Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985
Directed by George Miller, George Ogilvie · 107 mins · 2,038 views
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I’m so brave for watching all three of these movies before watching Fury Road.
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For the first half of this film, I thought I was watching the best Mad Max film of all time. I fucking love the first half of this film. I loved Bartertown and how it feels like a natural evolution from the previous films. In Mad Max the bombs hadn’t gone off but the world had already gone to shit so it didn’t matter. in Road Warrior the bombs HAD dropped and so it was a free for all, with groups fighting over the leftovers of a dead society. With Beyond Thunderdome however we see the first real sign of a new economy in this post-apocalypse world; based around – you guessed it – bartering. It’s bartering that sets everything…
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One of Thunderdome’s greatest strengths is the film’s ability to convey various elements of the world, characters, and plot through visually creative means. The fight in the Thunderdome stands out as a highlight, showcasing imaginative choreography, excellent camera placement, and skillful editing. While the action may not be as frequent as in other Mad Max films like Fury Road, it serves the purpose of driving a more plot-focused narrative. This film revolves around the creation of dichotomies, both between Max and the other characters and between Bartertown and The Lost Tribe. The Lost Tribe represent innocence, hope, and a profound connection to their history, preserving it in an almost religious-like manner. In contrast, Bartertown thrives on violence as entertainment and…
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Problem is Thunderdome’s the best part. Should’ve been “Mad Max: Thunderdome, Where We Stay for the Whole Movie.”
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60/100 As I noted on Twitter, the opening Bartertown sequence is my favorite thing in the entire series—it’s the first real indication of the go-for-broke insanity that Miller would subsequently employ not just for Fury Road, but (in gentler form, which I’ve never thought entirely effective) for Babe: Pig in the City. Master Blaster alone achieves a level of demented inspiration that only Gilliam at his best can (could?) rival, and while Tina Turner isn’t the least bit scary, at least she’s having a grand old time. Unfortunately, after 40 minutes Max gets banished and runs into the New Lost Boys, at which point the movie becomes semi-insufferable until the climactic chase sequence. (“Semi-” because I do enjoy the kids’ unusual dialect to some degree.) A somewhat pleasant surprise, nonetheless—it’s better than its rep.
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A town run entirely on pig shit is one of the best metaphors for Hollywood I’ve seen in a while.
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when I first started watching this movie I was thinking to myself “ok. Mad Max is at the thunderdome. settle in, we’ll be here a while” next thing I know the Mad Max is going way beyond the thunderdome
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The first Mad Max movie that screams “from the director of Happy Feet”
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Now I see why there were two Directors because there’s at-least two movies in here.
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Pue sa mère pourquoi y’a des gosses tout le film est mollasson a cause de ça.
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How did those kids get there?
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J’espère que ces pauvres cascadeurs avaient de sacré primes
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome è il capitolo più debole di tutta la saga secondo me, non per questo è un brutto film, anzi è ottimo sotto molti punti di vista. In questo capitolo si lascia da parte l’azione e la crudezza che aveva contraddistinto la saga fino a quel momento per dare spazio ad un’avventura quasi per famiglie se vogliamo. Ne esce un film godibile e girato in maniera eccellente che però perde della sua potenza e della critica sociale…
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome continues to explore its greatly detailed world by mainly focusing on an attempt to recreate civilisation instead of the savage wastelands. Bartertown showcases even more variety in characters and culture, creating a real world that’s always intriguing to watch. However, the film takes quite a detour in its latter half when it introduces a tribe of children which defeat all the villains in a Return of the Jedi-esque finale. The tone becomes quite tongue in cheek as there’s a lot of giggles and people making silly faces after being hit in the face with frying pans.
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So is Max ableist or an ally for not killing the fella?
