Review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) by John M — 20 Jun 2016
In the first half of the movie, the director, Miller, had completely imagined a highly cinematic future world, Bartertown, and memorably fascinating character of sexy villain, Turner that truly makes the movie special. But in the second half something went wrong and cute kids dressed as warriors with their humorous misunderstanding of the pre - apocalyptic technology have shown from nowhere. The reason for the clash of these two different ideas is perhaps that in that time Miller loses interest in the project after his friend, an Australian producer Byron Kennedy was killed in a helicopter crash.
One of the great things after which Beyond Thunderdome is remembered is Tina Turner who dominates on the screen with her magnetic presence. Auntie Entity is one of the great characters of action movie history.
Beyond Thunderdome is far from perfect, but it might be worth to see it at least because of the Bartertown, which is powered by energy from waste products of countless pigs from which is generating a methane gas. It is a violent, chaotic and dystopian town, where anything and anybody can be bought or sold.
This review of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) was written by John M on 20 Jun 2016.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome has generally received positive reviews.
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