Mad max 2 stunts behind the scenes improved quality. The golden youth is a member of lord humungus marauders, and is wezs companion. Convincing performances by the other actors, stunning set design, and evocative music all add to the overall impact of the film. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The 10 most dangerous characters in the mad max franchise. Mad max depicted a world in decline as the mfp or bronzes tried to clean up the mess in the face of a decimating war and shortages of crude oil, but the switch from mad max s end credits to the road warrior s opening is still quite a jarring change in venue. The film is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson reprising his role as mad max rockatansky. See more ideas about mad max road, mad max, warrior woman. May 15, 2015 over the course of the next two movies, mad max 2. Tom hardy plays mad max as the strong and silent type hero to a t. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Mad max is an australian dystopian action media franchise created by george miller and byron kennedy. The golden youth was first seen with wez and remained alongside him often.
The winner of five australian film institute awards, newsweek calls this a sensational slambang endoftheworld picture. The scenes where warrior woman clutches the arrows and drools blood are cut. Despite looking like someone straight out of a bdsm party, lord humungus is not a person you would want to laugh at. Mad max 2 released in the united states as the road warrior is a film of pure action, of kinetic energy organized around the barest possible bones of a plot. The event will include a postscreening conversation with road warrior cast members bruce spence the gyro captain, vernon wells, wez, kjell nilsson lord humongous, virginia hey warrior woman. Gallery books to publish an investigative book about whitney houston and bobbi kristina. The scene where the guy on a motorcycle tries to shoot the tyre is cut.
Director george miller grew up in a small town in queensland, australia where he saw a lot of car accidents. From a gyro captain, max learns of a band of settlers rich with fuel, presently under siege by warlord bikers. When the warrior woman cuts the bikers throat who is trying to grab the woman through the side window of the van its obvious that the knife does. See more ideas about mad max, the road warriors, mad max 2. The craziest stories about the making of mad max and the. Interestingly enough, theres quite a wellknown stunt from the road warrior where a guy hits a bike and flips. With mel gibson, bruce spence, michael preston, max phipps. He said that the film is a kinetic comicbook of a film, an exhilarating. In the 3rd novel it states that after the death of his family and his revenge on the toecutters. Mad max was a five star film, and mad max 2 road warrior is also a five star film.
Road warrior, there was a female warrior woman, and she died in the final chase. We see warrior woman and the mechanic being dragged off the truck, but we dont see them hitting road. Most audiences were unaware there had been a previous mad max movie. He then went on to become a successful screenwriter, having written the screenplays for mad max 2, dead calm, bangkok hilton, payback and from hell. The style is extremely rare and has never been identified or found. The road warrior is an australian postapocalyptic action thriller film from 1981 directed by australian director george miller, this sequel to millers 1979 film mad max was a worldwide box office success that launched the career of lead actor mel gibson. Charlize theron excels as a woman warrior who yearns for home and proves herself to be a brave and clever warrior. Qb books, isbn 0 7255 1183 4 first printed 1982 reprinted 1982 reprinted 1985 with pictures all moved to a centre set of pages, instead of interspersed throughout. They set off, max driving the nowfortified truck, pulling the tanker which is guarded by the warrior woman, the mechanic and another warrior. Warrior woman is a member of pappagallos tribe, she is portrayed by virginia hey in mad max 2. The road warrior and mad max beyond the thunderdome, max struggles with helping others while still yearning to remain isolated.
Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. Mad max 2 is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic action film directed by george miller. Early treatments of the road warrior s script would have included a reveal that humungus was actually max s partner goose from the previous film. Hes actually the leader of a bloodthirsty biker gang in mad max 2. Mad max 2 1981, released in the united states as the road warrior, mad max beyond thunderdome 1985 and mad max. Mad max 2 became a cult film, with fan clubs and road warrior themed. Timeline of events rebooted franchise the mad max wiki. Warrior woman wears white football pads the soft parts of the pads are gray.
