Review of Mad Max 2 (1981) by Paul M — 23 May 2015
A completely different beast from the first movie, Road Warrior is one of those landmark action movies from the 80s. For starters, it was just different from anything else going, either visually or on a storytelling method. Max doesn't like this type of side-quests, he likes to be left alone and do his thing but he inevitably gets drawn to these conflicts, so this anti-hero (that never says much) already feels different. Then you have the "world" that already tells a story on itself, miss a minute of it and you already lost gold. Then you have those crazy-ass villains that are both hilarious and scary.
Finally, to wrap it all up, we have a serious message that doesn't take itself too seriously on an insane chase sequence, where nothing works, people kill themselves because they're crazy, it's intense as hell, ingenious and still one of the best ever made to date. A true classic in every sense of the word, though I don't think it's a movie for everyone.
This review of Mad Max 2 (1981) was written by Paul M on 23 May 2015.
Mad Max 2 has generally received very positive reviews.
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