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Mad Max 3 ou la douce voix de Tina Turner 🎤🏜️ Pas mal ce troisième opus de Georges Miller. On est pris. Mais c’est sûr qu’on est en dessous des deux premiers. Ça donne toujours des scènes impressionnantes dans le désert. Avec Mel, c’est toujours très efficace. Pour la petite info Popcorn, durant le tournage, Tina Turner a grandement aidé, Mel Gibson, afin de vaincre son alcoolisme. La BO de Maurice Jarre est réussie. 🎶We Don’t Need Another Hero🎶
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Önceki film daha vahşi ve orijinal bir biçimde daha stilizeydi. O hiper maskülen fetişize tarz bu evrene daha çok gidiyor evet. Ama bu filmdeki Hollywood senaryo formülü hem duygusal olarak beni çok etkiledi hem de evrenin üzerine kurulduğu dinamikler güç ilişkileri falan biraz daha detaylanmış daha bi oturaklı olmuş o da hoşuma gitti. O değil de abi şu filme bile bakıp mantık hatası var binalar 10 15 yılda o kadar toz içinde kalmaz falan diyenler var kafayı mı yediniz olm.…
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40 They family friendly-ed the franchise with this, making it a protect the kids movie. Boring af, I did chuckle at the one guy who had full cow print outfit who drove the cow-mobile.
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Mad max : Beyond Thunderdome 1985, 107 minutes . Sf, Adventure/action Directed by George Miller ( Mad max fury road, Happy feet, Twilight zone) and George Ogilvie * Mad max becomes a pawn in a decadent Oasis of a technological society and when exiled becomes the deliver of a colony of children. * Max Rockalansky played by Mel Gibson ( signs,Braveheart,Chicken run,Lethal Weapon) * Aunty Entity played by Tina Turner ( Tina, Bowie) * Savannah Nix played by Helen Buday…
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Está película de pequeño me encantó. Ahora de grande también me parece q está bien, no tanto pero está bien. La verdad es que la parte de los niños me pincha un poco. La cúpula del trueno es good mode
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This movie has a serious identity crisis, one minute it’s trying to be Mad Max, with brutal fights and intense drum soundtracks to hype it up, the other it has everyone running in circles and swinging on ropes on looney tunes happy soundtracks. Then some kids learn French for some reason ? This feels like a cheap, failed Comedy / Adventure movie, and the light hearted chase “combat” scenes made me lose interest.
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Il manque l’acting et le scénario malgré les thématiques qui sont assez intéressantes 🫥
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Still better than the original, but not quite as good as the first sequel, this ever-so-slightly longer threequel manages to out-weird the series’ own instrinical weirdness by casting vocal powerhouse and wild bouffant afficionado Tina Turner as Aunty Entity: the ruthless yet determined ruler of Bartertown – the decadent and technological oasis which houses the Thunderdome of the title. There is definitely a lighter tone here; and a heavier focus on the Lost Boy esque plot thread in the second…
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Lho trovato un film a metà. Parte bene poi nella parte centrale un po’ rallenta e non si capisce bene dove vuole andare a parare il film. Poi arriva la parte finale che risolleva un po’ il tutto. Finalmente si vede Bartertown e le musiche sono un must in più. Tina Turner non impressiona come il resto del cast. Visivamente meno accattivante degli altri due capitoli ma sicuramente un film da vedere
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I have guilty pleasure for this mostly and parts I think are actually good. I like seeing how we loop back as humanity to longing for the knwowing of what came before and creating a god for ourselves to give us direction. The lingo of the tribe wanting to get to tomorrowmorrowland is very fun and interesting where you understand it but it’s still strange and out there kinda like inspo from yoda. I feel the inspo from last Jedi…
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Ich mag wie in jedem Mad Max Teil die Gesellschaft nach und nach zerfällt. Kostüme und Charakterdesigns sind auch hier top. Der Produktionsaufwand ist hier Film verglichen mit den Vorgängern am größten. Allerdings fällt es mir schwer die Motivation von Max aber auch von Tina Turners Figur zu erfassen, generell wirkt der Plot etwas wirr. Auch die Action lässt zu wünschen übrig, das liegt auch daran, dass es bis kurz vor Schluss keine Fahrzeugszenen gibt. Das Ende holt allerdings einiges raus.
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A step down from the previous installment in the series. I thought the acting and writing in particular could have been better. I also wished for more car chases, which by now I just expect in a Mad Max movie. On the positive side I thought there was some nice world building in there.
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Y a vraiment des idées sympas et passages que j’ai bien aimé Je peux comprendre que les gens trouvent ça trop cartoonesque, ça change des deux premiers
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Takes it’s sweet time to become a Mad Max movie but it did eventually get going to be fair. I also definitely get the sense we’d have no Fury Road or Furiosa without this, so worth it.
