Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior( 1982) 2 Filmmakers react! First Time Viewing! 

Fun Fact: The dog was rescued from a local Australian animal shelter and was "on death row" as it was already listed to be put down due to time not adopted. Film crew worried because dog would whimper and freak out at the sound of the engine. But a few pieces of cotton in the dog's ears, and the dog performed perfectly in the car. After filming, the dog was adopted by either Miller or camera-crew (can't recall which) and lived on for several years after filming. Fun Fact 2: The wardrobe department felt that "dog" was a little "too calm to show personality". A simple red bandana tied around his neck was all it took. Once that bit of color was involved, it showed his connection to Max (as it would be seen as something funny to do with a dog) but also showed that the dog itself was "used to the brutal surroundings' while adding a bit of "flair' to the dog as a character. ONE simple piece of "costume design" for a dog by using a bandana visually conveyed so much that it has become some-what "iconic" as a feature for dogs in other movies through the years. Even modern day movies and properties (Like the Fallout series) will feature a "bandana" addition for a dog companion. All based upon this simple addition in to the dog in this movie.

Good news guys, MAD MAX was released in the US on Feb 15, 1980. But I think the brilliance of George Miller is that each film can stand alone as they are. You don't have to see the prior films to get the character. They can star the same people, but be different characters in the same universe. Kind of like Leone's Dollars trilogy. ROAD WARRIOR is still my favorite of the classic trilogy. This used to get good air time on TBS and TNT in the 90s. I watched it constantly. These films let me know that I love post apocalyptic stories. It's one of my favorite subgenres of science fiction. We're more likely to have this for our future than the future of Star Trek. When I was a kid playing with my GI Joes, my fantasy landscape was a mix from ROAD WARRIOR, INDIANA JONES, and John Woo films. My parents let me watch stuff before I probably should have. Lol. George Miller also directed the BABE films with the pig, and the HAPPY FEET films. Lol. I got to meet Vernon Wells, Wez, a few years ago. He's a super nice guy. He just plays crazy really well. I'm sure we'll be seeing him again when COMMANDO comes around. There's a fan theory that Tom Hardy from FURY ROAD is the Feral Kid grown up. Because he still had the music box that Max gave the kid in this film. Keep up the great work guys!

Mad Max 2 is so perfect. Perfect 90min three act structure with the most beautiful writing.

Remember, everything is practical. When the tanker rolls over at speed, there's a guy inside driving it. When the buggy gets flipped and drug behind the tanker at speed, there's a guy inside, who WAS driving it. When guys are jumping between moving vehicles, there are no wires to digitally remove in post. The stuntman who flips end over end actually BENT the metal rod that was already in one of his legs. They built a mechanical contraption to perfectly "throw" a motorcycle with dummy rider beneath the tanker's wheels... Also, there were only ever 2 of Max's "Interceptor" built. This is the same car that was used in Mad Max. They reused it for Mad Max 2 and built a double for several shots. It was the double that was blown up. The original and the blowed-up remains both still exist. However, the original has been on museum display for decades. EVERY car you've ever seen anywhere else is a CLONE.

When you think of something post apocalyptic you think of this movie, it's timeless that's how good it is

I lost track after a dozen or so times watching it, but I can't think of any movie I ever even came close to watching that many times. The things we do as a ten year old... The dog is still my favorite character.

The Road Warrior is still the best action film I’ve ever seen…. (And I’ve watched a lot of movies…) When the guy does the somersault over the car, it’s like a crescendo of mayhem in a world that’s so out of control, you just go ‘WOW!’…. I still get excited when that whole sequence unfolds….

One of the most intense and brutal chase scenes ever. Kudos to the stuntmen on this movie. And Brian May of Queen for the soundtrack.👍

The juice, the precious juice

Still my favourite Mad Max movie. Fury Road is amazing of course but this has a rawness and intensity that just kills. George Miller is a mad wonderful genius. Bring on Furiosa! 😁

The kid and the gyrocopter pilot are the real MVPs. 😃

Best Australian movie ever made, thanks to George Millers direction and practical effects and stunts. Fun Fact: The motorbike rider that hit the car and went flying, the stunt was real and he landed on a big pile of cardboard boxes for cushioning, still got super hurt tho

This is my favorite “Mad Max” flick. I’ve no idea how many times I’ve seen it.

