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.
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Release Details
- Duration:100 mins
Cast and crew
- Director:George Miller
- Screenwriter:James McCausland, George Miller
- Cast:
- Mel Gibson
- Joanne Samuel
- Hugh Keays-Byrne
- Steve Bisley
- Tim Burns
- Roger Ward
- Vince Gill
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