I had already seen The Road Warrior (Mad Max II) like three times before I saw this one. I really wish I had seen them in order because this film really helps explain why he is the way he is in the later films. In the Road Warrior there's a little exposition hinting that he had lost someone but I remember when I saw this one I thought to myself, "So THAT's why he's so messed up."
My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos... ruined dreams... this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior.
The gold in the collection is this first one, It's the rawest, the crudest and the more honest of them all. It's implying all the themes the rest of the movies explores and to my mind and sensibility is the more emotional.
The first 2 movies are classic, all real stunts no cgi, fury road and furious are ok, thunder dome meh, hope no one ever does a remake of the first 2 would never outshine them.
The Road Warrior is one of the best action films ever made. Influenced anything post apocalyptic for decades and also influenced fashion, car chase scenes, music and car culture as well. Hope you'll do it soon.
He does that in every film I've seen him in, lol. American, Australian, Irish, British. I think he just did that IRL. He was great in Stone, The Man From Hong Kong, The Chain Reaction, and Les Patterson Saves the World. Man From Hong Kong is particularly good, he plays a cop partnered with Roger Ward (Sergeant Fifi McAllister in Mad Max), and is doing something odd in every scene he is in.
The next one is where it really starts to kick off into the post apocalypse setting. And it's glorious. This movie cost around 400 000 and made 100 million. It held the Guiness record for budget to profit ratio for 20 years until The Blair Witch Project overtook it.
I watched this as a kid soon after watching the Terminator. I was expecting something similar. Never have too high expectations when watching a film. I suppose. I was fairly unimpressed anyway.
@@TheMoneypresidentseriously, as an Australian who grew up here during the 70s and 80s, beer was of greater value than a week's wages to many people 😉.
In the case of this movie, and some like it, 'low budget' actually helps the movie, it's rough and dirty the way it needs to be for a rough and dirty story.
After the "I have boots exactly like that." line my brain goes to 'She has wigs, leather motorcycle boots, alternate egos AND regrettable tattoos.' I am beyond intrigued.
When I was a toddler I was locked out of the house and told to play outside while my mom stayed in and took a nap, I was told that if I got bored with my toys to walk around the neighborhood and look for kids my own age to make friends. It was a VERY different time. Met my first friend before starting preschool and second friend before starting kindergarten. Kids in the neighborhood today spend less time outside than prison inmates.
The reason why the Night Rider started crying was because the stuff he was high on, that was giving him his psychotic confidence, suddenly wore off and he was no longer hyper.
I forgot how dark and brutal this movie was, it’s pretty crazy. Also the new hair looks fantastic Jen and your Mad Max 2 reaction on Patreon was awesome 🔥.
The original Mad Max is a piece of filmmaking genius from George Miller. To create something so compelling (and yes, it has its cheesy moments too), that began a mighty decades-long franchise, on a budget of LESS than half a million dollars, is simply astonishing. Over the years, I have regularly done a location tour of my own (I used to live in the suburb where the 'Halls of Justice' are - you can see Melbourne's West Gate Bridge in the background, and many of the road scenes were filmed between Melbourne and Geelong) It's one of those rare multi-film franchises where every single one of the movies is excellent and well worth seeing.
This movie was made with $600 dollars and a case of beer and it's awesome. The "speed scenes" trick was done with a perspective shot, the camera was low to the road but the cars were only driving about 25 to 35 mph. It's now done in every car movie.
Like many foreign films "Mad Max" originally only got a limited release in the United States, but it was such a hit overseas that that it spawned the larger budget sequel "The Road Warrior" which got a wider release in the U.S.. After the box office success of "The Road Warrior," the original "Mad Max" got re-released in the U.S.. I remember overhearing some kids who loved "The Road Warrior" talking excitedly about the "new" Mad Max film that was coming out (not realizing that the "new" release was actually the original "Mad Max" film which they hadn't heard of because of its previous limited release).
@chiefknowstomuch mad max 2, the road warrior. Mad max was a gem of a rental, just not for box office. Mad max 2 did well because everyone knew to rent the 1st one by word of mouth. And then we were blown away because it actually had a budget. But many were disappointed because they wanted it to be more like the 1st. They just threw in a dystopia outta nowhere and the director had to "fit it in". Then thunder dome came out and half the ppl didn't want the dystopian future world so it didn't do well in the box office or in rentals.
First time I saw this, it was the american-dubbed version which was quite weird. When I saw it again with the original Aussie voices, it was much improved. Ripper, even.