Made for $4.5 million dollars. At the time, the longest chase scene ever put on film. This film was just released here as "The Road Warrior". It was a hit here, and thanks to home video we all then ran out and rented "Mad Max" to get the origin story. One of the rare sequels that is better than the original film, IMO. The first had a budget of $450,000 and, while it's good, it shows.

Mad Max should never have been taken out if the hands of Aussies .Mel is max and the way it filmed brilliant .

I went to Puerto Rico in the '70s. The Six Million Dollar Man was called,,, El Hombre Nuclear! That always cracked me up!

I said this before, and I will say it again. Award like the Oscars is missing one award, and the award of "Best application of stunts in a narrative work" The first two Mad Max movies are a text book example, at the time that they came out, of stunts that were used in film. The whole stunt team in movies like in Mad Max: The Road Worriers, should deserve to have there own award section. That is because if it wasn't for the potentially life threatening hard work that they give. We would not have movies like this one.

The cinematographer was Dean Semler, he later won the Oscar for Dances with Wolves

The first one was great, but this one brought Mad Max to what it could and should be. Then the next one took a turn for the worse. Thank God Fury Road came along and set things right again. 🤘😎

First saw this in 1982 when it was on HBO 3x a day. I was 7. I recorded it so I could watch it every day after school. Which I did for several years. I staged massive tanker chase battles with my Hot Wheels. This was, and is, the best film I've ever seen. As it stands, I have watched it literally thousands of times. Fury Road was amazing, but this is better. This feels real. Fury Road is just too over the top. It's supposed to be, and it's fantastic, but I just can't take it seriously. The Road Warrior is perfect pure cinema. Can't wait to see your thoughts on Mad Max. :)

In 1982, my brother took me to see this in the theater on my 11th birthday. Mind you, I had seen Star Wars in the theater in "78 when I was 7, so by "82, I was a seasoned moviegoer. After seeing The Road Warrior, I was awestruck. I was so amped up, he turned me around and we saw it again.

The girl that you said was the prittyest girl in the movie was a freind of mine in the 80s from Melbourne, her boyfriend was English. Then a sound engineer for an Australian rock band ..he was a bass player for( boom town rats..hit song (l don't like Mondays )the song was banned in a lot of countries and after awhile was banned in Australia to.

Gibson has only like 25 lines of dialogue in the whole movies, yet he's still the center of the action.

Watching Road Warrior on headphones should be criminal

Best post-apocalyptic movie ever.

Mad max 2..the road warrior..is basicly shane..retold with punk energy...iloved it in my teens...and still love it now aged 56 ...he he

James Cameron took inspiration from this movie to do “The Terminator”. He actually had Mel Gibson in mind to play the character. Now we cannot even think that could be possible.

Hey guys, 1981 a few of us motorcycle riders are sitting around on a rainy day and I looked for a movie. Road Warrior was playing. I had seen Gene Shalit say it was good so we went to the theater. And. We. Were. Not. Prepared. Still my favorite action movie ever and one of my 5 desert island films. Was so much fun watching you guys react to it. Brought me right back to when I was 24 and seeing it for the first time. Thank you.

The actor that played the feral kid was allowed to keep the boomerang and still owns it.

Watched this 4 times in the theater. Indescribable.

great reaction guys, you might be interested to know, there is a Mad Max 2 Musuem in Silverton NSW. Its Utterly astounding and its Creator, also was instrumental in rebuilding a replica of the compound. We are hosting a (slightly late) 40th anniversary in 2024

Jesus, this is where the first Fallout came from stylistically all the way to the dog. And the Mad Max game drew from this movie way more than from the Fury Road. Awesome choice as usual. Cheers!

