Every month, tons of new movies and tv shows become available to stream for free for subscribers to netflix instant, hulu, hbo now, and amazon prime. Movie posters 1982 r the road warrior the road warrior 1982 a former police officer is now a lone wanderer, travelling through a devasted australia after a nuclear war looking for the. Stranger things season 2 references and easter eggs. The best movies coming to netflix, hbo, amazon, and hulu. The road warrior 1981 george miller and doug mitchell.
It began in 1979 with mad max, and was followed by three films. A soundtrack album was released in 1982 by varese sarabande. The road warrior is the middle episode in the currently existing saga of mad max rockatansky mel gibson, which began with the initial mad max and continues into mad max beyond thunderdome. Excellent first sequel to mad max, has one of the best chase scenes ever filmed. Road warrior animal wrestlers database cagematch the. If we had to buy a loaf of bread and a pack of bologna, thatd be fine. Last month, we reported that the alamo drafthouse would be spending this summer honoring the summer of 1982 by holding screenings of conan. The road warrior influenced the subgenre of postholocaust science fiction throughout the eighties.
Bruce spence, mel gibson, vernon wells, emil minty, virginia hey, syd heylen official content from warner home video max helps a. Mad max 2 is a 1981 australian postapocalyptic action film directed by george miller. 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. It is the second installment in the mad max film series, with mel gibson reprising his role as mad max rockatansky. Film critic roger ebert of the chicago suntimes gave the film threeanda half stars out of four, praised its skillful filmmaking, and called it a film of pure. After a road battle with psychotic villain wez vernon wells, max meets up with the odd gyro captain bruce spence, who takes him to the camp of a. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of the road warrior with exclusive. Thirtyfive years after it detonated on these shores on may 21, 1982, the road warrior remains one of the greatest action films ever made. Savage and kinetic, mad max 2 is a mustsee for action buffs. Watch i love the 80s strikes back season 1, episode 3 1982. Released in 1981, george millers followup to mad max hit theaters. If you like this site, please consider a small donation that will keep the site alive and advertisingfree in the future. Discover information about road warrior animal and view their match history at the internet wrestling database.
As the road warrior begins, world war iii has just ended. When these three factions clash, its the end of the world as we know it. Mad max joins forces with nuclear holocaust survivors to defend an oil refinery under. Max helps a colony of survivors defend themselves from murderous outback gangs after nuclear war destroys much of australia. In the road warrior, max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities. Mad max is an australian dystopian action media franchise created by george miller and byron. The road warrior was the biggest hit of the three and also is known as an action adventure classic with close to nonstop chase and conflict scenes, made with stunt men before the era of extensive. Road warrior definition of road warrior by merriamwebster. Road warrior my touring philosophy was to make enough money for gas to get to the next town. In the postapocalyptic australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline rich, community escape a band of bandits. Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as mel gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. Foreword this is an unauthorized novelization of the movie known alternately as mad max 2 or the road warrior or a combination thereof, produced in 1982 by warner bros, written by terry hayes and. A 1982 television trailer for director george millers highly influential classic the road warrior, aka mad max 2, marking the spectacular return of mel gibson as mad max. Road warrior definition is a person who travels frequently especially on business.
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