Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

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95 min - Action | Adventure | Thriller - 21 May 1982 (USA)

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Ratings: 7.6/10 from 56,507 users
Reviews: 232 user | 70 critic

In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Mel Gibson	...	Max
	Bruce Spence	...	The Gyro Captain
	Michael Preston	...	Pappagallo (as Mike Preston)
	Max Phipps	...	the Toadie / The Toadie
	Vernon Wells	...	Wez
	Kjell Nilsson	...	The Humungus
	Emil Minty	...	the Feral Kid / The Feral Kid
	Virginia Hey	...	Warrior Woman
	William Zappa	...	Zetta
	Arkie Whiteley	...	The Captain's Girl
	Steve J. Spears	...	Mechanic
	Syd Heylen	...	Curmudgeon
	Moira Claux	...	Big Rebecca
	David Downer	...	Nathan
	David Slingsby	...	Quiet Man

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Storyline

A former police officer is now a lone wanderer, traveling through a devastated Australia after a nuclear war looking for now-priceless petrol. He lives to survive and is none too pleased when he finds himself the only hope of a small group of honest people running a remote oil refinery. He must protect them from the bike gang that is terrorizing them whilst transporting their entire fuel supply to safety. Written by Graeme Roy <gsr@cbmamiga.demon.co.uk>

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Ruthless... Savage... Spectacular See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1982 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Mad Max 2 See more »

Filming Locations:

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia See more »

Box Office

Budget:

AUD 4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

AUD 847,220 (Australia) (31 December 1981) (21 Screens)

Gross:

$23,667,907 (USA) (17 October 1982)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kennedy Miller Entertainment, Kennedy Miller Productions See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min | UK: 96 min | USA: 94 min | Argentina: 96 min | Germany: 87 min (heavily cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

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Trivia

When the gyrocopter flies off carrying 2 people, one of them is a dummy as 2 real people would have been too heavy for the machine to carry. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: After Max mans the flamethrower and helps turn away the marauders, there's a brief shot of him looking back into the compound. This shot is from earlier, when he was cuffed to a railing. (The crossbow turret can be seen to his left.) The flamethrower turret is to the left of the crossbow, so the crossbow should be on his right. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: 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 man we called "Max". To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time...
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Connections

Referenced in Midnight Run for Your Life (1994) See more »

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Mad Max 2 (original title)

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