14:05 Fun Fact: I fell out of a moving car when I was 5 years old! 😄 I was born in '78. Seatbelts and carseats hadn't been fully embraced yet. The car was going about 30 mph. Whoever put me in the car failed to secure the door. It swung open on the first significant left curve. They scrubbed asphalt out of my skin with a metal-wire brush. Forty years later, I still remember that part clearly. I got ten stitches in my forehead. The scar is barely noticeable now. 🙂👍
Notes I have heard of. 1. Mad Max held a record for the cheapest movie produced with the highest box office numbers until either Blair Witch or The Crow. 2. Mel Gibson had just gotten out of acting school when this movie was made and was only paid like $2,000, not sure if that was US dollars equivalent of Australian dollars. The blue van totaled in the opening scenes (shot last) was George Millers personal car. All but one of the yellow and blue police cars had in fact been police cars bought at auction. The other one had been a taxi cab...it was the one that was smoking really really bad. Also the whole biker gang actually lived in their costumes for awhile to make it look more real. Box going into the hole means when the coffin is lowered into the grave.
For those who are wondering, Brian May (the composer) is not the same Brian May from the rock band Queen. There is someone online who mistakenly thought they were the same person / musician.
“Don’t write off the Goose until you see the box going into the hole”. You said you don’t know what that means. It means until you see his coffin going into the grave.
I started my journey in this franchise with the second film. I am so excited for your reaction to The Road Warrior next. It impressed me so much that I hunted down a VHS copy of Mad Max to get his origin story. The world-building arc among films shows a progression starting with the fringes of society on the brink of collapse to the hellscape you know from Fury Road. This particular film has a lot of "indie-film" lore behind its making. You might be interested in diving down that rabbit hole after you've finished the trilogy.
Jen, when you asked at about 14:48 "whose hand is that?"...It's the hand of the baddie gang member who threw one end of a chain at her car while still holding the other end. In close up we see the chain wrap around the luggage rack, then we briefly see her car drive away with the baddie behind with is arm up but there's no chain anymore. So it's implied that as she quickly sped off the chain ripped the baddie's hand off!
Mad Max World has a video "Mad Max & Furiosa: The Most Complete Graphic Timeline" that shows how the first three films sync up with the new ones. It's only 5 minutes and it clears up the confusion people seem to have about the timeline.
I think the setting in the first movie looks kinda original and refreshing after tons of post-apocalyptic movies. I know that's because of the low budget, but world in the first Mad Max looks normal but at the same time you can feel the decline of humanity. Honestly it feels more scary than a classic post-apoc stuff because it's closer to our reality. Oh, and I love how Australian the first movie is. Rest in peace Holden, rest in peace Australian Ford.
The budget on this film was $300,000 Australian. Mel just graduated from acting school. The guy who played Goose was a fellow student friend of his. THIS MOVIE CHANGED ME!! I now have imported an Australian Ford Falcon to the USA to build my own black on black Interceptor.
As an Australian, yeeees please watch the rest. It's so exciting to see our domestic movies get more international attention. It's a lot of fun seeing people's reactions to our culture. There's some great Aussie movies from back in the day. There was a period of time when our government really incentivised film production, the 90s-00s some iconic Australian films came out in that time. I'll list some: Two hands (YOUNG heath ledger) Ned Kelly (another heath ledger, this is sort of an Australian western. Ned was sort of our robin hood or Billy the kid.) Chopper (Eric banner, this is modern crime biopic) Looking for Alibrandi (this is a coming of age movie, it's shown in highschools across the country, a beautiful softer movie.) Wolf Creek (this is a horror movie that Quentin Tarentino raved about)
"This is Cundalini! And Cundalini wants his hand back!" I'm sorry, I'm a simple, petty man, but I just laugh hysterically whenever I hear the name "Cundalilni" in this movie. 😂😝
There's supposed to be a scene that was cut from the final version that depicts Toecutter and his gang attack the Halls of Justice and killing most of the cops including Capt. "Fifi" MacAffee. I'm glad that didn't make it into the finished release. I really liked the bald, mustachioed captain.
@shainewhite2781 I know CRIKEY !! 😲 Director George Miller was a former E.R Doctor in Australia he saw the lunacy and aftermath of all these crazy car accidents day after day and i'm sure in some way this inspired him to create The Mad MAX series !!
@@harveylee51 fair enough. I knew he had a background in emergency medicine, I just couldn't recall if it was in the Emergency Room level or the ambulance level.
Don't know if you know already but the actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the leader of the gang, Toecutter, also plays Immortan Joe in Mad Max Fury Road. The sequel, Mad Max 2 (known in North America as The Road Warrior) is where the lore of the subsequent Mad Max movies really crystalised and has car action that is among the best ever filmed.
Road Warrior! Yes. Also The Year of Living Dangerously, A political thriller with a young Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver absolutely love love love it.
I remember seeing those "Mad Max" posters at the multiplex theater where I go to watch movies. This was in 1980 because my family just moved back to Houston, TX. The posters were under the "coming soon" sign at the theater. The poster had me believing that it was about a cyborg or serial killer roaming the highways to kill people... LOL! Never knew it was an Aussie flick. A couple of years later, I watched "The Road Warrior" at the same theater and had no freakin' ideal that it was a sequel to Mad Max, having never to have watched the original. The Road Warrior was a masterpiece, in my opinion!
