MAD MAX (1979) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | Movie Reaction 

Yes! I hate it when reaction channels just jump straight to Fury Road instead of starting from the beginning.

So glad you watched it in original Australian. Now you guys are ready for Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior.

This is actually my favourite Max movie as it's pre apocalypse collapse of society theme is quite realistic. Plus Hugh Keays Byrne is such a theatrical entertaining villain

The movie still holds up after all these years despite being really low budget. Raw performances elevate this from a forgettable action flix. Launched Mel Gibson career. He has that screen presence that demands your attention without him having to say much, like a Clint Eastwood. It set in a post apocalypse society after nuclear war, where there is anarchy with these gangs. The subsequent movies they had larger budget to create environment that looks different.

The Toecutter actor in this played Immortan Joe in Fury Road.

in the context of the film, The Dark One is Ziggy (the MFP with the cowboy hat who takes possession of the severed hand). In reality it's a remnant of the original script, which was changed several times as the budget was so, sooooo tiny

You guys are going to love “Mad Max 2” (“The Road Warrior” is the American title). It takes some of the good ideas here, and just expands upon them. The opening is both epic and haunting.

Yep, you saw the original. I do believe the 29th Anniversary DVD has both this and the American dub. When it was first released in the States the studio didn't think we wouldn't understand the Australian accent and slang. The next one, "The Road Warrior" is fantastic, as is the third.

When Mad Max went to the USA the distributor didn't think the American audiences would understand the Australian accent, so it was badly dubbed with American accents. Mell Gibson was given a Texan accent. This 65 year young Aussie hasn't had the opportunity to see that version, thank God

The Dark One appeared right after they found Cundalini's hand hanging off the bumper. He had the line "If no one makes a claim to it, I say we can forget it."

Great reaction you two to this sci-fi action classic which put Mel Gibson on the map as an international movie star. I hope you both plan to do the two sequels as well (again with Mel) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior & Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (and that one has the iconic Tina Turner as a main character, RIP).

You can absolutely see how low budget this movie is, but it's still extremely effective in getting you emotionally invested and very entertaining.

The movie that started it all the whole dystopian world genre, good movie holds up, the next one The Road Warrior was huge at the theater, I remember me and my wife watching, thanks y’all!

The scene where Max gets up off the road, after being shot in the leg and having his arm ran over, stuck in my head as an example of pure will.

I was a teenager when this first came out. We were all obsessed with the Interceptor, such a great introduction in the film.

As an 8yr old kid i was really spooked by the scene where she finds the hand dangling off the car. Also the scene where Johnny is left to cut the chain around his ankle. Still remember that to this day. Weird how if you think of it .. there were 3.5 billion less people when that movie came out, same with all the late 70s, early 80s movies so imagine what a 'smashing hit' meant back then... Just EVERYONE and their mother were talking about these movies... kinda miss those days. Loved your reactions to this amazing classic.

The Nightrider, remember him when you look at the night sky.

The scene where the motorbike gang is run off the bridge and they land in the river, the bridge's safety railings were removed for those stunts to happen. They didn't ask Vic Roads if they could they could removed the railings for that scene, they simply removed the railings, filmed the scene and then reassembled the railings. The green house where the gang comes running out of is still there today and is now a B&B. Trees and a hedge have been planted in front of it. The town the gang terrorises is the historic town of Clunes. The railway station is still there and has been thoroughly modernised.

This was filmed in my city, Melbourne, and the surrounding countryside. A long time ago I bought my very first car and the very next day I completely wrecked one of the side doors due to my total inability to understand the concept of parking by sideswiping it into those pylons at 8:29 (Melbourne University underground car park). LOL

it was the last scene where Mad Max had Johnny the Boy handcuffed by his ankle to the car, and was given a chance to cut through his ankle or the handcuff, was the inspiration for the horror film Saw also made by Australians James Wan and Leigh Whannell.

It isn't really post-apocalyptic, the movie was made after the 1970s oil crisis and perpetuates the idea of a society in slow decline. The second movie takes place some five years later and things have changed quite a bit for the worse there.

That was awesome! Underrated movie. That movie was made with next to no money. Great job!

