really like Mad Max as it's sort of an embarrassment for their film industry, despite it really putting it on the map.
I can definitely see why with the 1st but the 2nd and 3rd aren't that bad, definitely better than the newer Hollywood made one
I'm still waiting for her to watch the 2 crocodile Dundee movies.
@@Paul-sl9zm Clearly you're not Australian, otherwise you would have known the movie all Australians see is The Castle.
Mel Gibson is not even Australian. He was born in New York City and live in the suburbs until 12. Then his father moved the family to Australia to avoid any children getting drafted.
Thunderdome is well worth watching. It's not as adrenaline fueled as this one, it's a different kind of story. More world building and I see it as Max moving back and forth between Hell, Purgatory and Paradise. Also has the legend Tina Turner.
A friend of mine took a psychology course and we watched Thunderdome together because the characters were suppose to represent the Jungian Archetypes; The Warrior, The Wanderer, The Orphan, The Innocent, The Sage and so on. I don't remember them all. Thunderdome isn't The Road Warrior but it's still very good and well worth watching. And, once again, it has freaking Tina Turner
All the children say
We don't need another hero
We don't need to know the way home
All we want is life beyond
Thunderdome
It's not just the Jungian archetypes, but also the anthropology of The Tribe was so well realized. The filmmakers created a new society with its own mythology and its own pidgin language, it was great.
Ahh the Jungian archetypes. The astrology substitute for psychology students
They did the same thing for the Wives in the new one.
Mad Max 2 -was released in 1981 in Australia, in December) -it was in America in 1982. I was 13 years, and this film was R-rated (17 years to see) I convinced my Dad to see this with me at the cinema. Dad also found it a real thrill-ride. I got my Mother and Brother to see this next. My parents took me to Australia in the Summer of 1986. My Dad, who was a Doctor, wanted to go to a medical convention in Sydney -so we flew down, traveled for two weeks before that (Perth, Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, to Tasmania, Canberra, then Sydney) I have seen many Australian films, like of Peter Weir. I became a fan of Midnight Oil, Crowded House, more into ACD-DC, INXS. My Dad and I did see "MM:thunderdome" and we were disappointed. Years later in 2015, with "Fury Road" I convinced my Dad to go see that too, in 3-D, the day before I was to have surgical hip-replacement. (theme -all the body damage in the Max films, I understood pain, then) My Dad now has Dementia, but we were talking the other day, and I told him how many great things he shared with me. I said that I've told friends, that my Dad was "cool" enough to taken me to film-revival showing of Hitchcock, or "Easy Rider" or "Officer and a Gentleman, or "The Road Warrior,...and some friends have said, "My Dad wouldn't have taken me to that". This made my Dad happy.
For me, I rate all 4 of them:
1. Thunderdome
2. Road Warrior
3. Fury Road
4. Mad Max
Yes, the third movie in the series is my favorite.
Thunderdome over the road warrior. Unacceptable. It's the weakest of the 4.
@@LouieR.4682 It's the most fun for me. I love it all the way through.
@@LouieR.4682 I accept that much more than anyone putting Fury Road over any of the legit movies.
Mad Max 3 is a worthy watch. Enjoy it, I did.
As an American, I think this movie is one of Australia's greatest cinematic works of art. It's the ultimate post-apocalypse adventure movie.
the third is absolutely worth checking out, maybe weakest of the original three, but none the less best effects and continued the story well worthy. still better than many action flicks theese days....
It’s so quotable too
@@coyotefever105 And it has Tina Turner!
Yes, Beyond Thunderdome is well worth checking out. Not as good as this one but well worth your time.
Yeah, for sure! There's some good sequences in it.
The next film in the series (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome) also has Mel Gibson playing Max. In Mad Max: Fury Road Tom Hardy played Max. Both are worth seeing, but the cinematography and effects in Fury Road are spectacular. The director (George Miller) favors non-CGI special effects so a LOT of what you see in all the films is actual stunt people doing amazing work.
