Disjointed but it still rocks.
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05/06/08
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:30
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.3/10
Consensus: Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.
Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: Mad Max is back, in this third film in the popular series about a violent and desolate post-apocalyptic world. This time, Max ventures into the city of Bartertown in order to retrieve some of... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Helen Buday
Director: George Ogilvie, George Miller
Reviews for Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Top CriticQuality, visionary sci-fi.
05/06/08
Top CriticEnough imagination, wit and ingenuity to put recent Spielberg to shame.
02/09/06
Top CriticAn astonishing display of virtuoso cinema that is destined to take its place among the most vivid and freshly imagined fist-to-groin contests in the medium's history.
08/25/08
Top CriticMiller never falls back on the formulas that have become the bane of too many recent action films, and his sustained cuts lend a clarity to the proceedings.
06/10/08
No review available.
11/20/07
The performances are superb. The script allows Gibson to bring a welcome new dimension to the Mad Max character, and the actor rises to the occasion.
06/06/07
Top CriticGibson impressively fleshes out Max, Tina Turner is striking in her role as Aunty (as well as contributing two topnotch songs, which open and close the picture) and the juves are uniformly good.
06/06/07
Top CriticThe punky energy of the earlier films has given way to a self-conscious striving for significance, obscuring Miller's considerable kinetic talents in favor of a lumpy didacticism.
06/06/07
Great goofy fun.
04/09/07
Good action plus Tina Turner. Welcome indeed.
12/14/06
No review available.
10/08/05
No review available.
06/19/05
No review available.
10/30/04
This film has showier stunts than its predecessors, and a better sense of humor. It also has Tina Turner, in chain-mail stockings.
08/30/04
Top CriticMel Gibson proves to be a formidable warrior.
08/22/04
No review available.
08/04/04
No review available.
06/25/04
No review available.
10/31/03
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