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“I’m max, I’m mad, bout to do somethin’ bad” 🎶
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Могли лучше, похоронили так сказать Мела Гипсона в этой роли
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It has a great first act, with absolutely incredible world-building and interesting characters. The second act felt like watching a live-action Peter Pan or a remake of Hook. And then there’s the disgusting, stupid, incredibly rushed third act. They somehow thought making a “funny” Mad Max chasing action sequences will be good. They seriously defeat the enemies with a frying pan!!
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Hollywood ah movie
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felt like there were two movies in one tbh
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⭐⭐ = Passable, ennuyeux mais des bons points mad max au dela du dome du tonnerre ❌ mad max passe le bafa ✅
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Mad “Nanny” Max or Peter Pan and the lost boys of the desert. Blaster’s reveal was an actual down. Wtf.
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The first half features the iconic Thunderdome, with a fight so uniquely entertaining that it could only belong in the Mad Max universe. The second half turns into what feels like a Mad Max-Goonies crossover. This makes for some fun moments, but isn’t the Mad Max we’re used to. So the title fits; there is a Thunderdome, and they do go beyond that. Special shoutout: the kids’ dialogue, Tina Turner, and hot sax.
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– YOU!!! – Me? – You, Its Your Lucky Day – It Is? – Aha -You Got A Plane – I Have? – ” plane sounds” It Might Save Your life. – It Will? – Aha Bro this dialogue is killing me soo funny and probably best moment in trilogy, actor was picked perfectly and his face when talking is something. Lets get back to movie now, decent ending for decent trilogy, other than MC and this pilot guy whole trilogy…
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They Ewoked the franchise.
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There are interesting ideas here but honestly Miller is just trying too much. Maybe it’s the music but it feels like it’s trying to be this grand epic that doesn’t really work. From what I remember Furiousa has a similar problem but at least that movie is insane in fun ways, this is just generic hero stuff. Parts of it are almost looney tunes, mixed with a little of that Spielberg kid obsession that was so popular at the time. Also, for the movie to care so much it named itself Beyond Thunderdome, the titular Thunderdome is kind of boring. It’s barely even a dome.
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Ever since watching the first film, I’ve been so Mad Max pilled. I can’t seem to get enough of it. That’s not me complaining though. I’ll happily watch a million of these. George Miller came back to continue Max’s journey through the desert, this time with some help from his name twin George Ogilvie. I hope they got adressed by their last name on set, it would’ve been mad confusing otherwise. You can feel with each movie this franchise adds,…
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Pourtant le plus décrié par les fans, je trouve, avec le recul, qu’il est celui qui a le moins mal vieillit (bon ok c’est évidemment le plus jeune!) mais surtout qu’il est le plus intéressant à suivre, notamment avec cette tribu d’enfants. Bien entendu on ressens la volonté d’élargir le cœur de cible des spectateurs en attirant les plus jeunes, un peu à la façon dont les Ewoks ont été introduits dans Star wars. Mais bon, je me suis
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No sé si safa
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genuine question, where the kids come from ?
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Hmm, a frustrating watch as the first third is excellent, right up there with #2 in its sleazy, tough, intimidating & outright horrific post apocalyptic township. Max’s expulsion & his punishment ‘outfit’ was also compelling & I thought we were in for some Django or Great Silence type vibes & I was salivating after an excellent opening where we’d be taken next. Then we meet the lost children & all that has gone before comes to a screeching halt & we get a childish slapstick complete…
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Just Tina
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Mejor que la primera, peor que la segunda
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Mad Max resenhudo? Mad Max mas o primeiro veículo aparece nos vinte minutos finais. Vai entender que encantamento por Peter Pan foi esse que o George Miller teve. É engraçado e divertido sim.
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Film #54 for this month CINEMATOGRAPHY/VISUALS: 6/10 SCRIPTWRITING: 6/10 CONCEPT: 5/10 STORYLINE/EXECUTION: 7/10 AUDIO & MUSIC: 5/10 29 = ⭐⭐⭐ 🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️🎞️ No plan of watching this, and as u can see, I’ve watched the whole franchise not in order. But in Fury Road, I got curious why Max is being haunted by these children who he supposed to save. So I thought these children are from this film, but NO. So u saying, this film series is not done yet? Ok!…
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Gittikçe kötüleşen Mad Max serisinin üçüncü filmi tam bir fabrika işi. Benzer hikâyeler, benzer dramalar nesillerdir kulaktan kulağa anlatılıyor yeni tek şey zamana uyarlanmış bir post apokaliptik bir dünya. Onu da g.t kadar stüdyolarda çekmişler.
