While he talks a big game, has a great design, and is intimidating he’s more the face of the organization and its not really personal as it is with Wez. Our big bad is ‘The Humungus’ who donned a hockey mask one year before Jason Voorhees capitalized on it. His unwieldyness brings a wild card to the table and a sense of discomfort whenever he takes the screen. Then we get a nemesis in the form of Wez, who’s a postapocalyptic biker gone all sorts of crazy. The character is cartoony only in the sense that he leaves a memorable impression. Notably we get the gyrocopter pilot played by the toothy Bruce Spence. Max gets some interaction with friends and foes here, memorable all the same. He’s got a companion in the form of a dog, and he even seems to have a business-like relationship with it. This Max Rockatansky is a man that doesn’t need to speak just to be speaking and he doesn’t have any compassion unless he’s dealing with you to further his own gain. He’s become such a renegade that you wonder if he even truly remembers his family or if only just remembers being driven by the pain caused. You really recognize that this guy is so far removed from who he was the last time we saw him. Mel Gibson takes his role to another level even though he’s speaking a heck of a lot less.
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Its really non-stop, full throttle action entertainment in the finest. While some may argue against, but Miller’s film is really one big action film with a couple of breaks in between. In between are some decent plot moving scenes and more hand to hand violence.
The film starts with a chase, adds one for good measure in the middle and then a big finale at the end. All the movements of the cars are precise, easy to follow and give you a sense of scale and stakes for every crash. Its not JUST the fact they’re using all this, its that Miller has an eye for it all and every shot matters. Real stunts, real effects, real cars, real drivers. The action in this film is out-freaking-standing to say the least. Whatever this desolate future was, it was well received around the globe and when you see something even the slightest bit similar, your mind reverts right back the opus of The Road Warrior. Its a film that has a distinct look, feel and life to it. The challenges and detail is all saved for the imagination behind the sets, costuming and action choreography. Miller saves the complexity for the visual details of “how” everything folds out. The plot of the film is kept relatively simple. He’s true to himself and his actions, and that’s why we follow him and support his twists and turns. Our “hero” is some hardened drifter/wanderer and he’s not some guy with a heart of gold, but he’s our guy. The film now plays like Akira Kurosawa’s Yojimbo or one of Sergio Leone’s Man With No Name Westerns.
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I’m not saying the first movie is useless, but for watching The Road Warrior, its not required in the slightest. But, you also really don’t need it at all.
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However, if you’re first entering the series at this point, you get a brief recap as to who Max is. Yes, we have the further adventures of ex officer Max Rockatasnky and the further desolation of the post apocalyptic wasteland world established in the original. The Road Warrior is successful in both being a sequel and its very own film. In a rare case, there’s not really any dispute. Its the only one that doesn’t have Max in the title, but moreso its also its miles ahead of its predecessor and it successor.
Unintentionally, its significant that its just more that really sets this film apart from the others. Simply put, they branded the film, The Road Warrior. They even strayed away from referring to Max in the advertising. Warner Brothers didn’t want to try and sell a sequel to a film they felt many people didn’t see. While the original was popular, it wasn’t really all too big in the United States. And many more went a long time without realizing there was even a first one. Mad Max is an odd series in that most peoples’ starting point isn’t the first movie. Today, we’ll continue on with Mad Max 2 or as many will call it, The Road Warrior. Those familiar know I do this kind of thing for my Naptown Nerd blog, but I thought since this one started over here at Why So Blu that I would just see the whole thing out here. We started with Mad Max and will go on through Mad Max: Fury Road and at the end rank the films (Where you can tell me how wrong, stupid, unqualified or dumb I am). This will just be a piece minus all the tech specs and recommendation. No, this won’t be a review of the Blu-ray that has been out forever (Fun Fact: It was the fifth Blu-ray to be put in my collection). With my recent review of the Blu-ray for Mad Max from Scream Factory and its relatively convenient timing, I’ve had the itch to keep going writing about the series over here on Why So Blu.
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