The road warrior is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic action film directed by george miller. Mel gibson starred in the first three films and tom hardy took over as max in the fourth film. Hayes rendering of the road warrior, published in 1982 by qb books under the. It was retitled the road warrior for the american market, and is also known as simply mad max 2 the movie follows max into the anarchic wasteland that used to be australia, where a few years later he is now walking the earth with his postapocalyptic dog in his cool car. Mad max 2 stunts behind the scenes improved quality youtube. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. And guy norris, all these years later, is the secondunit director and the stunt coordinator on this movie. Mad max 2 the road warrior battle 1981 mel gibson great scene duration.
Mad max director george miller on sequel, charlize theron. Where possible, the flubs trivia are listed in the order in which they appear in the movie. Then theres warrior woman virginia hey, an amazonlike soldier who proves herself just as adept as any man at battling the forces of the nefarious humungus in 1981s mad max 2. Mad max 2 also known as the road warrior and mad max 2. In the postapocalyptic australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich community escape a horde of bandits. It was great until they decided to insert tine turner and later reboot with a woman instead of a man sigh the cliches. The road warrior was inspired by the oil crises of the 1970s. But, since she has already put together her own excellent web site, that tells you more than i ever possibly could about her life and career, i will simply direct you there.
Though the idea was abandoned, hints of it are still present, such as. Mad max returns to his postapocalyptic junkyard future to scavenge for food and petrol. One of the women gives max a small supply of shells for his shotgun. Jan 10, 2010 this feature is not available right now. He strikes a deal with the them to help get their people and gasoline to the coast. The warrior woman was a member of pappagallos tribe, the tribe in control of the oil refinery. Max is still cruising down the road in his v8 pursuit special now referred to as.
The films tale of a community of settlers who moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders. Interesting and cryptic details in mad max 2 the road warrior duration. Mad max 2 released as the road warrior in the united states is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic action film directed by george miller. George miller triumphantly brings back mad max in fury road. May 10, 2009 this is most likely an international trailer for mad max 2, having an american voice over, yet retaining the mad max 2 title the film was titled the road warrior on release in the us. May 15, 2015 spoilers for the mad max films follow. Beyond thunderdome and the fourth entry in the series, mad max. Plot set in a catastrophic millennium in which humanity has been decimated by countless wars and has been reduced to two rival barbarian clans who camp around residual oil wells the film tells about the feats of max, a desperate lone warrior who avenges the massacre of his family, perpetrated years before by street gangs. Circus books, isbn 0 82826 037 first printing, march 1979. In the very next shot distance change she is seen in the background just climbing to the top of the tanker.
As with the other cast and crew, i was intending on putting together a biography page for virginia hey. The road warrior steelbook region b from amazons movies store. Mel gibson starred in the first three films and tom hardy took over as max. This body is actually the same eye popping dummy that was used at the end of mad max 1.
Its karen price, the january 1981 playboy modelqueen guitarist brian may composed the music for this film as well, but not mad max. The road warrior is one of the best sequels ever made that surpassed its predecessor, the minimal dialogue, the leather costumes, the set made out of junk and highly modified cars are. A woman is shot in the chest with a few small arrows. It was excellent, an actionpacked spectacle, as weird and textured as any of its predecessors. The road warrior is everything a biggerbudgeted mad max sequel with should be. It would rather plunge headlong into one of the most relentlessly aggressive movies ever made. When pappagallo has agreed to let max drive the escape truck and the tanker is prepared to go, warrior woman is seen in her perch on top. Max was first portrayed by mel gibson in the original trilogy and most recently tom hardy in the reimagined series. During an interview with the daily beast, miller discussed the making of the road warrior. Jokes on him because hes dealing with mad max, road warrior princess. I dont think its an overstatement to proclaim mad max. Books could be and likely have been written about what makes mad max 2. Mad max 2 was thrilling, scary, nonstop, interesting, men were men and women were women hot, thin and sexy. The films tale of a community of settlers who moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypical western.