Nice Hair, Jen👌really shows what a Hot Streak that You've been on lately!🔥Thank You for today's Reaction and for another FUN Premiere, as always!🥰Looking forward to "The Road Warrior" now, and I'd Love to see more Car Movies in Your near future🤞and NOT just more "Fast & Furious!" (LOL) "Christine" and "The Wraith" have always been 2 of My Personal Favorites, and have Recommended those multiple times...👍
I grew up with those Movies and Max has always been one of my fav heroes. I have seen the original three Movies countless times (especially MM2). I saw Fury Road once.
Thank you for doing this reaction, Jen, the following two films in the series are great too, just with a bigger budget. 🙂 I love your new hair by the way, it really suits you. 😊
Hugh Keahs-Byrne: 5 years before he was Toecutter, he was Toad, a member of the Grave Diggers motorcycle club in Stone. Several other cast members from Stone went on to be in Mad Max. Roger Ward as Fifi, Vincent Gil as Nightrider, David Bracks as Mudguts and Reg Evans as the (Train) Station Master.
This one was a b movie... wasn't really expected to do well, but it created a huge cult following...Part 2 and 3 got the budgets, and really started the whole franchise. I'm glad you're watching the originals. 😊❤
The new mad Max movies are pretty good but these old ones really are the best I really hope you do the whole trilogy this one, the road warrior and beyond thunderdome. They're all good in their own way.
Hi Jen, looks like the enhanced ponytail has arrived on YT! I haven't seen this film is ages, but what I remember was complete mayhem. See ya in the chat!
Love your videos Jen - and as an Aussie I always like your attempts at the accent, it’s really a tricky one to get right… my best picks are Kenneth Branagh and, believe it or not Matthew McConaughy
Other post/mid-apocalypse movies for you Jen - Tank Girl, Wyrmwood (both in Australia), Reign of Fire, Doomsday (both in Scotland), Children of Men (England), and The Road (America)
Great movie for the budget it was shot with at the time. It pretty much lays out why Max becomes a loaner and his excuse to avoid people in future films. He always ends up in a situation where he does the right thing ultimately and helps out but then leaves in the end to be on his own. A form of self guilt where he thinks his presence will only lead to the harm of those around him so its better to be alone.
@@scottneil1187 He still has empathy for those in distress. If he hated all people he would just kill anyone without remorse going forward....which he doesn't.
I know I have said it before, but I truly enjoy watching movies with you Jen. Feels like watching with an old friend with so much in common the commentary is almost like my own or at least a different perspective I agree with. Thanks Jen.
Anyone remembers the uncensored version of this, when Max opens the burn bed and sees the charred burned Goose gurgling and trembling? The DVD version and all subsequent releases censored this out with the swirling animation, but Max refers to it with saying "This thing in there is not Goose". This only makes sense with the uncensored scene. I saw this around 1988 when the movie was shown uncensored on my country's TV.
Brian May is the Guitarist from Queen and by the way Queen also did the soundtrack to 1981s Flash Gordon and the Highlander movie franchise and tv series
The next movie will blow your mind. I saw it before seeing this one, as a kid, which I think made me like this one better than I would have. It was more tame, if you can imagine, but set the story perfect. You are going to LOVE "The Road Warrior". It's an all-time favorite of my childhood.
Fun fact: this was originally distributed in North America as a drive-in and grindhouse feature. The distributors did not think people would be able to understand the Australian accents. So the distributors had it dubbed by American voice actors. It went on to become an international mega hit. Subsequent releases were in the original Australian dialouge.
Great reaction Jen. I had a bit of trouble with the Aussie slang but after 2-3 viewings it starts to make sense. Can't wait for the Road Warrior, one of my favorites and one I took a date to back in the day. Almost perfect movie, has a extra layer of magic that stays with you. Two words: Feral Kid :) Thanks!
When this movie debuted in America, the voices were dubbed because American International producer Sam Arkoff didn't think anyone could understand what they were saying. Mel Gibson fought to get the original Aussie version back in theaters and on video.
Jen crushing it once again! One thing I like about these movies is how distinctly strange everything feels, even the characters. It also looks like how I'd imagine a ruined Australia would be, circa 70s and 80s. But only the original Mel Gibson movies. The newer ones are more heightened and comic book-ish, Fury Road looks like it's set on another planet. They're good in their own way, though.
I grew up in the area and saw them filming, I have been to most of the locations, the beach where jess goes for afew hours is half moon bay, one of my favourite clothed beach's in Melbourne back in the day when I lived in Melbourne's northern suburbs. I also remember the car wrecking yard where Max gets his tyre fixed, it was in Campbellfield near the Ford factory on Sydney road. Mad max was the highest grossing film world wide until a little known film named "ET" came along and knocked it off its perch.