Amazing end narration. Straight up legend making.

Damn. Let's hear it for the stunt team! They came in clutch. No pun intended.

Trivia, the blonde girl with the top knot is Arkie Whiteley, artist Brett Whiteley' daughter.

race cam was invented in Australia.the cameras mounted on and in race cars.

You summed up everything I love about this film. Thank you.

I was 12 when Star Wars came out. I saw it 3 times on opening day and another 37 times over the following year, because it didn’t leave the local cinema for that long, and I was that obsessed - I’d seen the trailer for Star Wars the Christmas before it came out before a 70mm re-release of 2001. That trailer was the greatest thing I’d ever seen, I bought the book and read it at least 4 times before the movie came out. In the intervening years between Star Wars and Empire, a little movie called Alien came out, which I also saw on opening day. By the time Empire came out, I saw it exactly one time, I felt like sci-fi had moved on from space wizards and princesses, and the year after that, Road Warrior completely changed everything. Then Blade Runner came along and changed everything again, and made Return of the Jedi seem like a clunky Pollyanna teddy bear piece of crap. The sheer kinetic brilliance of Road Warrior guarantees that filmmakers will draw inspiration from it forever. Between the first one and the second, it really does show that anything is possible, no matter how few dollars you have. It’s why I’m thrilled by filmmakers like Micheal Winterbottom, and Soderbergh and Sean Baker etc. Dudes, just go make a movie, and fill it with brilliant ideas, great performances, and amazing shots nobody’s ever seen before. If you haven’t seen Primer yet, give it a watch, the best time travel movie ever made, executed expertly on a budget of $7,000, with a 2:1 shooting ratio.

This is THE best one.

Road warrior is the inspiration for about 20% of the fallout series

I love how Wez does the crazy flip over the wussy guy and takes him out, and Zoolander does the same flip intending to take out the "Claymation" dude. In the words of George Lucas, "it's like poetry. They rhyme."

My favorite from the series and I remember seeing at the theater, such a fun time going to the movies every week either theater or drive-in we were there! Thanks again!

The first Mad Max was released in the U.S. after The Road Warrior. Mad Max was only released in Australia The Road Warrior was released in the U.S. first then people wanted more of Mad Max and the studio released it on video in the U.S.

NO.. Thats how the sky looks just before sunset here in Australia ...pink sky

The amazing stunt at 22:58 was a mishap and the stuntman broke both his legs.

This movie on Blu-Ray was one of the best I have seen. The way the movie was filmed is very entertaining. I feel like Apocalypto was this movie on feet.

Mel Gibson IS Mad Max!

I loveyour reaction to this. I always love film students reaction.

Saw this in a movie theater as a double feature with Blade Runner. Staggered out of the movie theater, blown away.

23:00 He wasn't meant to be flipping in that stunt, his feet clipped, causing him to flip.

In Mad Max 1..a few stunt men died while makeing that movie..alot of the roads in mad Max 1 are about 10klms from my house l live near the calder raceway Melbourne where the old thunder dome is ( nascar race circuit)the nascar track failed in Australia as v8 supercars is the dominate.the nascar circuit is now over grown with plants and weeds it look very apocalyptic .

The actor who played the gyro pilot was in Mad Max 3 Beyond Thunder Dome, & at least one of the Matrix movies. Yea you can do the 1st Mad Max it won't upset this old Aussie too much

The car is a Ford XB GT Falcon. Australia was the only other country besides the United States that had muscle cars. But theirs were different. Over here the Mustang was King. Over there the Falcon was King. Chrysler had a smaller, different Charger than us, and Chevrolets are called Holdens. Instead of Camaros, they had Moneros.

First two films are both amazing, different but amazing. This is one of my all-time favourites. Try the soundtrack through headphones loud. So good.

the short character history flashback were clips from the first film, so you basically got what you needed there. it's a film worth watching but feels kind of out of place in the post apocalyptic series though it is nice to see a film set basically weeks after the apocalypse instead of years

Great reaction 💥

MAD MAX was released in the USA in February 12, 1980...so go for it kids!

