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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

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Reviews Counted: 36 Fresh: 29  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.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

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 his stolen goods. But Aunt Entity, the head of this mercenary hell, tells Max he can have his things back... 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 his stolen goods. But Aunt Entity, the head of this mercenary hell, tells Max he can have his things back on one condition: he must fight to the death with a huge creature known as "The Blaster." Max agrees... but that's only the beginning of his wild adventures on the road. [More]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Helen Buday, Rod Zuanic

Director: George Ogilvie, George Miller
Screenwriter: George Miller
Producer: George Miller

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Release:

Nov 12, 2000

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4/5

Disjointed but it still rocks.

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05/06/08
Ian Nathan
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Quality, visionary sci-fi.

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05/06/08
Channel 4 Film
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Enough imagination, wit and ingenuity to put recent Spielberg to shame.

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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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3/4

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06/10/08
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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3/5

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11/20/07
Cole Smithey
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3/4

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.

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06/06/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Gibson 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.

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06/06/07
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The 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.

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06/06/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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4/5

Great goofy fun.

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04/09/07
Rob Gonsalves
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4/5

Good action plus Tina Turner. Welcome indeed.

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12/14/06
Michael A. Smith
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3/5

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10/08/05
Chuck O'Leary
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3/5

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06/19/05
Emanuel Levy
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10/30/04
Jake Euker
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10/07/04
Louis-Jérôme Cloutier
Panorama
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This film has showier stunts than its predecessors, and a better sense of humor. It also has Tina Turner, in chain-mail stockings.

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08/30/04
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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3/5

Mel Gibson proves to be a formidable warrior.

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08/22/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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08/04/04
Linda Cook
Quad City Times (Davenport, IA)
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06/25/04
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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10/31/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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Let's face it, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome isn't terribly memorable.

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09/07/03
Christopher Null
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