THE ROAD WARRIOR is already on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/mad-max-2-road-110604935
MAD MAX FURY ROAD: ruclips.net/video/GGsTOGGIJdw/видео.html
I had already seen The Road Warrior (Mad Max II) like three times before I saw this one. I really wish I had seen them in order because this film really helps explain why he is the way he is in the later films. In the Road Warrior there's a little exposition hinting that he had lost someone but I remember when I saw this one I thought to myself, "So THAT's why he's so messed up."
Fair chance you loved it Mad Max II - The Humungus is an awesome character.
Mad max 3 beyond thunder dome is awesome
Great your checking out the original's! Not many do....Dont worry the fist one's the darkest of the trilogy😉
The low budget film that started a franchise.
Part 2 The road warrior is the gold in the collection .
That movie shaped the way just about every post-apocalyptic movie has been made since.
My life fades. The vision dims. All that remains are memories. I remember a time of chaos... ruined dreams... this wasted land. But most of all, I remember The Road Warrior.
Agree.
The gold in the collection is this first one, It's the rawest, the crudest and the more honest of them all.
It's implying all the themes the rest of the movies explores and to my mind and sensibility is the more emotional.
The first 2 movies are classic, all real stunts no cgi, fury road and furious are ok, thunder dome meh, hope no one ever does a remake of the first 2 would never outshine them.
The Road Warrior is one of the best action films ever made. Influenced anything post apocalyptic for decades and also influenced fashion, car chase scenes, music and car culture as well. Hope you'll do it soon.
The actor who plays Toe Cutter in this movie played Immortan Joe in Fury Road (He also changes his accent in every scene he's in)
RIP Hugh Kaynes Byrne.
@@JamesDavis-sh9gh😢😢
He does that in every film I've seen him in, lol. American, Australian, Irish, British. I think he just did that IRL. He was great in Stone, The Man From Hong Kong, The Chain Reaction, and Les Patterson Saves the World.
Man From Hong Kong is particularly good, he plays a cop partnered with Roger Ward (Sergeant Fifi McAllister in Mad Max), and is doing something odd in every scene he is in.
@@sorewahimitsudesu Back in the good old days, when you could climb all over Ayers Rock.
The next one is where it really starts to kick off into the post apocalypse setting. And it's glorious.
This movie cost around 400 000 and made 100 million. It held the Guiness record for budget to profit ratio for 20 years until The Blair Witch Project overtook it.
I watched this as a kid soon after watching the Terminator. I was expecting something similar.
Never have too high expectations when watching a film. I suppose.
I was fairly unimpressed anyway.
This movie screams "LOW BUDGET!!!!" yet it's so effective and entertaining.
The semi driver that ran over the bike was paid a case of beer. Many people were offered beer and said OK.
@@TheMoneypresident That's perfect!
@@TheMoneypresidentseriously, as an Australian who grew up here during the 70s and 80s, beer was of greater value than a week's wages to many people 😉.
@@TheMarcHicks it was a case of Foster's. The extra grill protector was wood and spray paint.
In the case of this movie, and some like it, 'low budget' actually helps the movie, it's rough and dirty the way it needs to be for a rough and dirty story.
After the "I have boots exactly like that." line my brain goes to 'She has wigs, leather motorcycle boots, alternate egos AND regrettable tattoos.' I am beyond intrigued.
😂
Don't be fooled by the glasses. Jen's hip. She's with it. She knows what's going down on the streets... of Canada.
Jen is secretly part of a Canadian motorcycle gang… or a spy. Might just be a spy.
@@SanguineDarkfire Maybe a gang of spies.
She spies on gangs.
When I was a toddler I was locked out of the house and told to play outside while my mom stayed in and took a nap, I was told that if I got bored with my toys to walk around the neighborhood and look for kids my own age to make friends. It was a VERY different time. Met my first friend before starting preschool and second friend before starting kindergarten. Kids in the neighborhood today spend less time outside than prison inmates.
The good old days
Those eye close ups before a crash always gives me the shivers.
The platinum ponytail is amazing btw!
The reason why the Night Rider started crying was because the stuff he was high on, that was giving him his psychotic confidence, suddenly wore off and he was no longer hyper.
I forgot how dark and brutal this movie was, it’s pretty crazy. Also the new hair looks fantastic Jen and your Mad Max 2 reaction on Patreon was awesome 🔥.
The late Hugh Keays-Byrne who played the Toecutter in this movie also played Immortan Joe in Mad Max: Fury Road.
And Tim Burns, who played Johnny the Boy, has a small role in Furiosa. I had no idea that he was in it though when I watched it.
@Tessmage_Tessera no, I think that must have been someone who just looked like him because Tim has only really worked in Australia.
The documentary on the making of this is fantastic! For no money a group of people with no experience made a movie called Mad Max.