Fury Road is totally a reboot. Its taking the mythology and doing its own thing. Same thing with the rebooted Star Trek. IMHO it's best to look at those on their own and not compare them.
and i think the same actor who plays the vilain in mad max 1 is also the vilain of Fury Road(=
@@tiagoalves2056 you are correct.
@@WolfHreda yes i know big fan💪😉
@@arandomnamegoeshere I agree with Tarantino.
Mel Gibson should have played Max in Fury Road.
The Road Warrior is the best Mad Max movie. Beyond Thunderdome is good as well.
The "Warrior Woman" was played by Aussie Virginia Hey, who also played Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the series Farscape (an Australian/American production) until, according to reports, she had to quite the series because of the chemicals in the makeup applied to her skin.
Wow, that's crazy.
Nah. She just hated shaving her head. When she came back for an ep she painted herself blue again but wore a bald cap.
BEST MAD MAX MOVIE EVER MADE!
If you watch Mad Max 3, don't get confused. You'll see the actor for the Gyro Captain again. The actor is back, but playing a different character.
I've noticed that Miller likes doing that for the Mad Max movies, 'cos the actor of Toecutter from the first one is the same guy that plays Immortan Joe in Fury Road.
And he happens to be a pilot too, what are the odds? Lol
Soundtrack makes the movie. May was a genius. The score just pushed the action to another level.
Those are all practical effects, no CGI. The explosions are real.
Yes, The Road Warrior is a very good movie!
Yes it is great takes me back to my childhood !
George Miller is all about the amazing, real explosions and stunts, even in the recent Mad Max: Fury Road.
And that's why Happy Feet was so good! 😂
Furiosa as well 🔥
Mary, if you've never seen it, you should watch the sci-fi show _Farscape._ It was filmed in Australia and features a number of Australian actors, including Virginia Hey who was the Warrior Woman here as Zhaan.
Farscape is the best.
Bruce Spence is in it too,he was supposed to play Scorpius but had conflicting responsibilities.
I love how each movie is it's own story. Thunderdome was my introduction to the franchise, though road warrior is my fav out of the original three. But... I cannot freaking wait for Mary to get to Fury Road. SO epic.
I still cant believe they took us to see this at school......Best school day ever!
The third film, "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome", is the best!
@17:45 Most definitely a real explosion. This movie was filmed “in sequence”, so when they blew up the set, they blew up the set, no reshoots.
This one, The Road Warrior, was my favorite out of the originals. The third one is worth watching for the spectacle, but tries to do a lot. I don't think you'd be disappointed watching it.
This movie stands up well as one of the BEST movies of all time, it is so incredibly well done. Been a favorite of mine since the early 80s, seen it more times than I can recount...
Yes! Watch Beyond Thunderdome.
Yes please do a reaction video on that one.
Gotta watch the third one too!
Good morning Mary, hope you are well!
To answer your question at the beginning; yes, Beyond Thunderdome is worth checking out. I know it's the least popular of the series, but I have always liked it.
As a foreigner who lived in Australia for 1 year, this is the best aussie vibe movie i know. You ahould be proud.
Based on your prior reactions I believe you would really enjoy the third Mad Max movie, as well as the newer one. Both are good movies in my opinion!
The third movie is interesting, because it does a good job of showing the stark difference between the educated people born before the callapse, and the new uneducated kids growing up after.
This is one of the best movies ever made.
I wish more people reacted to it
The Max stories are best taken as if they are legends told around a camp fire.. Of a hero that comes out of nowhere and saves the day..
They rated Thunderdome low? What the hell? Tina Turner alone should make it rated higher. We don't need another hero, we don't need to know the way home, all we want is life beyond the Thunderdome.
Mad Max 2 was 1981. I remember being a young bloke and seeing this huge line that ran out onto the street in the Perth CBD when this came out. There was so much anticipation after the first Mad Max. George Miller is a genius. The stunts are out of this world. So much better than fake CGI. And Mel was one of the biggest ever draw cards of the 80s.
Thx Mary for making me feel old again. Yes, real explosions, real car chases and car crashes etc. was the way to go up until at least the late 90s.