“The Dark One” is a very overlooked character. On the side of the MFP cars it says the names of the cops assigned and under Max’s name is the “Dark One.” He was the one who Goose was talking about in the diner with his face ripped off and was supposed to appear with a prosthetic nose in the scene where Max and Jesse deal with the severed hand. The cop who showed up to help Max and Jesse with the severed hand is called “Ziggy” but he was originally meant to be The Dark One. The novelization that was written after fills in a lot of the blanks

Toe Cutter and Immortan Joe (Fury Road) same actor Hugh Keays-Byrne ,hence the mask.

(Max seeing the goose in the hospital) “Is this the creation of Mad Max?” Oh…no…Just wait.

This was a very impactful film for the times. We'd never seen anything like it before and it ushered in the era of the "post apocalyptic, warrior of the wasteland" genre.

in a way in the Mad Max series, our contemporary society decreases from a state in Mad Max, to a chiefdom in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, a tribe in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and a band in Mad Max Fury Road, while the rebellious punk society increases from a band in Mad Max to a tribe in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, to a chiefdom in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome to a state in Mad Max Fury Road.

Fun Fact: The movie was shot near by Melbourne Australia, the crew didnt have work permits and so Melbourne Police helped the crew by closing the roads and escorting the vehicles to the next shot location.

On Max's yellow INTERCEPTOR (front fender) is Max's last name, "Rockatansky" and his partner's name, whom we never see, "The Dark One." It was the same for the yellow PURSUIT, Roop and Charlie's names were on it.

It does gets worst as time comes and you’ll notice by the citizens and atmosphere and environment. I love the Mad Max franchise and the video game version is also great.

The sequel, The Road Warrior, one of the best action movies ever made.

Mad Max 2 starts where the first one ended . Best of all 3

The writers of the movie Saw said they took direct inspiration from this movie when they wrote the script.

As someone who lived in Oz in 79, can attest that Australia is even Worse now

LOL - "the Dark One" is that goateed sheriff guy. Seemed like a pretty cool dude to me too... Also notice how the ravens foreshadow the bad guys and the hawk appears as Max starts killing them...

During this time, Australia was putting out a lot of movies. They were lower budget but pretty good. They had a certain flavor that was unique. After you watched enough of them to get it, they started to click and the budget was less important. It's a bit difficult to explain really.

The Dark One was a character in initial conceptions of the film that was ultimately cut out. I don't know if any scenes were actually filmed, but he was called that because he was going to be an Aboriginal. He was like a local sheriff sort of character.

The dark one was the guy who took the hand . In the original script he was Max's partner and the one Goose told the story about in the diner.

A classic Aussie film I couldn't see this when it came out as it was rated "R" The sequel - which is far the best of the series I could see. It had a rating of "MA" (mature adult - which meant over 15 years of age) Back then the ratings were "R", "MA", "M", "PG" and "G" and an "R" rating - restricted - meant you couldn't see it till you were 18 The sequel was released here in Australia as Mad Max 2, but in the USA as The Road Warrior I must have seen Mad Max 2 six times at the cinema in Parramatta

Road Warrior was released internationally so we never knew this existed until cable tv until year later.

The Toecutter is played by Hugh keyes byrne, who went on to play Immortan Joe in Fury Road.

You guys are the first reaction channel I've seen that have watched the movies in sequence, awesome. I watched them all when they were first released, still enjoy watching them and it's even better with people first reactions. Thanks.

Please do The Road Warrior (Mad Max 2) as well

That psycho's car bouncing sideways down the road, no CGI, 1979 . . .

Moderately interesting trivia....there was, or possibly still is, a company in Australia called Aussie Coupes. They would source any car from the Mad Max trilogy, customise it to look as much like its counterpart in the movies as you wanted, and ship it to you anywhere in the world. Super expensive though! The badass grandma is a legendary Australian actress by the name of Sheila Florance. She was in dozens of Australian films, tv shows and a lot of theatre stuff from the late 50's until her death in the early 90's. Possibly remembered best outside Australia for the long running series Prisoner, a low buget but much loved prison drama.

"A break could do him good" Well...😂😂😂

35:40 pretty sure this is where that part of Saw came from.

This first movie was so low budget and such a surprise cult hit at the box office. The budgets for the subsequent films exploded.. While their quality is hit and miss (mostly hits) the more recent "Fury Road" is just outstanding.