As an Australian I approve of this reaction to our greatest film franchise

Policio Loco por favor. I’m pretty sure it was already 1980 when I first saw Mad Max,so I would really enjoy your take on it. I remember seeing The Road Warrior in the theatre with a couple of friends and it truly defined the concept of a post apocalyptic world to us. In my memory it also set off a mini obsession with Australia. Films like Crocodile Dundee , Breaker Morant , and Gallipoli. Thanks for this 80’s classic.

Got to do Mad Max 3

The Mad Max movies are a Kennedy - Miller production. Kennedy died in a helicopter crash while making the film.

Trust me I grew up their that ain't no pink filter that's the natural sky this is a fact

Daw this on a double bill with Sharky's Machine. You guys need to check that out. Still the best cop movie.

Guys rules are there to b broken the original was filmed in my home town Melbourne not the budget of the others but still a good watch and I have viewed it 8-10times,so go ahead make my day

That was the BEST ONE!!!!!

George Miller is a genius Fury Road was amazing after years of delays but as a kid Mad Max was an influence along with legendary stuff such as Star Wars, Bruce Lee, James Bond & Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns. Mad Max & The Road Warrior had a huge impact & the post apocalyptic vision of Miller’s has influenced media tremendously. Look at the Fallout games & other post apocalyptic films. If you ever get a chance watch the “making of Fury Road” extra videos. They describe their process of post apocalyptic car, wardrobe & prop building. Apparently it’s all in George’s head. You’d think that some of the items in the movie would be ridiculous like swimming goggles or football shoulder pads being used as regular clothing but as they are shown to be functional in the wasteland it gains legitimacy. So it doesn’t become caricature but seems authentic & real, if you will. Like Immortan Joe. His outfit is over the top but it works because he is meant to look terrifying & God-like & their brilliant design choices work. Also they do limited special effects & CGI so it really looks authentic & real. The first two Mad Max’s are legends & even important films & Fury Road turned out to be a masterpiece.

MMRW is one of my most favorite movies

Fantastic

Never watched this channel before but Senor Spielbergo is hilariously grumpy looking

"The Feral Kid" Taught a whole generation of dummies what "feral" means.

Now part 3: Beyond Thunder Dome!

Great job!!!

I don't think that's a gradient pink to clear filter. That's just an outback sunset, and Dr. Miller's ability to capture a shot at the "magic hour".

When you get to the 70s, check out an even crazier Aussie film called 'The Cars That Ate Paris' (AKA Cars That Ate People') 1974. It is a fun, freaky low-budget horror, and there's a major reference to it in 'Fury Road:' the spiky, growling Buzzard gang vehicles came from 'Cars That Ate Paris.'

The most innovated movie ever! It spawned countless post nuclear movies. If you saw it back then it wouldve blown your mind! There was nothing like it. Also ''Animal'' was the first scary gay bad-guy. [The guy with the blond boyfriend on chain, not the drummer from the muppets.]

Mad Max 1 was released in the United States in 1980 so it qualifies.

The original Mad Max was released in the US in the late 70's but it was the dubbed version. No Aussie accents at all. Not even Mel's real voice is used. It was re-released in 80 with the original voices.

10/10 Feral Kids cmon

The best one of the lot, far better then the rest....well worth looking at the making videos, so many stunts went wrong but were better and lots of interesting trickery.

Dope AF.

love it ....but then again there were no bad mad max films....even the mad max lite=fury road kicked ass

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 other adventures.

the one with the shades on the right ....sorry still dont know your names....tried his best to undersell this movie...are you for realllll....THIS IS THE ONE

its actually a "TEN" , prove me wrong !

Consider this - the remaining bikers, when they saw the refinery explode, they realized that the only gas left for them after such a high-speed chase was in the tanker. Thus, when they realized that they'd been suckered by the diversion, well... what could they do? They had to find more gas, and fast... okay, slow, to conserve what little they had left. Basically, the Refinery People had just managed to annihilate the gang that had even besieging them. How's that for a "F*** YOU!"?

