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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Max is on a mission to get back his stolen vehicle. He tracks it to a post apocalyptic settlement called Barter Town. There he enters into a deal with the head of the town, 'Aunty'. Barter Town operates under one law, 'bust a deal, face the wheel'.
This is the third installment in the Mad Max series and the last time Mel Gibson played Max. Beyond Thunderdome is a much different film than the previous two films: Mad Max and The Road Warrior. Beyond Thunderdome creates an in-universe world that shows us a glimpse of humans in a post apocalyptic setting. Barter Town has it's own culture and it's own law. Max is the stranger there, who's in danger of breaking that law.
Max (Mel Gibson) with his double barreled sawed off shot gun.
Mel Gibson will always be Mad Max. He plays this to a tee. He's brutal, he's self reliant and yet still retains a spark of humanity.
It's hard to image anybody other than Tina Turner playing Aunty Entity. She's likable, she's treacherous and she looks the part. It's her desire to completely run Barter Town that drives the story.
Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) brings her role to life and also sings two songs from the movie.
Aunty: "Do you think I don't know the law? Wasn't it me who wrote it? And this man has broken the law. Right or wrong, we had a deal. And the law says, "Bust a deal, face the wheel. "
Crowd Murmurs: 'Bust a deal and face the wheel.'
Dr Dealgood: All our lives hang by a thread. Now we've got a man waiting for sentence. But ain't it the truth? You take your chances with the law. Justice is only a roll of the dice....a flip of the coin, a turn of the wheel.
Shakespeare never wrote truer words. And that is by far my favorite part of the film...it gives me goose bumps.
The fight inside Thunderdome is the stuff of movie legends.
After 45 minutes the film changes to Max encountering a group of children who live in a desert oasis. They have formed their own religion based on an event that had happened in their past. This part with the kids is still good, but it loses some of the intensity of the first 45 minutes. Still there's plenty to see and the film moves along at a good pace.
It's rather sad for me to watch Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome because like the children in the desert oasis I kept vigil, hoping for Mad Max to return in another movie. While finally he did, but it wasn't Mel Gibson and I'm too old too care now.
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Directors: George Miller, George Ogilvie
Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Max is on a mission to get back his stolen vehicle. He tracks it to a post apocalyptic settlement called Barter Town. There he enters into a deal with the head of the town, 'Aunty'. Barter Town operates under one law, 'bust a deal, face the wheel'.
This is the third installment in the Mad Max series and the last time Mel Gibson played Max. Beyond Thunderdome is a much different film than the previous two films: Mad Max and The Road Warrior. Beyond Thunderdome creates an in-universe world that shows us a glimpse of humans in a post apocalyptic setting. Barter Town has it's own culture and it's own law. Max is the stranger there, who's in danger of breaking that law.
Max (Mel Gibson) with his double barreled sawed off shot gun.
Mel Gibson will always be Mad Max. He plays this to a tee. He's brutal, he's self reliant and yet still retains a spark of humanity.
It's hard to image anybody other than Tina Turner playing Aunty Entity. She's likable, she's treacherous and she looks the part. It's her desire to completely run Barter Town that drives the story.
Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) brings her role to life and also sings two songs from the movie.
Aunty: "Do you think I don't know the law? Wasn't it me who wrote it? And this man has broken the law. Right or wrong, we had a deal. And the law says, "Bust a deal, face the wheel. "
Crowd Murmurs: 'Bust a deal and face the wheel.'
Dr Dealgood: All our lives hang by a thread. Now we've got a man waiting for sentence. But ain't it the truth? You take your chances with the law. Justice is only a roll of the dice....a flip of the coin, a turn of the wheel.
Shakespeare never wrote truer words. And that is by far my favorite part of the film...it gives me goose bumps.
The fight inside Thunderdome is the stuff of movie legends.
After 45 minutes the film changes to Max encountering a group of children who live in a desert oasis. They have formed their own religion based on an event that had happened in their past. This part with the kids is still good, but it loses some of the intensity of the first 45 minutes. Still there's plenty to see and the film moves along at a good pace.
It's rather sad for me to watch Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome because like the children in the desert oasis I kept vigil, hoping for Mad Max to return in another movie. While finally he did, but it wasn't Mel Gibson and I'm too old too care now.
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