Mad Max (1979)

Rebel bikers combat the police in a bleak post-nuclear future where the highways are bloody battlegrounds. When a gang of motorcyclists brutally murder a policeman's family he becomes Mad Max, avenger of the highways. Sequel: THE ROAD WARRIOR.

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This stunning, post-apocalyptic action thriller from director George Miller stars Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a policeman in the near future who is tired of his job. Since the apocalypse, the lengthy, desolate stretches of highway in the Australian outback have become bloodstained battlegrounds. Max has seen too many innocents and fellow officers murdered by the bomb's savage offspring, bestial marauding bikers for whom killing, rape, and looting is a way of life. He just wants to retire and spend time with his wife and son but lets his boss talk him into taking a peaceful vacation and he starts to reconsider....
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Then his world is shattered as a gang led by the evil Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) murders his family in retaliation for the death of one of its members. Dead inside, Max straps on his helmet and climbs into a souped-up V8 racing machine to seek his bloody revenge. Despite an obviously low budget and a plot reminiscent of many spaghetti Westerns, Mad Max is tremendously exciting, thanks to some of the most spectacular road stunts ever put on film. Cinematographer David Eggby and stunt coordinator Grant Page did some of their best work under Miller's direction and crafted a gritty, gripping thrill ride which spawned two sequels, numerous imitations, and made Mel Gibson an international star. One sequence, in which a man is chained to a car and must cut off a limb before the machine explodes is one of the most tense scenes of the decade. The American version dubbed all the voices -- including Gibson's -- in a particularly cartoonish manner. Trivia buffs should note that Max's car is a 1973 Ford Falcon GT Coupe with a 300 bhp 351C V8 engine, customized with the front end of a Ford Fairmont and other modifications.
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De normale samenleving is in verval geraakt. De snelwegen zijn een nachtmerrieachtig decor geworden voor een dodelijk spel tussen een groep criminele motorrijders en een handjevol jonge politieagenten in opgevoerde achtervolgauto's. Max is een jonge agent, verantwoordelijk voor de dood van één van de leiders van de motorrijders, genaamd 'The Nightrider'. Zijn vriendin, Jessie, wil dat hij bij de politie-eenheid weggaat. Max gaat inderdaad bij de politie weg en wil alleen nog maar rust en gaat met Jessie en haar baby een lange vakantie houden. Totdat hij, zonder het te weten, met één van de bendeleden in aanrakin...
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g komt en een nieuwe periode van waanzinnig geweld en wraak aanbreekt.
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