And TBH, I still take a real explosion and real crashes any time over most of those CGI fake ones. CGI was a great addition to the special-FX toolbox, but IMO mainly for those things that can't be done IRL, like T1000 in Terminator 2, A lot of shots in The Matrix etc..
That 6.1/10 for the third movie seems a bit harsh to me. It has its faults but it's an entertaining watch: well worth your time. When this came out, the custom bike scene went mad for the post-apocalytic Mad Max look, and the "survival rat" became an established sub-genre that endures to this day. Yes, all the explosions and stunts you see are 'real' (i.e. done practically, in front of the camera): no CGI in 1981.
In the world of the interconnected MCU, I love that the Mad Max films are very dreamlike and abstract in how they interconnect.
Max as 'myth more than man' is my favorite part of the series and I love that there is only the barest canon between movies.
@@LordVolkov Have you ever played the PS4/Xbox One Max game? It's SO GOOD
A couple of great Australian films that should invoke some more Aussie pride are "Breaker Morant" and "Gallipolli" (also starring Mel Gibson.) And all the stunts, wrecks and explosions were real, no CGI.
I grew up with the third one since it was the only one I was allowed to watch as a kid. I loved it!! A lot of really quotable quotes.
Yes, all four Mad Max movies are worth watching. The third is the weakest, but it's still good.
i remember watching the first madmax when i was 7 ,i loved the bikes , i have been riding now for 43 years , day in day out .rain or shine ,snow or ice i,ve never owned a car in my life and i never will ,mad 1 and 2 are my all time favourite films ,3 being bladerunner . back when movies where worth going to cinema to watch .
OMG! I've been waiting for this one!!
I love the Mad Max series so much. Loved all 4 of them including the video game version. If I have to choose just one, I wouldn’t hesitate on choosing The Roadwarrior.
All the explosions and stunts were done for real. They actually used massive explosives to blow-up the refinery. In addition, this movie won numerous stunt awards; the men & women who performed the stunts did it all for real; two of the winners was the guy @19:07 and the guy who had a car or bike that smashed him on the back of his head & back. Many actors got injured; broken legs, arms, contusions, etc.
Road Warrior trivia: the stuntman who flipped end over end hot seriously injured. The stunt went wrong, the flips were unintended, and he spent 3 months recovering in hospital. But the footage was awesome so it remained in the final cut!
I think this movie is one of the best action movies ever made. It has everything, a great story, memorable characters, iconic visuals, stunts, explosions, and a feral kid for good measure. The world building is excellent, it's very believable that these people live and act this way in the post apocalypse. Max himself even has a character arc. He's not quite the same guy at the end as he is in the beginning.
Mary: "Some food for the good boy!"
Max: "I'm the good boy."
Beyond Thunderdome is OK. George Miller the director left the series to make kids movies . Babe, pig in the city and Happy Feet then came back strong with Fury Road.
He also directed Witches of Eastwick after Thunderdome.
I have interviewed Vernon (Wells) who played Wez quite a few times, and he said that the entire cast was asked by George Miller to write character notes, and this is what he said about Wez. "Basically, I decided that he came from a middle class family, not upper, a low rent working family. He was the only child, and he lost his mother early in his life, so he became a survivor, and he joined the Army and went into being a Seal. But they're not called Seals in Australia they're called Queen's Guards, and he became one and went to Vietnam, the whole bit, so he was basically always a survivalist. And when the end came he knew what he needed to do, and George had said one day when we were talking, "Picture it like this. Everything stops. It could be natural causes, but suddenly there's no electricity. At the end of your street there is a very large supermarket and inside there's a bit of food to keep your family, possibly your friends, alive for quite awhile, what do you do?" And I said, "I guess I would try to get everything." George replied, "No. What you would do is get a couple of guns, barricade the front door, and shoot any asses that came near it because it is your survival." He also said his giant ass was basically purple due to the heat and nighttime cold lol.
all the explosions were real. 90+% was practical effects
"The rig! How is she?" ....best exchange of dialogue ever.
I think of these as dry pirate movies. The treasure is fuel, food and water, and the water is...the road, or the sand, and the boats are cars.
