Wednesday, 24 July 2013

Two men enter, one man leaves

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Directed by George Miler and George Ogilive this film stars Mel Gibson, Tina Turner and Bruce Spence. Max gets caught up in the politics of a desert town then runs into a tribe of lost children.

Once again the plot of this film heavily features western archetypes in a post apocalyptic setting but the story does feel a little disjointed have two clear parts. The second half with the tribe of children does bring some humanity back to the protagonist but some of the savage/tribalistic nature of the children does feel like it might have slightly racist undertones. There are some good action sequences, especially the early fight sequence, and over all this is a entry in the franchise well worth watching.


4/5

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