George Miller ( Happy Feet, Babe, Lorenzo's Oil etc) wrote this movie after his experiences as an Emergency Room Doctor and the Motor Vehicle Accident cases he dealt with. After it's success he left Medicine and devoted himself to the Movie industry with varying levels of success but, overall, you'd have to say he made the right decision. It also catapulted Mel Gibson to international stardom. I think the budget for this movie was $400,000 (AU (!)) so......not very much and the returns were astronomical, I think he did pretty well, for having no money and a home-made script.

In this film - society is sort of on the verge of collapsing but its not post apocalyptic in anyway. There is still law, a police force, hospitals etc - but things are running out and becoming more scarce, so it’s a society that is about to collapse. Fun fact - it was never meant to be a society collapsing, but George Millar decided to make it like that after not having the budget to film in cities etc and had to film in the outback and in small towns instead, so after a couple of weeks filming decided that society was collapsing as it made more sense. Mad Max 2 is post apocalyptic and Beyond the Thunderdome absolutely is.

The guy thats plays Toecutter is also the guy that plays Immortan Joe in fury road.

Classic film! I imported an Australian VHS original of this in 1987 with the help of a lady who at the time worked for Roadshow Home Video as it was known at the time. I also called the Australian Embassy in London when I thought that maybe Australian videotape might not be compatible with the VHS used in the UK but thankfully it was.

In Australia in 1979 car seats for kids were probably not mandatory. Neither were seat belts. They were an option in some cars.

I saw this in a cinema that no longer exists when i was about 13. Instantly an Australian Classic

Small detail missed by most; The MFP cars are marked on the rear as to their job. Eveyone has "PURSUIT", while Max's car is marked "INTERCEPTOR". His job is to end the chase.

There's a great (now old) music video based on the opening chase sequence - Addicted to Bass by Puretone.

You gotta watch the sequel. It’s one of the best action movies of all time and was named one of the best 100 movies of all time too.

Needless to say the plot of this film formed the blueprint for about half the films in Gibson’s career. “Braveheart?” Gibson jokingly called it “Mad Mack.”

You’ll love part 2 more than this.

Very good open minded reaction. Many slag this movie off, like spoilt little Hollywood, commercial brats. They don't have a brain in their head to think for themselves, and an artistic thought is out of the question.

Fun fact. The movie Saw was based on the closing scene of this film

Mad Max 2 is the absolute best.

"Anything I say, what a wonderful philosophy yah have . . ."

I grew up in the 60's and survived with no car seats! 😆 p.s. and sitting in the back of station wagons and pickups too.

I don't comment much, but truly, kudos to you guys for starting at the beginning with this franchise (even though for us it was spaced out in decades lol) the way us boomers had to see it..

Each of the 4 Mad Max movies have a slightly different flavor.

The Dark One was the name of Max's co driver that was in the original script, but the character was eventually dropped, but i guess the line was left in the final script for some reason. The Dark One was also originally going to be the subject of Gooses gruesome diner story, and was going to have a "plastic nose" as a result of bouncing through the car window. Ziggy (the cop who collects the hand) is like a defacto replacement for The Dark One, as he was originally going to be the one who Max talks to, regarding the hand.

Thank you. The years when this and "The Warriors" were made was at the height of the Seventies Recession and the Oil Crisis, a period of social upheaval on a global scale, with soaring crime rates and urban decay in practically all western nations. Mad Max, and many other movies of the time, are just extrapolations of what was happening, what could have happened if the Recession hadn't ended.

The actor who plays Toecutter has a very important role in Fury Road... But i won't ruin the surprise by telling you who he plays.

Definitely worth watching the movies with Eric and Sarah

It was an incredibly low budget movie so there are obvious areas where things could have been clearer. There’s a whole culture online explaining some of the parts that aren’t so apparent. The Dark One was Max’s partner (you see his name on the yellow police Interceptor. He’s almost certainly the guy who takes Condalini’s hand into lost property. Definitely watch the second one, it’s largely felt to be the best of the original trilogy. Australian cinema isn’t frightened to kill off animals, women and children, it’s part of the joy…

So good y'all got to this cult classic! I remember watching this at the drive-in when it came out, just thought it was so cool. (My brothers & I are muscle car gearheads & were do over the top for the cars.) Although i wish more background would have been included, still think the storyline was pretty good...especially considering the budget etc. Look forward to seeing y'all get to the second one!

