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05/30/07
The Road Warrior (1981)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:36
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Consensus: The Road Warrior is everything a bigger-budgeted Mad Max sequel with should be: bigger, faster, louder, but definitely not dumber.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The first sequel to MAD MAX takes place after nuclear war has destroyed Australia. In this installment, Max lends his aid and protection to a small band of survivors who are losing their struggle... [More]
Starring: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey
Director: George Miller
Reviews for The Road Warrior
Top CriticGibson is suprisingly uncharismatic, but Miller makes up for it with whizz bang action.
05/30/07
Top CriticMiller's choreography of his innumerable vehicles is so extraordinary that it makes Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark look like a kid fooling with Dinky Toys.
06/24/06
Top CriticPerhaps needless to say, this is the film that made Mel Gibson an international star.
05/30/07
Top CriticDirector Miller keeps the pic moving with cyclonic force, photography by Dean Semler is first class, editing is supertight, and Brian May's music is stirring.
05/30/07
Top CriticGlorious Aussie follow-up to MAD MAX. Bigger crashes, more flamboyant villains, great offbeat characters. Too bad Hollywood ruined the franchise from here.
03/21/03
The Road Warrior is lots more fun than the original, in my opinion, delightful in its inconsistencies and in its over-the-top acting, set design, and kooky plot.
07/29/03
No review available.
10/21/05
For pure rhythm and visual panache, Miller has few real competitors; the climactic chase, with its deft variation of tempo and point of view, is a minor masterpiece.
05/30/07
[A] true masterpiece.
01/01/00
No review available.
07/16/05
No review available.
08/05/05
The Road Warrior is a rousing tale of survival set in a grim and violent future.
02/04/04
A straightforward action/adventure film, filled to the brim with over-the-top chases and stunts.
06/10/08
the movie builds into an extended chase scene that has carved its own niche in movie lore
02/27/01
With a much bigger budget, more spectacular stunts than the first movie, this is undoubtedly the best movie in the series.
01/01/00
The Road Warrior isn't Citizen Kane, but it has a lot of things -- power, speed, brains and energy -- in massive quantities and at a high degree of quality that many films can only dream of.
11/07/02
Miller has just as much to say about human behavior and industrialization as he does about fast cars.
07/22/06
No review available.
08/23/02
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