Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) REACTION! FIRST TIME WATCHING! 

"And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now... only in my memories." Fun Fact: The dog used in the film, was obtained from a local dog pound and trained to perform in the film. Because the sound of the engines upset him (and in one incident, caused him to relieve himself in the car), he was fitted with special earplugs. After filming was complete, he was adopted by one of the camera operators. Liability Waved Fact: The tanker roll stunt at the end of the chase was deemed so dangerous that the stunt driver was not allowed to eat any food twelve hours before they shot, in the likely event that he could be rushed into surgery. Shocking Backstory Fact: Humungus was originally supposed to be Max's partner Jim Goose. The production decided against this, but left a few hints, such as horrible burns behind Humungus' goalie mask, the use of police vehicles by the raiders, and his own use of a similar weapon to the MFP's standard sidearm.

One of the most memorable and haunting opening movie scenes ever made in cinema.

Saw at the theater love this movie seen so many times! I’ll say it again in my opinion the mid 70s to the mid 90s was the golden badass age of cinema , thanks again really enjoy your reactions!

The most heart breaking thing out of this whole movie was the destruction of Max's car the pursuit special.

I wish I could watch it again for the first time, I enjoyed your reaction. I had this recoded on VHS in the early 90's just used to rewind and watch the tanker chase over and over again.

One of the best action movies of all time. Best mad max movie including fury road. Multiple badass bad guys and a classic movie trope. A group of people being terrorized until an unknown loner comes from nowhere to help them. Great plot And great stunts.

The Gyro Captain is called that because he is flying a gyrocopter not a helicopter. It may look like a little helicopter but it can not vertically take off and land or hover in place like a helicopter. A fact they kind of hide in the movie with some creative editing. While a helicopter's rotor blades are connected to the engine a gyrocopter's are not. The forward motion of the gyrocopter through the air, pushed by the rear facing aircraft motor and propeller, makes the rotor spin and creates lift. This means they need a running start to get the rotor up to speed.

You should watch the third one; it’s good (especially the first Act) but it’s not as good (IMO) as the second (not many movies are). Still, it’s essential watching to see what happens to Max’s character.

One of my all time favorites.

My dad took me to see this in the theater while the rest of our family was on vacation. I was roughly the same age as the Feral Kid so , yeah, not appropriate . Hahah. I loved it though. I'm pretty sure I jumped a foot out of my seat when Wes grabs Feral kid at the edge of the truck hood.

2022 and we are going MadMax with the gas all over again.

I've watched a lot of reactions of MM2 and this one is probably my favorite. Very observant, I like how you picked up on the fact that Max has lost his humanity and when he crashed his car the only thing he had left was his dog - those things are why he decided to help those people. They were there for him so he's paying them back by driving the tanker, his faith in humanity was restored a little bit. And then kind of betrayed again at the end when he realized they didn't tell him he was hauling sand. And that's why he didn't join them after all that. Great reaction man! Gonna watch more of your Mad Max reactions now.

At 16:25 where the guy is flipping through the air....that stunt man actually died doing that stunt when he landed! But they kept that scene in the movie anyway.

Autogyro's have been flying for nearly 100 years. The pilot is called 'Gyro Captain'. The narrator is the Feral Child as an old men. George Miller was not affiliated with the zombie films. You're thinking of George Romero. Mel Gibson is actually American. He was born in upstate New York to Australian parents and his father moved the family back to Australia for fear of his sons being drafted into the military as this was during the height of the Vietnam War.

If you liked this movie, please, please, please watch “Runaway Train” with Eric Roberts. Guarantee you’ll like it.

Thanks for pointing out the side characters. They might not have many lines, but they come across as real people with backstories. That''s great storytelling, and harder than it looks.

Vernon Wells plays Wez (Cheeks😝). He reappears vs Arnold in 'Commando' then totally spoofs himself in 'Weird Science' where he roasts someone...about their pants! 🤣

I'm liking this one BEFORE watching it. Lol 🤘

The biggest action movie finale BOOM of the 80s next to the '77 Death Star blast...and since only George Miller could top himself, he does so near the beginning of 'Fury Road'. "Witness MEEE!!"

absolutely Top 5 action flicks. i'll have to think about the other 4....

Thanks for watching this epic! If you haven't already, check out ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)

This is one I've been waiting for you to do. Great job.

gyro captain is also the train man in the Matrix

Mel Gibson can be called Australian/American.He was born 50 miles outside of NYC and lived there until his family moved to Australia when he was 12.He used to have an Aussie accent,but now he pretty much sounds American.

Great reaction brother 👍... watching from the Kimberlys (Australia).....

The first one was such a low budget that Miller worked in a ambulance to come up with 1/2 the budget. Ferral boy was the narrator. The cop cars in the first and Max's car were Ford Falcons which were discontinued in the U.S. in the 1960's but Ford kept making them for Australia into 2014 I think.

Watching this--again---great movie and great commentary.

This is the best. Including Fury Road that proves there can be too much CGI. The hot blonde chick the copter man was chasing😍😉 Max not staying with those people left the door open for another adventure.

Beyond Thunderdome is good too. Do watch.

Not a fun fact, when Mad Max was 1st released in the U.S. The promoters in the states didn't think the American audiences wouldn't be able to understand the Aussie accent so it was released with everyone's voice BADLY dubbed. Max had a Texas drawl. Of course the U.S. audience found out then heard the Aussie accent basically what were the promoters thinking. Of course us Aussies were not impressed

Excellent review and analysis!

I also like the third movie: "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". I would like to see your reaction to it. :)

This is whatthe director WANTED the first movieto be... but due to budget constraints we got what we got

Now, you have to watch Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

Water World (with Kevin Costner) is very good. Don't listen to the hate.

What fun! I had forgotten what a good movie this was...

the narrator was the kid

I only subscribe today your editing and comments are on point do plenty of classic movie Lawrence of Arabia, Ben Hur, Amadeus, Planet of the Apes of course all Original Version

I love the Mad Max movies. Story is always simple, but the stunts are over the top level. Even in the newest one of 2015 with Tom Hardy. Looking forward to see the upcoming ones, Furiosa and Wasteland. Tbh I still like the first movie a bit more than all the other ones that came after, that's probably just my nostalgic streak, I don't know. It's just that a low budget movie created all this what came after, a whole franchise.

Good job bro 👏

Great movie

Whens mad Max 3..it's great..ya goofy m8te from Australia

If you've seen Fury road and have never seen any of the other three films then you're not a fan; you're a tourist.

What gets lost is no one really knew about Mad Max in the US. The Road Warrior was released in cinemas and was a HUGE hit. No one really knew about Mad Max until cable tv came later in the 80's and we realized it was a sequel. It launched Mel Gibson's world wide career.

Can we pay for a special reaction or send you a dvd/blu-ray?

Max gets "f-ed up right away" because the shattering of the windshield created a blast of glass in his face AND the metal pipe being used also hit the steering wheel, which caused the car to go out of control due to Max needing to pull his hand away or have it broken. It wasn't that Max was "weak" at that moment, it is that in that situation everything that happened completely took all control OUT of his hands while things were stacked against him.

Best of them all, the others are trash.

Fury road was the worst Mad Max. I mean passed the movie itself. The Max character was bad. It's like they took his MOJO. Felt like 90 percent of the movie he was tw&t. They basically made the mane woman character Mad Max. I don't care if they introduced a strong woman. But they kinda did it while making Max seem weaker. It's the 3rd best and 3rd movie thunderdome. But they didn't at least weak up Max to introduced the female character.

Wrestling tag team Champs Hawk and animal used their wrestling gimmick off of this movie. 1981.