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Overview
Release Date:
12 April 1979 (Australia) moreTagline:
The Maximum Force of the Future. morePlot:
In a dystopic future Australia, a vicious biker gang murder a cop's family and make his fight with them personal. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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A sadistically fun movie moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Mel Gibson | ... | 'Mad' Max Rockatansky |
 | Joanne Samuel | ... | Jessie Rockatansky |
| Hugh Keays-Byrne | ... | Toecutter |
| Steve Bisley | ... | Jim Goose, Main Force Patrol Officer |
| Tim Burns | ... | Johnny the Boy |
| Roger Ward | ... | Fifi Macaffee |
 | Lisa Aldenhoven | ... | Nurse |
| David Bracks | ... | Mudguts |
| Bertrand Cadart | ... | Clunk |
| David Cameron | ... | Barry, MFP Garage Mechanic |
| Robina Chaffey | ... | Singer at Sugartown Nightclub |
| Stephen Clark | ... | Sarse |
| Mathew Constantine | ... | Toddler |
| Jerry Day | ... | Ziggy |
| Reg Evans | ... | Station Master |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
93 minCountry:
AustraliaLanguage:
EnglishColor:
Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoCertification:
Argentina:18 CORRECT: REPLACE WITH: (re-rating) (1982) (cut) | Argentina:16 (re-rating) (1999) (uncut) | Netherlands:16 | UK:18 (cut) (1986) | Argentina:18 | Ireland:18 | Brazil:16 | Italy:VM18 | Argentina:X (original rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:X (theatrical rating) | Australia:MA (TVrating) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (special edition) | Canada:R | France:-16 (re-rating) | France:X (original rating) | New Zealand:(Banned) (original rating) | New Zealand:R18 (re-rating) | Norway:18 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Finland:K-18 | Germany:BPjM RestrictedMOVIEmeter: 
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This was the first Australian film shot in anamorphic widescreen. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When the bikers ride into the town to pillage, one of them takes off a green helmet, but in the next shot he is wearing it again. moreQuotes:
Max: I'm scared, Fif. It's that rat circus out there, I'm beginning to enjoy it. Look, any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, a terminal psychotic, except that I've got this bronze badge that says that I'm one of the good guys. moreFAQ
An urban myth is the stuntman on the bridge was killed when hit by his own bike. Does anyone have proof this is true ?more
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Mel Gibson is Mad Max in, well, "Mad Max!" This is the film that made Mel an international superstar. In his starring debut, Mel plays Max, a leather-clad cop in the near future who fights to control security on the road from vicious bikers and road thugs. When the thugs lead by the psychotic Toecutter kill Max's wife and baby, our hero is livid with vengeance. Armed with his armor-plated muscle car and a sawed-off shotgun, Max wreaks turbo-powered revenge on the murderous punks.
Though a bit dated compared with the action films we have today, "Mad Max" still stands out as a very impressive movie. For one thing, this film had a tiny budget. Well, as proven in "El Mariachi," a movie doesn't need a $1 million budget if you have a creative story and imagination. "Mad Max" stands out as a classic low-budget flick that made it big without the intense u