MAD MAX TRILOGY
This iconic Australian post-apocalyptic action film series and media franchise was created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with the original Mad Max and was followed by two sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981, released in the United States as The Road Warrior), and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). Miller directed or co-directed all three films with Mel Gibson portraying the titular character Max Rockatansky.
The series follows the adventures of Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious biker gang, Max kills them in revenge and becomes a drifting loner in the Wasteland. As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max finds himself helping pockets of civilization for his own self-interest at first, but his motives always drift into more altruistic ones.
MAD MAX (1979)
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
ROAD WARRIOR (1981)
In the post-apocalyptic Australian wasteland, a cynical drifter agrees to help a small, gasoline-rich community escape a horde of bandits.
BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985)
After being exiled from the most advanced town in post-apocalyptic Australia, a drifter travels with a group of abandoned children to rebel against the town’s queen.
