085391118121

1981

1982-05-21

96

1h 36min

Awards, 8 wins & 10 nominations

George Miller

Terry Hayes, George Miller, Brian Hannant

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston

Byron Kennedy

Brian May

Dean Semler

Michael Balson, David Stiven, Tim Wellburn

Graham Grace Walker

Norma Moriceau

Bob McCarron, Karla O Keefe, Lesley Vanderwalt, Kathy Coultrup

Patrick Clayton

Patrick Clayton, Brian Hannant, Phillip Hurst, Toivo Lember, Andrew Plain, Mark Thomas, Michael Parkhurst

Steve Amezdroz, Melinda Brown, John Daniell, Peter De Bono, Philip Henderson-Wilson, Michael Lehmann, Frederick Santos, Dennis Smith, Kerrin Stevens, George Tsoutas, Pauline Walker, Derek Wyness, George Zukiwskyj, Bronwyn Parry

Anne Breslin, Lloyd Carrick, Rickley W. Dumm, Chris Goldsmith, Byron Kennedy, Bruce Lamshed, Mike O Donnell, Penn Robinson, Roger Savage, Andrew Steuart, Marc van Buuren, Matt Vowles, David Watts, Phil Judd

Mark Clayton, Jeff Clifford, Steve Courtley, Mont Fieguth, David Hardy, Brian Hunter, Greg Mulhearn

Kim Priest, Roger Cowland, Richard Wilmot

Max Aspin, Glenn Boswell, Vern Dietrich, Gerry Gauslaa, Bob Hicks, Guy Norris, Kim Noyce, Dennis Williams, Tom Glass, Melissa Grillett, Carey Loftin

John Brock, Dean Bryan, Gary Carden, Graham Carter, Derry Field, Bill Grimmond, Carolyn Johns, Andrew Lesnie, Peter Lipscombe, Graeme Mardell, Andrew McLean, Richard Merryman, John Morton, Paul Moyes, Geoffrey Simpson

Terri Lamera, Shelley Lodge, Pam Maling, Roger Monk, Margaret Thomas

Ruth Beach, Arthur Cambridge, Margaret Cardin, Michael Chirgwin, Philip Dickson, Les Fiddess, Bill Gooley, George Miller, Alison Pickup, Christopher Plowright, Annabelle Sheehan

Steve Knapman

Brian May, Roger Savage, Martin Fripp, Robert John, Brian May, Roger Savage

Linda Ray

John Brand, Ralph Clark, Sue Clark, Jack Skyver, Dennis Williams

Bill Anderson, Rosanne Andrews-Baxter, Dale Aspin, Catherine Barber, Linda Bates, Dixie Betts, George Bischoff, Barry Bransen, Kevin Cross, Jenny Day, Harvey Else, Ray Fowler, Gerry Goodwin, Hugh Gooley, Sandy Gore, Arthur Henley, John Hurrel, David Jeffrey, Stuart Johnson, Byron Kennedy, Mardi Kennedy, Grant Larkin, Jennifer Lee-Lewes, George Miller, Allan Mills, Ian Mitchell, Peter Moyes, John Murch, Guy Norris, Gordon Parr, Catherine Phillips, Marshall Read, Clive Smith, David Thomas, Reg West, Athnea Willcocks, Angelika Wyness, Derek Wyness, Michael Parkhurst

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Kennedy Miller Productions

Australia

English

R

7.6

180453

77

Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in the United States) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. It is the second installment in the Mad Max franchise, with Mel Gibson reprising his role as Mad Max Rockatansky. The film s tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical Western frontier movie motif, as does Max s role as a hardened man whose decision to assist the settlers helps him rediscover his humanity. Filming took place in locations around Broken Hill, in the Outback of New South Wales.

The film was released on 24 December 1981 to widespread critical acclaim, with particular praise given to Gibson s role, the sparing use of dialogue, Brian May s musical score, cinematographer Dean Semler s widescreen photography of Australia s vast desert landscapes, the fast-paced and tightly edited battle and chase scenes, and costume designer Norma Moriceau s punky mohawked bikers in leather bondage gear. It was also a box office success, and the film s post-apocalyptic and punk aesthetics helped popularise the genre in film and fiction writing. At the 10th Saturn Awards, the film won Best International Film and was nominated for five more awards: Best Director, Best Actor for Gibson, Best Supporting Actor for Bruce Spence, Best Writing, and Best Costumes for Norma Moriceau. Mad Max 2 is widely hailed as both one of the greatest action movies of all time and one of the greatest sequels ever made, and fan clubs for the film and road warrior -themed activities continue into the 21st century.

Preceded by Mad Max in 1979, the film was followed by Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in 1985 and Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015.

$3,000,000 (estimated)

$2,527,864

$23,667,907

$23,668,406

Post apocalypse,gasoline,australian outback,car truck chase,car chase