Review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) by Shawn K — 09 Mar 2009
Now an established franchised, George Miller and Co. went for a trilogy with this one. It isn't as good as the first two, and alot of the violence has been toned down for this installment. (Maybe for commercial reasons), but it's got it's good moments which outweigh any of the film's shortcomings, and Mel is as good as ever.
This film now has Max (Gibson), coming upon a human outpost in the middle of the desert called Bartertown, ran by the savvy and ruthless Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), and the towns power comes from methane.
Max is used as a pawn in a game between Entity and Master Blaster (Angelo Rossitto and Paul Larsson), after fighting in the gladiatoral ring, the Thunderdome, Max finds himself exiled from Bartertown, and Max soon finds himself being hailed as a saviour by a colony of children living in the desert.
It's a much different film to the first two, as it takes the action off the road and into a different environment altogether. It doesn't feel the same, and Tina Turner's presence was mere stunt casting, but the action gets into gear towards the end, and the final train chase sequence is well done, it's a pity there wasn't more of it earlier in the film.
The Thunderdome sequence is cool too.
This review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) was written by Shawn K on 09 Mar 2009.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome has generally received positive reviews.
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