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Film · 1979 · Dystopian
Mad Max
Directed by George Miller
1979
Australia
★ 5.9 editorial score
Made in Australia for four hundred thousand dollars and held a record for return on investment: George Miller was an emergency room doctor, and the crashes look like things he had seen.
“Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Mad Max movies is that...the films never threaten to become routine. Mad Max is the bleakest of the three, as it pulls Max through a character arc that sees everything he holds dear taken away from him. What begins as a fairly typical action/adventure movie turns into a revenge tale. The ending is stark, and there's not much catharsis to be had when Max achieves his aim.”
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