I've always loved "The Road Warrior" ("Mad Max 2"). So epic, exciting, and mythic. Beautifully shot and edited. Superbly paced. Short and sweet. Making the most out of a limited budget. The third one is bigger and more elaborate. Twice the budget, but not as moving or powerful. The most recent one has a lot of exciting action and stars the great Tom Hardy (who's perfect) but it's overlong and just more of the same. The budget for "Fury Road" was around $150M compared to $4.5M for "The Road Warrior!!" However, "Fury Road" IS well-loved by modern audiences who probably didn't see the earlier films. It's certainly entertaining enough for anyone hungry for a fresh Mad Max fix. Thanks for the always wonderfully entertaining commentary.
I think the Mad Max movies are set in Australia.
They are that’s one of the reasons why the world went rogue because of the isolation from the rest of the world
I'm so glad you decided to watch this series of movies. I love them all they are all great in their own way . Glad to see someone watching different movies then the same ol ones everyone else is watching. Sometimes the real gems are not the most popular. Love your channel.
George Miller certainly has quite the imagination
EVERYTHING was real in this movie.
My favorite thing about these films is the way they chose to tell the story. After the first film they're never about Mad Max, the story is always about the lives of those around him and how he changes their futures, turning him into more of an apocalyptic legend with each retelling. The third one had a lot of characters and concepts that were still great and unique, despite the overall story being less interesting. It still had car chases, action, THUNDERDOME, and some of the most memorable quotes in film history. I used to carry my three year old niece on my shoulders and ask her "who runs barter town" just to watch her throw her fists in the air and shout "Master Blaster!" It's definitely the lesser of the films, but it's still an entertaining watch.
Being an Aussie herself I was a little surprised Mary didn't recognize Bruce Spence. He's quite a well-known actor in Australia, with over 100 film and television credits.
The third one is a trip. You got to watch it just for the title alone. "Two men enter! One man leaves!"
All real stunts and explosions! The final chase scene is the most badass action sequence in cinematic history… in my opinion.
All the flames, explosions, car crashes and so on, are real. It is part of what gives the movie its kinetic feel. Absolute classic....go auusssiiiiie
One of my favorite films from the '80s.
My friends and I watched this one non-stop when it hit the pay channels. We had it menorized.
"If it's all the same to you, I'll drive that tanker." (crowd goes wild, He Said The Thing)
I like how it was filmed in Australia but most of the cast is British, American and 1 Swedish body builder
This is James Cameron's favorite movie. He used it as a template to make his own action movies. And he paid tribute to the final words of this in his biggest movie of all, Titanic. The Feral Child says "He lives now, only in my memories." Old Rose, in Titanic, says "He exists now, only in my memories". Can there be a better tribute to Mad Max 2 than that?! It changed movie-making worldwide, and that's why it remains one of our finest ever movies.
19:08 Fun fact: that was for real; the stunt man was supposed to fly over it, but hit the car instead. It was a screw-up, it broke the stunt man's leg, and they not only kept it in the final film, the same stunt man returned to film a sequence later in the film.
Bruce Spence was recently in Death of a Salesman at the Sydney Theatre Company and appeared with Eric Bana in The Dry. Very impressive career.
The Road Warrior is one of the best damn action movies ever made, period. Not a wasted moment.
This is my favorite movie. That dude on the motorbike that cartwheeled through the air broke his leg irl when it was filmed
In remote areas in cold climates, it's recommended people carry a survival kit in their cars. In Canada, I believe, some recommend that you keep dog food in the car as the survival food, as you won't eat it before you REALLY need to.
Originally his old Police friend "Goose" was going to be the main villain, hence the mask.
"some food for the good boy!!"
"ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
Classic!
You should be proud! I'm a Yank and this was my favorite movie back in the day- one of the few movies I saw twice in a row in the theater. "My vehicle, and all the juice I can carry!! It used to be a cult classic, but sadly time moves on. Hoping you'll help a new generation discover it. 3rd movie is not a bad watch- you have to complete the trilogy now!