Apparently, a lot of the crew members had experience with shooting TV work but not movies.
$350,000. And it made 38 million at the box office.
I feel like this is the only Mad Max movie that isn't told as a legend that someone else is telling.
Someone needs to survive to tell the tale and there aren't many left. Fifi maybe?
Nightrider started crying cause he played chicken with Max and lost. He knew then he’d met his match
Max shook him and he adrenalin crashed.
Aside from that, he was baked.
there is no crying in car chases!
Max caught up to him quickly and he knew he wasn't getting away.
I wish we got to see more of him like how he interacted in the gang.
The original Mad Max is a piece of filmmaking genius from George Miller. To create something so compelling (and yes, it has its cheesy moments too), that began a mighty decades-long franchise, on a budget of LESS than half a million dollars, is simply astonishing. Over the years, I have regularly done a location tour of my own (I used to live in the suburb where the 'Halls of Justice' are - you can see Melbourne's West Gate Bridge in the background, and many of the road scenes were filmed between Melbourne and Geelong) It's one of those rare multi-film franchises where every single one of the movies is excellent and well worth seeing.
This movie was made with $600 dollars and a case of beer and it's awesome. The "speed scenes" trick was done with a perspective shot, the camera was low to the road but the cars were only driving about 25 to 35 mph. It's now done in every car movie.
The Pursuit Special, one of the most badass vehicles in the history of cinema.
The "blower" was pure prop magic, with regards to turning it on and off.
Modified Ford Falcon, last of the Interceptors 🤩
The Ford Falcon, which I lovingly call The Australian Mustang.
Like many foreign films "Mad Max" originally only got a limited release in the United States, but it was such a hit overseas that that it spawned the larger budget sequel "The Road Warrior" which got a wider release in the U.S.. After the box office success of "The Road Warrior," the original "Mad Max" got re-released in the U.S.. I remember overhearing some kids who loved "The Road Warrior" talking excitedly about the "new" Mad Max film that was coming out (not realizing that the "new" release was actually the original "Mad Max" film which they hadn't heard of because of its previous limited release).
When the original Mad Max came out here in Australia, it actually did better at the Aussie Box Office than Star Wars. Just an interesting fact there.
@@Vindicator18 That's a "Fun Fact" that's actually fun.
Wasn't the movie only known as "The Road Warrior" in the U.S. but in the rest of the world it was "Mad Max II"?
@chiefknowstomuch mad max 2, the road warrior. Mad max was a gem of a rental, just not for box office. Mad max 2 did well because everyone knew to rent the 1st one by word of mouth. And then we were blown away because it actually had a budget. But many were disappointed because they wanted it to be more like the 1st. They just threw in a dystopia outta nowhere and the director had to "fit it in". Then thunder dome came out and half the ppl didn't want the dystopian future world so it didn't do well in the box office or in rentals.
First time I saw this, it was the american-dubbed version which was quite weird. When I saw it again with the original Aussie voices, it was much improved. Ripper, even.
14:05 Fun Fact: I fell out of a moving car when I was 5 years old! 😄
I was born in '78. Seatbelts and carseats hadn't been fully embraced yet. The car was going about 30 mph. Whoever put me in the car failed to secure the door. It swung open on the first significant left curve. They scrubbed asphalt out of my skin with a metal-wire brush. Forty years later, I still remember that part clearly. I got ten stitches in my forehead. The scar is barely noticeable now.
🙂👍
A friend of mine was killed when he fell out of the back of a ute near Leonora, Western Australia. He was 8. Dennis Ingram, 1965-1973.
Jesus....😱
@@vinsgraphics 😔
16:48 "Who names their kid 'Sprog'?" Sprog is Aussie slang for a small child.
Ahhh fair enough!
@@jenmurrayxo You're probably young enough to be my granddaughter, so I should start calling you Sprog (just kidding).
Originally from here in the UK i'm pretty sure (but for obvious reasons there's a lot of slang passed back and forth between us and Australia :).
As an Aussie, I can confirm. Though its usage has fallen off over the last 20-30 years.
@@TheMarcHicks im 53 year old Aussie never herd anyone call there kid sprog lol
Notes I have heard of. 1. Mad Max held a record for the cheapest movie produced with the highest box office numbers until either Blair Witch or The Crow. 2. Mel Gibson had just gotten out of acting school when this movie was made and was only paid like $2,000, not sure if that was US dollars equivalent of Australian dollars. The blue van totaled in the opening scenes (shot last) was George Millers personal car. All but one of the yellow and blue police cars had in fact been police cars bought at auction. The other one had been a taxi cab...it was the one that was smoking really really bad. Also the whole biker gang actually lived in their costumes for awhile to make it look more real. Box going into the hole means when the coffin is lowered into the grave.
