I came, I saw it, I hated it. Nothing but grunts, blood, killing and car chases. That may be others' idea of a fabulous movie but not mine. I hate violence in movies. This one had almost everything I hate about a movie rolled into one. My opinion only...your mileage may vary.
Most people don't really understand Mad Max because they didn't grow up with the films. Of course it's going to look bad in today's standards, but it's still a classic to me.
I saw all the movies in 2 days. There's something special about the first one. The ambient, the characters you really care about, the shock, the lack of special effects. I just love it by itself.
I’ve watched this about once a year for the last five years and it gets better every time I see it. It’s probably my favorite of the series, although Mad Max 2 and Fury Road are great as well. It might even be in my personal top 10 or 20 films. Beyond Thunderdome is a little cheesy to me. In order to enjoy this, you need to be open to nearly 45 year old films, love violence and revenge, and guys wearing leather pants with cool nicknames like “the Dark One.” All others need not apply.
Also, I’m pretty sure Gerard Way modeled his appearance in The Black Parade video partially after the character Bubba Zanetti in this film.
The opening scene is very good, but then nothing important happens in the majority of the movie,
I expected the family to die at the beginning and the rest of the film being about Max taking revenge, but insted the revenge takes place in the las 15 minutes.
It wasn't boring, but it wasn't worth watching either. There're a lot of movies I'd watch instead of watching this one again.
I love Mad Max Fury Road, so hopefully Mad Max 2 and 3 will be better.
Some of the stuntwork and camerawork are impressive and Mel Gibson shows early signs of greatness, but the average script and small budget hurts the movie. The movie is confusing or at least overly complicated at times like in the opening car chase where we jump back and forth between cars and villains while a weak-voiced car radio is humming the goings on in the background. The movie comes very close to becoming a great thriller at times, but ends up too often just feeling stressed. The impact of the ending is let down by countless imitators in modern times.
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I came, I saw it, I hated it. Nothing but grunts, blood, killing and car chases. That may be others' idea of a fabulous movie but not mine. I hate violence in movies. This one had almost everything I hate about a movie rolled into one. My opinion only...your mileage may vary.Rohit
What Alias saidVirgil
Most people don't really understand Mad Max because they didn't grow up with the films. Of course it's going to look bad in today's standards, but it's still a classic to me.adr1s
Man, this movie is ooooooold afDieguito
Rebel and RevolutionaryScratch47
Lo-fi and a bit crappy. Toecutter was awesome though.Goldragon979
I saw all the movies in 2 days. There's something special about the first one. The ambient, the characters you really care about, the shock, the lack of special effects. I just love it by itself.oligneisti
The most interesting thing about the film might be Mel Gibson's baby-face. So young and not mad at all...essaywhu
I’ve watched this about once a year for the last five years and it gets better every time I see it. It’s probably my favorite of the series, although Mad Max 2 and Fury Road are great as well. It might even be in my personal top 10 or 20 films. Beyond Thunderdome is a little cheesy to me. In order to enjoy this, you need to be open to nearly 45 year old films, love violence and revenge, and guys wearing leather pants with cool nicknames like “the Dark One.” All others need not apply.Also, I’m pretty sure Gerard Way modeled his appearance in The Black Parade video partially after the character Bubba Zanetti in this film.
george4mon
i agree with Sviggolo: bad acting, bad dialogue, bad filmlopan017
The Toecutter is one freaky guy.Shidan
The opening scene is very good, but then nothing important happens in the majority of the movie,It wasn't boring, but it wasn't worth watching either. There're a lot of movies I'd watch instead of watching this one again.
I love Mad Max Fury Road, so hopefully Mad Max 2 and 3 will be better.
Andrewski
An extremely sparse plot with little action, and even less characterization. Hard to imagine this launching a series of sequels.Zeltaebar
Some of the stuntwork and camerawork are impressive and Mel Gibson shows early signs of greatness, but the average script and small budget hurts the movie. The movie is confusing or at least overly complicated at times like in the opening car chase where we jump back and forth between cars and villains while a weak-voiced car radio is humming the goings on in the background. The movie comes very close to becoming a great thriller at times, but ends up too often just feeling stressed. The impact of the ending is let down by countless imitators in modern times.Showing items 1 – 15 of 26