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Mad Max (1979)
Director: George Miller
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
George Miller's film is an outrageous exploiter drawing intelligently on everything from Death Race 2000 to Straw Dogs for its JG Ballard-ish story about a future where cops and Hell's Angels stage protracted guerrilla warfare around what's left of a hapless civilian population. The tone sometimes wavers into self-parody, and there are occasional crude patches, but overall this edge-of-seat revenge movie marks the most exciting debut from an Australian director since Peter Weir.Author: DP
Cast & crew
Director: George Miller
Producer: Byron Kennedy
Cast: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Vince Gill full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 100 mins
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