You were 💯 on all your post comments! Now you have to react to the next two sequels; the Road Warrior & Beyond the Thunderdome.... 💯🔥🤙🏽😎
For those who are wondering, Brian May (the composer) is not the same Brian May from the rock band Queen. There is someone online who mistakenly thought they were the same person / musician.
Brian May of Queen has scored a bunch of movies and even funded a few, so it is an easy mistake.
@@Deathbird_Mitch True. But I don't think he's ever scored an Australian movie.
I saw this in the cinema as a tiny kid. Around 5
Baby sitters took me to see it because they wanted to see it. That’s the 70’s for you
“Don’t write off the Goose until you see the box going into the hole”. You said you don’t know what that means. It means until you see his coffin going into the grave.
I started my journey in this franchise with the second film. I am so excited for your reaction to The Road Warrior next. It impressed me so much that I hunted down a VHS copy of Mad Max to get his origin story. The world-building arc among films shows a progression starting with the fringes of society on the brink of collapse to the hellscape you know from Fury Road. This particular film has a lot of "indie-film" lore behind its making. You might be interested in diving down that rabbit hole after you've finished the trilogy.
Jen, when you asked at about 14:48 "whose hand is that?"...It's the hand of the baddie gang member who threw one end of a chain at her car while still holding the other end. In close up we see the chain wrap around the luggage rack, then we briefly see her car drive away with the baddie behind with is arm up but there's no chain anymore. So it's implied that as she quickly sped off the chain ripped the baddie's hand off!
Really can't wait to see your reaction to The Road Warrior!
Mad Max World has a video "Mad Max & Furiosa: The Most Complete Graphic Timeline" that shows how the first three films sync up with the new ones. It's only 5 minutes and it clears up the confusion people seem to have about the timeline.
While there's folks like you Jen, there isn't an apocalypse.
I always love how Bubba says "I know what I'm doing," then promptly goes and gets blown away by Max.
@4:08 This was the scene, when I was a kid, seeing it for the first time: that made me fall in love with car engines.
Road Warrior please. It's the best one.
I think the setting in the first movie looks kinda original and refreshing after tons of post-apocalyptic movies. I know that's because of the low budget, but world in the first Mad Max looks normal but at the same time you can feel the decline of humanity. Honestly it feels more scary than a classic post-apoc stuff because it's closer to our reality.
Oh, and I love how Australian the first movie is. Rest in peace Holden, rest in peace Australian Ford.
The budget was only $350,000 and it made 38 million at the box office. Combining video and DVD sales since released it's made over 100 million.
The budget on this film was $300,000 Australian. Mel just graduated from acting school. The guy who played Goose was a fellow student friend of his. THIS MOVIE CHANGED ME!! I now have imported an Australian Ford Falcon to the USA to build my own black on black Interceptor.
As an Australian, yeeees please watch the rest. It's so exciting to see our domestic movies get more international attention. It's a lot of fun seeing people's reactions to our culture.
There's some great Aussie movies from back in the day. There was a period of time when our government really incentivised film production, the 90s-00s some iconic Australian films came out in that time.
I'll list some:
Two hands (YOUNG heath ledger)
Ned Kelly (another heath ledger, this is sort of an Australian western. Ned was sort of our robin hood or Billy the kid.)
Chopper (Eric banner, this is modern crime biopic)
Looking for Alibrandi (this is a coming of age movie, it's shown in highschools across the country, a beautiful softer movie.)
Wolf Creek (this is a horror movie that Quentin Tarentino raved about)
Oh yes!! She should definitely watch "Wolf Creek."
@@dingokidneys Yes! I don't see any one else who have reacted to this film.
Chopper is amazing!! So quotable as well.
She Leads such a "Sheltered Life" That's why we love you Jen and your fun Reactions. ❤🎬
Lol I don't think I'm sheltered, I just don't love violence.
"This is Cundalini! And Cundalini wants his hand back!"
I'm sorry, I'm a simple, petty man, but I just laugh hysterically whenever I hear the name "Cundalilni" in this movie. 😂😝
It's a type of Yoga, right, Kundalini?
@@Hoganply Sure, I suppose you could say that. That wasn't what came to my mind. 🤣
@@44excaliburColonel Angus?
@@babywah3290 Yep! 🤣
i love the way you say *subscribe*
There's supposed to be a scene that was cut from the final version that depicts Toecutter and his gang attack the Halls of Justice and killing most of the cops including Capt. "Fifi" MacAffee. I'm glad that didn't make it into the finished release. I really liked the bald, mustachioed captain.
We used to play this over and over at the Drive In theater when I was in High school. Great film.
All the action scenes were done in take. The budget was so low, they didn't have time to do reshoots, which is why everything is real.
@shainewhite2781 I know CRIKEY !! 😲 Director George Miller was a former E.R Doctor in Australia he saw the lunacy and aftermath of all these crazy car accidents day after day and i'm sure in some way this inspired him to create The Mad MAX series !!
@@harveylee51I thought he was an EMT, working in the actual ambulances.
