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
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An all-action movie that delivers all the violence and entertainment you could want. Full Review |
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Gibson is suprisingly uncharismatic, but Miller makes up for it with whizz bang action. Full Review |
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Miller'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. Full Review |
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Exhilarating entertainment -- and a textbook for sophisticated, popular moviemaking. Full Review |
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3/4 |
A straightforward action/adventure film, filled to the brim with over-the-top chases and stunts. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A film of pure action, of kinetic energy organized around the barest possible bones of a plot. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Perhaps needless to say, this is the film that made Mel Gibson an international star. Full Review |
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Director 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. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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7/10 |
Few action flicks move as fast or as relentlessly as The Road Warrior. Full Review |
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7/10 |
I was still mightily entertained by Max, loooooooooved the way that those action scenes were shot by Mr. Miller and appreciated the whole mythology of the Max character. Full Review |
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4/4 |
Miller has just as much to say about human behavior and industrialization as he does about fast cars. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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4/5 |
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4/5 |
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5/5 |
Classic of its genre; Gibson is tops
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Relying mostly on image and motion to tell its story, it's a classic action film representative of cinema at its purest. Full Review |
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5/5 |
A brutal, exhausting, relentless action masterpiece.
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5/5 |
One of the great action movies
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