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Detailed set decoration and an excellent soundtrack boosts the third and final entry in the original Mad Max saga into good company with the previous two chapters. Mel Gibson was a hunk of a man in his youth, but Tina Turner steals the show with her ferocious Aunty Entity. 🟩🟩🟩 Sci-Fix52 2026 Week 48: The Vibe of Alien
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Maybe too wacky but what a cool crafted world. I dont want to say well crafted, but it was crafted well
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underated
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CChar 8 月 16, 2026
Cover game UNMATCHED
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Raggedy man.
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Does anyone else think of the Scene where the Rancor dies in Return of the Jedi, made me cry too.
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every friendship group has a master and a blaster and if you dont recognise it, youre one of them
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George Miller is sovereign to himself. I respect that, but – what is you on, mate?
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Não tem nada nesse filme que é bom, tirando uma cena ou outra de ação. Que grande merda
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اخيرا خلصت من الثلاثية النجسة دي حاجة اخر قرف يعني الفلم الاول و التالت ازبل من بعض بس التاني كويس
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What?
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the pox eclipse
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i had always heard that this is generally considered the weakest of the trilogy or, by some few fans, actually the best, it’s really odd. I was always a bit confused by this as when one just reads the plot outline, you’d think “this CAN be done well”. And at first, it does. The first third is really creative, fun, dark and all around Mad-Max-ian. Once the kids come into play though, it turns surprisingly silly and really light, feeling…
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Lejos la peorcita de la saga completa. Menos mal que la enfriaron varios años y revivió mucho mas a la altura.
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the first half of the movie is full of cool designs but as soon as the kids are introduced it goes to shit. By far masterblaster is the coolest thing to come out of the movie.
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What timeline am I even in this saga
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I just love how bonkers this is in every way. And it’s not even the best one of the bunch.
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I don’t particularly enjoy this trilogy ngl, and this is the worst one, I’m praying Fury Road gives me hope but I didn’t like this one Not much car action for a series known for their high speed car action
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Didn’t like the ‘Ewoks treatment’ on this
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Considero que en la tercera George Miller falló bastante, intento volver a usar la misma trama de Mad Max 2, pero dejándose llevar por el futuro postapocaliptico por completo, volviéndose demasiado fantasioso y punk para mi gusto, olvidándose de la mayoría de personajes y dejando inconsistencias a lo largo de todo el guion, con una historia básica e insípida. Lo bueno que encontré, es que sigue conservando la estética característica de Mad Max, además de que convierte al personaje de…
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🎥 Chrono-Watch #78 📀 Ranking List The Wasteland Watch Through #3 I like Barter Town and the dumb shit it’s up to, the rest I didn’t care for as much.
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Goonies: The Apocalypse
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5/5 até aparecer as crianças
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mad max beyond thunderdome has amazing action scenes and an extremely compelling first hour that honestly deserves a 3. despite being more story intense and forcing max to speak more, which sacrifices a lot of his charm and complexity, the first hour genuinely sets the movie up to be better than the road warrior. once the kids get introduced, it completely flips not only in tone but in quality. if not for the amazing chase sequence at the end of…
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Shittest of the original trilogy. Immensely stupid and painfully boring. Struggled to get to the end, then realised it still had an hour left.
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Beyond Thunderdome is beyond wacky. Ths first half is really entertaining but becomes peter pan halfway through with kids swinging and sliding into action lol Loving Tina Turner. The departure from intense car based combat is disappointing, even the chase at the end feels more like ACME gags stacked back to back.
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Mad Max is even madder now in this big new adventure where he is angry and everyone is crazy. Honestly the best one so far even though it’s fairly lacking in funny cars.
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T’a tout gâché…
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Сорок лет безумный Макс водил детей по пустыне, Дабы умерли родившиеся в рабстве…
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Ggodardiano 8 月 14, 2026
Me surpreendi quando olhei a média do letterboxd. Entendo que é um filme bem infantil comparado ao resto da franquia mas o conceito da sociedade das crianças é bem legal.