@@TheMarcHicks As far as my research goes yes he was a Doctor in the Emergency rooms prior to making his first film with his Twin Brother .
@@harveylee51 fair enough. I knew he had a background in emergency medicine, I just couldn't recall if it was in the Emergency Room level or the ambulance level.
Don't know if you know already but the actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the leader of the gang, Toecutter, also plays Immortan Joe in Mad Max Fury Road.
The sequel, Mad Max 2 (known in North America as The Road Warrior) is where the lore of the subsequent Mad Max movies really crystalised and has car action that is among the best ever filmed.
Wait to see The Road Warrior n MadMax beyond the Thunder Dome...
"...box go in the hole"--coffin.
Road Warrior! Yes. Also The Year of Living Dangerously, A political thriller with a young Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver absolutely love love love it.
Add Gallipoli and you have the best Mel Gibson Aussie movies. And every Peter Weir movie should be watched.
Whoa new look Jen? I dig it.
Those crazy Aussies and their stunts! Wait until The Road Warrior, Jen! 🇦🇺
Such a treat to see a reaction to this movie, thanks! 😊💖
hair looking absolutely fresh, and, most importantly, in a ponytail
The Road warrior is one of the best movies of all time. And Beyond thunderdome is highly underrated.
The hacksaw through your ankle scene inspired a particular scene the first Saw film..
Jen, your hair looks amazing. Thank you again for the videos. Live Long and Prosper 🖖
The franchise gets crazier with each of the movies in the trilogy. Fabu.
Toe Cutter was played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, who played Immortan Joe in Fury Road. Not the same character, of course.
May he rest in peace.
He also played Stubb in the Patrick Stewart Moby Dick
The music in Road Warrior is epic. Some of the best score i have ever heard in that movie.
I remember seeing those "Mad Max" posters at the multiplex theater where I go to watch movies. This was in 1980 because my family just moved back to Houston, TX. The posters were under the "coming soon" sign at the theater. The poster had me believing that it was about a cyborg or serial killer roaming the highways to kill people... LOL! Never knew it was an Aussie flick. A couple of years later, I watched "The Road Warrior" at the same theater and had no freakin' ideal that it was a sequel to Mad Max, having never to have watched the original. The Road Warrior was a masterpiece, in my opinion!
Love the hair, Jen!
Nice Hair, Jen👌really shows what a Hot Streak that You've been on lately!🔥Thank You for today's Reaction and for
another FUN Premiere, as always!🥰Looking forward to "The Road Warrior" now, and I'd Love to see more Car Movies
in Your near future🤞and NOT just more "Fast & Furious!" (LOL) "Christine" and "The Wraith" have always been 2 of My
Personal Favorites, and have Recommended those multiple times...👍
@@tomhoffman4330 OK Tom. I gotta know, what kinda car you drive?
@@e.d.2096 Mom's 2015 Chevy Equinox
I grew up with those Movies and Max has always been one of my fav heroes. I have seen the original three Movies countless times (especially MM2).
I saw Fury Road once.
The Road Warrior is cinematic gold!
Thank you for doing this reaction, Jen, the following two films in the series are great too, just with a bigger budget. 🙂 I love your new hair by the way, it really suits you. 😊
@@scottneil1187 You're including Furiosa as the fifth film?
Hugh Keahs-Byrne: 5 years before he was Toecutter, he was Toad, a member of the Grave Diggers motorcycle club in Stone. Several other cast members from Stone went on to be in Mad Max. Roger Ward as Fifi, Vincent Gil as Nightrider, David Bracks as Mudguts and Reg Evans as the (Train) Station Master.
I don't think it's the same actor, but Johnhy The Boy always reminded me of the roof jumper from Lethal Weapon
Yeah, I can see that actually but nope, different guy (Tim Burns played Johnny whereas the jumper was played by Michael Shaner).
Yes to Mad Max series and thanks in advance - you ROCK! Nice reaction 🖒🖒
This one was a b movie... wasn't really expected to do well, but it created a huge cult following...Part 2 and 3 got the budgets, and really started the whole franchise. I'm glad you're watching the originals. 😊❤
A movie that I watched, in which I liked, someone said: "A man who has nothing to lose, its invencible".
The new mad Max movies are pretty good but these old ones really are the best I really hope you do the whole trilogy this one, the road warrior and beyond thunderdome. They're all good in their own way.
Yes, please watch the other films. 😃
Hi Jen, looks like the enhanced ponytail has arrived on YT! I haven't seen this film is ages, but what I remember was complete mayhem. See ya in the chat!
This was a low budget movie but a huge international hit. The Road Warrior from 1982 was even bigger
Great effing movie!!!! Looking forward to your review of Road Warrior! Great reaction Jen!