I saw this at the movies when it came out and I couldn't see the first because it was rated "R" which meant 18+ whereas this was "M" which meant 15+ The third one is more commercial and features Tina Turner. A large part of it was filmed at Sydney Abattoir (which became the sight of the Sydney Olympics in 2000)

I still prefer Road Warrior to Fury Road because the story is more creative and defies expectations. In a more conventional action movie, the pretty warrior woman might have been a love interest for Max. This movie not only avoids that but also does not let her live. And the feral kid and his relationship to the saga was unexpected but amazing. Anyway, I appreciated your reaction. Your discussion of the camera work and other cinematic choices expanded my understanding of a film that I thought I knew very well.

Este filme é incrível

road warrior vs. any film now

I saw the first Mad Max at a Drive In theater the summer of 1980, the year I graduated high school. If you do decide to react to the it the first thing your going to have to decide is which audio version; Dubbed English or the original "Aussie". Apparently they were worried the accent was too strong for US audiences to understand so it was released in dubbed English which is how I saw it at the drive in. I remember my buddy and I were trying to figure out were this was filmed as the signs were in english, the cars were right hand drive but they dubbed the actors so we assumed they didn't speak english.

This one in the pinnacle, 3 is a liitle more cute but still good, Fury Road believe it or not I fell asleep. Just didnt have the tone and the gymnastics and guitar was like a parody for me.

Road Warrior will always be my favorite, but if you need 80s, there’s Max Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985), which we now know segues into Fury Road.

Perhaps a run of origin story's would provide a space for the first movie.

According to IMDB Mad Max was released in March 1980. I think you could get away with it.

Mad Max 1: Is a bit more character focused and the "slow" slip into chaos for society overall. For Max it is one moment that sort of throws him into the middle of the chaos. Mad Max 2: Is more of what Max DOES while in the wasteland. A more "chaotic neutral" type who is about survival. He isn't really interested in groups, unless forced and only for a short time. His most "loyal and constant" companion is "dog" and even then, "dog" is more of a "tool" than "pet. Mad Max 3: Is more about Max connecting to society trying to rebuild. Both good and bad. It is that connection to both aspects that shows Max what "could be" and why he no longer fits in either one. Mad Max 4: Feels a little too distant in time and character. To me, 4 is kind of like the "myth stage" of Max. Kind of like what we think of as "Wild West" compared to the reality of the time for those in it. A LOT like Robin Hood or King Arthur as well. The "myth" of Mad Max has taken over the actual character. And with additional characters sharing the focus of the story, Max feels more like a passenger in his own story than a true "driving force".

10/10. The best Mad Max film. Fury Road was mediocre to me as Max was not the center of the film. This had the best action scenes.

I liked Mad Max and The Road Warrior, and even Thunderdome, better than Fury Road. Fury Road just seemed too contrived. And David Harrison is right, "Duck You Sucker" is a cool flick..The title is dumb, but the movie is excellent. Sergio Leone ONLY makes excellent movies.

Man oh man I agree with you about the dual reversed angles it really grabs at your involvement level. Please let me suggest the last actual high speed movie making before insurance for such real danger risks skyrocketed. When you watch the original “Vanishing Point” 1971? Co- starring Cleavon Little Barry Newman was the x -race car driver, veteran, x-cop, now disillusioned and striving to make a living delivering specialty vehicles to their rich customers. All I’ll tell you is 75 percent of this flick is in the car, the speeds are real, oh hahahahaha the car?? A supercharged 426 hemi 4 speed. Oh one more thing or should I say two? A beautiful hippie chick rides a small Honda naked on her bumpy homestead hideaway yep bouncy.

In my opinion The Road Warrior and Policia Loco! where the best of the 4. Fury Road was ok. I can take or leave Thunder Dome. You need to do Mad Max- same actor played the villain in the first and fourth films.

George Miller is the man.