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nossa senhora que filme ruim
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JJosean 8 月 13, 2026
Se aleja del tono oscuro y sucio de las anteriores y no me ha convencido mucho, aun así sigue teniendo momentos muy Mad Max.
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bajonazo
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George Miller used confusion! Super effective! Plus half a star for Angry Anderson and his Batmobile
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Ta gueule toi
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I watched maybe 30 minutes of this before I fell asleep.. so that should say something
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Jahre nach den Ereignissen in der Wüste wird Max im schier endlosen Ödland von einem Piloten beraubt, der seine verbliebenen Habseligkeiten und seinen Kamelwagen stiehlt. Auf der Suche nach seinem Eigentum gelangt Max nach Bartertown, einer geschäftigen, aber verkommenen Handelsstadt mitten im Niemandsland. Regiert wird dieses Sumpfloch der Endzeit von der herrschsüchtigen Tante Entity. Die Energieversorgung der Stadt basiert auf Methangas aus Schweinekot, kontrolliert vom Duo Master Blaster, einem intelligenten Zwerg auf den Schultern eines geistig zurückgebliebenen Riesen. Um die…
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“Hey Georgee, since Road Warrior was so successful how about you make a third entry but entirely for box office? Everything that was loved about Road Warrior?? Pssshhh forget it we don’t need it. The stunning concept and apocalyptic wasteland you’ve created?? Nahhh, we’ll just shit all over it for you. And Mad Max, the main character, the man who has gone mad?? Mmm he’s just Max now.” This is horrible and shits all over the other 2 entries. I…
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I’ve finally watched all the Mad Max movies The Blaster’s face reveal was legendary
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mad max o porquinho atrapalhado na cidade
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La tenía pendiente y por fin la he visto. La primera media hora está nice y la pelea del final también está bien, pero en general la película es muy sudable. He mirado unas cuantas veces para ver cuánto tiempo quedaba de peli. La 1 y la 2 me gustaron más y Fury Road come aparte. Habrá que ver la de Furiosa en algún momento.
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On Warner 4K UHD, at home.
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the first and last half of this film is exactly what makes mad max so enticing to watch the second half made me regret even getting into this franchise in the first place thunderdome
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no entiendo como tanta gente le disgusta la segunda parte, me gustó como se muestran diferentes tipos de vida en este mundo post apocalíptico, ya vimos a la gente q busca combustible para viajar, a los que lo usan para ganar dinero y al final vemos a los niños que nacieron después de q el mundo se fuera a la mierda y se inventaron una verdad propia influenciada por su falta de educación real, es cierto q se ablandaron con…
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Filme desnecessário (Desver).
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Aunty aka Tina Turner: „Find the dwarf.“
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My favorite part is when Tina Turner catches Max at the end after he’s obliterated everything she’s worked hard to create. Laughs that they made quite a pair, and then drives off without killing him. The movie starts fine but the moment Max ends up at the child settlement it turns into a saturday morning cartoon and I have zero patience for it. Genuinely how is this the follow up to Mad Max 2 I still can’t believe this is a real movie.
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Definitely the strangest of the original trilogy. It loses some of the raw brutality of the first two, but the world-building is still really interesting.
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thunderdome kısmını baya sevdim ama sonrasında ikinci filmdeki sertliği biraz kaybediyor
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Ah, those ’80 post apocalyptic movies are just incredible!
- Synopsis
- Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
- Director
- George Miller, George Ogilvie
- Writer
- Terry Hayes, George Miller
- Studio
- Kennedy Miller Productions
- Country
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 107 mins
- China07 Apr 2019
- France10 Jul 2021
- Netherlands29 Jun 1985
- USA08 Jul 1985
- Australia06 Aug 1985
- South Korea18 Sep 1985
- Germany25 Sep 1985
- Italy03 Oct 1985
- Spain06 Oct 1985
- Finland11 Oct 1985
- Greece14 Oct 1985
- UK18 Oct 1985
- Brazil31 Oct 1985
- Mexico14 Nov 1985
- Denmark15 Nov 1985
- Norway21 Nov 1985
- Iceland18 Dec 1985
- Colombia19 Jun 1986
- Belgium29 Jun 1985
- USA30 Jul 1997
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