Love your videos Jen - and as an Aussie I always like your attempts at the accent, it’s really a tricky one to get right… my best picks are Kenneth Branagh and, believe it or not Matthew McConaughy
Your hair looks amazing! Well it also looked amazing before! 🙂
Thank you for another awesome reaction Jen, you are the absolute best and your reactions are always the highlight of my day 🔥.
Other post/mid-apocalypse movies for you Jen - Tank Girl, Wyrmwood (both in Australia), Reign of Fire, Doomsday (both in Scotland), Children of Men (England), and The Road (America)
"They're taking us to the smokehouse!" in The Road still gives me a chill.
@@waterbeauty85 The Road is still the bleakest post-apoc I've seen (that's why I put it last 😅)
Every Mad Max movie is a story of it's own.
Weird. I just turned this movie on tonight for a bit. It was a great surprise to see you review it!
Revisiting my Jr. High School days
Brian May he was the guitar player for Queen.
Different Brian May
@@richardhacker3883 really?
@@scottneil1187 yep. I looked it up after you replied. You were right. I, on the other hand wasn’t wrong. Just confused by the same name. 😂😂😂😂
No character named Goose ever makes it to the end.
Mad Max is a great movie but be sure to check out the sequel, “The Road Warrior.” It’s excellent!
Great movie for the budget it was shot with at the time. It pretty much lays out why Max becomes a loaner and his excuse to avoid people in future films. He always ends up in a situation where he does the right thing ultimately and helps out but then leaves in the end to be on his own. A form of self guilt where he thinks his presence will only lead to the harm of those around him so its better to be alone.
@@scottneil1187 He still has empathy for those in distress. If he hated all people he would just kill anyone without remorse going forward....which he doesn't.
I know I have said it before, but I truly enjoy watching movies with you Jen. Feels like watching with an old friend with so much in common the commentary is almost like my own or at least a different perspective I agree with. Thanks Jen.
Thank you! Glad to have you here :)
This movie is what makes Max into Mad Max his story has just begun.
This is quality internet content that everyone should like, subscribe, and comment on.
Anyone remembers the uncensored version of this, when Max opens the burn bed and sees the charred burned Goose gurgling and trembling?
The DVD version and all subsequent releases censored this out with the swirling animation, but Max refers to it with saying "This thing in there is not Goose". This only makes sense with the uncensored scene. I saw this around 1988 when the movie was shown uncensored on my country's TV.
@@scottneil1187 TV is short for Television and this encompasses all programs and channels. Are you a troll or 13?
No, I never even knew that was a thing
@20:29 Also note that in all the sequel movies, he has a brace on that leg. Even in Fury Road.
Brian May is the Guitarist from Queen and by the way Queen also did the soundtrack to 1981s Flash Gordon and the Highlander movie franchise and tv series
The next movie will blow your mind. I saw it before seeing this one, as a kid, which I think made me like this one better than I would have. It was more tame, if you can imagine, but set the story perfect. You are going to LOVE "The Road Warrior". It's an all-time favorite of my childhood.
Hey Hey there Jen Murray. Mad Max 2 is worth a watch. Have a good evening. Love your reaction as always. ❤
The Road Warrior! CAN'T WAIT! I'm psyched!
Fun fact: this was originally distributed in North America as a drive-in and grindhouse feature. The distributors did not think people would be able to understand the Australian accents. So the distributors had it dubbed by American voice actors. It went on to become an international mega hit. Subsequent releases were in the original Australian dialouge.
Thank you.
Trivia: They didn't name the baby Sprog, sprog means baby.
Great reaction Jen. I had a bit of trouble with the Aussie slang but after 2-3 viewings it starts to make sense. Can't wait for the Road Warrior, one of my favorites and one I took a date to back in the day. Almost perfect movie, has a extra layer of magic that stays with you. Two words: Feral Kid :) Thanks!
BTW, forgot to mention, liking the new hair-do. I did a double take once I noticed it!
When this movie debuted in America, the voices were dubbed because American International producer Sam Arkoff didn't think anyone could understand what they were saying. Mel Gibson fought to get the original Aussie version back in theaters and on video.
Jen crushing it once again! One thing I like about these movies is how distinctly strange everything feels, even the characters. It also looks like how I'd imagine a ruined Australia would be, circa 70s and 80s. But only the original Mel Gibson movies. The newer ones are more heightened and comic book-ish, Fury Road looks like it's set on another planet. They're good in their own way, though.
I grew up in the area and saw them filming, I have been to most of the locations, the beach where jess goes for afew hours is half moon bay, one of my favourite clothed beach's in Melbourne back in the day when I lived in Melbourne's northern suburbs. I also remember the car wrecking yard where Max gets his tyre fixed, it was in Campbellfield near the Ford factory on Sydney road.
Mad max was the highest grossing film world wide until a little known film named "ET" came along and knocked it off its perch.
Very cool stuff.
... and THIS is why he's 'mad' ... it's angry, yes, but also CRAZY