Several years after the events of mad max 1979, gasoline has become a most precious resource. The event will include a postscreening conversation with road warrior cast members bruce spence the gyro captain, vernon wells, wez, kjell nilsson lord humongous, virginia hey warrior woman, and emil minty the feral child and will be copresented by wintercon, who will also be featuring the cast reunion at their convention on. Renamed the road warrior for north american distribution because at the time, the original mad max 1979 had only been released there on a limited basis, so mad max 2 the title used outside north america could have confused viewers. Goose was driven to madness by the pain he endured in what appeared to be his death, and would have served as max s shadow archetype. The road warrior is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic action film written and directed by george miller. Fury road would be aware, for instance, that there is a subtle bird theme running through the design and makeup of the valkyrie, a warrior woman esque character played by. Virginia hey played warrior woman in mad max 2, one of the settlers who distrusted max.
See more ideas about mad max 2, mad max and the road warriors. Upon first meeting max, the warrior woman was wary of him, not altogether appreciating maxs delivery of their wounded friend. He lives in sydney with his wife and terry hayes began his career as a journalist for the sydney morning herald, when as foreign correspondent in the us he covered watergate and president nixons. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. The road warrior marked the second time audiences experienced mel gibson in devilmaycare black leather, stomping across parched dystopian landscapes populated by heathens, drifters. Hayes christens her the lusty girl the character is billed as the captains. It has a vision of a violent future world, but it doesnt develop that vision with characters and dialogue. The biggest mistakes you never noticed in mad max 2 1981. He runs into a small ragtag group of survivors occupying. The road warrior cast reunites for 35th anniversary by nick mangione 12. Max convinces them to let him drive the truck, pointing out that despite his injuries hes the best chance theyve got. Initially wary of max rockatanskys involvement with her wounded friend and his apparent insensitivity yelling at him trading in human flesh.
Virginia hey as warrior woman, a female member of the settlers who initially. It is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson reprising his role as mad max rockatansky. Mad max joins forces with nuclear holocaust survivors to defend an oil refinery under siege from a ferocious, marauding horde that plunders the land for gasoline. The road warrior, contrary to the original trilogys timeline. Other movies like mad max inspired by mad max esquire. George millers unique vision of a dystopian wasteland filmed to perfection in the australian outback, a litany of well thoughtout characters even among bit players, the oftcopied but rarely duplicated way that miller manages to set the mood repeatedly with little if any dialogue. Mad max rockatansky, sometimes referred to as the road warrior, is the protagonist from director george millers mad max series, appearing in the films mad max, mad max. Maurice jarre composed the music there max s dog is an australian cattle dogthe feral kid was based on vietnamese orphans on the streets of saigon. Mad max 2 originally released in the united states as the road warrior and sometimes known as mad max 2. According to the comic book, the nuclear holocaust happens between the events of mad max and max max 2. Microsoft may earn an affiliate commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article. The dog, max and the camp people are frozen, waiting for the next move, warrior woman, holding the other end of the bow, motions him forward, slowly max. When the kids sharpened boomerang was thrown, wez managed to dodge the attack, but the golden youth did not.
See all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. It began in 1979 with mad max, and was followed by three films. The road warrior you are looking for cult film, bleak and stylized movies about with apocalypse, survivor, bounty hunter, chases and races, survival, truck and boomerang themes of action, adventure and scifi genre shot in australia. The film is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson starring as max rockatansky. May, 2015 yet while it breaks ground in terms of sheer intensity, its style and tone are extensions of its three predecessors, 1979s mad max, 1981s the road warrior, and 1985s mad max beyond thunderdome. As we all know, for one person to be a leader in a postapocalypse, theyd have to the apex predator among human beings. Mel gibson in mad max george miller, mad max road, mad max 2.
Alamo drafthouse downtown brooklyn has announced that they will host a screening and cast reunion for the 35th anniversary of mad max 2. This article is more than 4 years old kachunk, kachunk, kachunck, back in 1985, the mad max trilogy unceremoniously sputtered to an. They appear to be raider brand the logos were likely painted over. Beyond the gyro captain, the feral child, and the warrior woman, therere also folks like the mechanic, who despite being disabled is a key player in.