Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Once Upon a Time in the Post-Apolcalypse

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Directed by George Miller this sequel stars Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence and Emil Minty. Now a loner travelling the desert roads Max helps a small community escape a vicious gang.

Between films the setting has moved on from a crumbling society to full on post-apocalyptic and the plot fits in with a standard Western archetype. There is not much new in the basic story but the execution of the setting came to be definitive of 80s post-apocalyptic worlds. Probably the highlight is the action sequences which are much better thanks to the increase in budget and have some real scale to them.


4/5

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