Sunday, 21 July 2013

The original Aussie road rage

Mad Max (1979)

Directed by George Miller this film stars Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel and Hugh Keays-Byrne. In the near future law and order is breaking down in Australia as Police take on biker gangs.

The plot of this film fits into a pretty standard heroes journey which does not really pull any surprises. Thematically there are some attempts to consider if people still need heroes and to what extent the hero must resort to the methods of the evil he is fighting. Obviously this film was made on a low budget and the dystopian setting does not always show through but otherwise the film is pretty well made.


4/5

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