This is both the first one I saw, and the best. The explosions are real. The reason that it looks better is that it had a decent budget.
The 3rd Mad Max was made PG13 to try to get a bigger audience, and it really took from it. This also happened with the 2nd Conan, and the 4th Die Hard.
For those wondering, the strange accent of Lord Humungus is Swedish. It is a Swedish accent.
It's been a minute, but I remember at the beginning of Mad Max there's a news report narration about the decline of civilization and the world was on the brink of war. Mad Max is maybe a couple years before the Apocalypse. Road Warrior is a few years after the Apocalypse.
i'm usually not into documentaries, but this preview of modern day australia is intriguing.
What I love about this film is the emphasis on landscapes and frenetic visual storytelling, something which Miller amped up x10 in "Fury Road", a masterpiece in its own right. I like how gritty this one is though; if "Fury Road" is a gallery painting, "The Road Warrior" is a furious pencil sketch done on a hell ride into legend with "the man with no name" blasting punk rock all the way. As for the third one, I haven't seen it in a while but I do remember what I did see!
The most epic ending to a movie EVER. "and the Road Warrior. He lives now only in my memory..." after 30 years I still get goosebumps. Lots of fun seeing Mary watch this old classic. The third one isn't actually terrible but it lacks the raw edge of the Road Warrior. The third one is when Hollywood got their hands on the franchise, and it kinda shows.
The 3rd one is my favourite in the mad max franchise , more storyline, better acting than the first two. Definitely worth watching
Best line of the whole movie, "That's dishonest...LOW......" hahahaha
17:58 "Is this a real explosion?"
There were no "fake" explosions in 1981. CG VFX weren't really a thing until the 90's. Even in something like Star Wars, when a spaceship blows up, they have to really blow up a minature model spaceship, or shoot an explosion out in the parking lot or out in the desert somewhere and double-expose it into the shot. The peak of CG capability at the time was "Tron" and most of that was actually hand-drawn by cartoon animators to LOOK LIKE what they thought CG MIGHT look like in THE FUTURE.
A *low budget* production from Australia in 1985 couldn't afford ANY VFX, so there aren't even any explosions that were seperately shot and added into the scene in post - this whole movie is about live, in-camera practical stunts, pyro, and gore effects.
Thank you so much for reacting to this movie. So many others only react to Fury Road but this was the one that elevated action films to new levels.
There is a famous American post-apocalyptic movie about Australia called On the Beach (1959). Mad Max is like that film. Australia is not a primary target and gets little direct radiation or war damage at first. Society remains but is shaken and falling apart as environmental poisoning (radiation clouds) and despair (a dying world) becomes more and more real.
for me this will always be the best Mad Max movie
Bruce Spence, who plays the gyro captain, also appeared in the Lord of the Rings and Star Wars franchises, and he was also one of the regulars on a show I used to watch called Legend of the Seeker, where he played a wizard. He's got one of those unusual faces that makes him perfect for a lot of fantasy roles -- plus, it doesn't hurt that he's 6' 6" tall.
Bruce Spence (the Gyro Captain) is 6ft 6" tall, which is why Mel looks short.
The only real redeeming part of the third film, Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome, is Tina Turner as Auntie Entity.
Also, you may not recognize her, but the female warrior is played by Virginia Hey, who also played Pa'u Zotoh Zhaan in the series Farscape, which I highly recommend watching.
Your commentary is just WONDERFUL ! It was called 'The Road Warrior ' in the U.S. . This movie has just tons of 'character' , very surreal .
I did not realize there was this much disdain for Thunderdome. It was my favorite of the three.
"That was his bestie!", he was a little more than that, I think.
George Miller has always used practical effects - the explosions and the car wrecks are real!
The 'Gyro Captain' is New Zealand born actor Bruce Spence, who was in Matrix Revolutions as the character Trainman, the movie Dark City as Mr. Wall and LOTR the Return of the King (extended version) as Black Leiutenant. He is 6' 6" while Mel Gibson is 5' 9¾".
This is the best Road Warrior movie but the 3rd movie is enjoyable.