19:36 Just wait till you see why the title is Mad Max! Lol! His V8 car really did have 600hp!

THE ROAD WARRIOR HAS WAY MORE ACTION IN THE MOVIE

I agree with the comments about the sequel, "The Road Warrior" (US Title) or "Mad Max II". I think it is the best of the series. I saw it the year it was released in a theater on a big screen and it was exhilarating. No CGI, all practical effects and stunts.

The mad is a refference to the old english use of mad as in crazy or insane

Why would anyone dub some other English over an Australian English dialogue??

Hey Eric & Sarah Reacts. I just watch this first time reaction, and I am about to see you Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier review. With that said, here are my heads up when it come time to watch other Mad Max movies. The first three Mad Max movies show a snippet of a declining world in three forms. Mad Max being a dystopian movie. Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier being a post-apocalyptic. While Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome being a post fallout movie. There are differences being dystopian, post-apocalyptic, and post-fallout, and the first three Mad Max movies is a prime example of showing that within the same cinematic universe. Mad Max is now what what we call an "origin movie" in relation to the role of Max Rockatansky. As for the other Mad Max movies. It is best to view them from the point of view of the events that happen to them, but just happen around the interaction of a person that fit the description of Max Rockatansky, and due to tome tend to distort story's in relation to person(s), and or event(s). It means that Max Rockatansky has been lifted in to a mystical figure In this movie, his call sign is "The Dark One". Meaning that he is the best driver that MFP have, and Max work the best on his own. Also the only reason that it is refereed too in this movie is all down to the community's he come across has no reason to know that. Also with the very last part of this movie. That whole section where Max Rockatansky handcuff Johnny The Boy to the car, and gave him the two option with the saw. Yup, that is exactly where the idea of the Saw movies came from. With that said, I am about to watch the first time reaction to Mad Max 2: The Road Worrier. OH, I just subbed by the way.

Mad Max 2 is my fave of the four max films, looking forward to the 'furiousa' movie from Miller

The original and the best.

I like how the Night Riders a AC/DC fan I want to party with that guy

This is a very good start for Max you get to see his orgins and the awesome stunts it's a good movie. But the next The Road Warrior is fucking epic and you guys if you loved this one you will not be disappointed with the next entry 😊

So it begins.

You guys are cool ❤

Filmed around and outside Melbourne, great cars

I first saw this on VHS in the eighties and it was the dubbed version although I had no idea and thought it was an American film as everyone had super gruff accents.

The bikers were played by members ifvan actual outlaw biker gang. Or "bikies"as they're known in Australia

Watch part 2 immediately lol

Made in 1979 there were no carseats back then.

I Filmed on a budget of A$400,000, it earned more than US$100 million worldwide in gross revenue and set a Guinness record for most profitable film for many many years . Crazy huh ?

If you like this I suggest “The salute of the Jugger”. It’s sports instead of cars.

that grandma was in the original prisoners tv show (wentworth)

Yes the two writers of Saw got the idea from this movie.

Mad actually means insane in this.

I seem to be backward from most people when it comes to the "Mad Max" films. I liked "Fury Road" the best, "Beyond Thunderdome" second, "The Road Warrior" third, and this one the least (which is not to say I _dislike_ this movie. I just like it the least of the four). So, for me, this was the opposite of what's normal. Instead of the first being the best and going downhill, each sequel was better than the one before. Looking forward to your reactions to the next ones, whenever they happen to come along! ✌🤓

i live where they filmed this + i was born in the same hospital ! 1973

Yep 19:05, the Goose is cooked!

Mad Max when gangs takeover the highways. They killed his son!!

Nice reaction, please give a try to Mad Max 2!

Mad Max was an idea that couldn't be fully realised due to the incredibly low budget. The setting was always vague and subject to debate for the last 40 years. Mad Max 2 was the creativity and budget creating a perfect storm of action film artistry. One of the best action films ever released. Mad Max 3 ended up disappointing a bit due to the tragic death of producer mid production, and traumatised director quitting half way...and it's still a banging film, when not dragging forever... Fury Road is a modern day CGI heavy reboot for generation spectacle. Has nothing to do with the trilogy except the scenes (and cars) it recycles.