Review – Mad Max

If asked to name an Australian film, this one would probably come most readily to most folks’ minds. It’s also the film that gave Mel Gibson his first big media exposure. Such lofty distinctions aside, this is a not-half-bad little action movie. Sure, the dialogue sounds like it was recorded in someone’s bathroom. And sure, the vast bulk of the budget probably went to pay for all the vehicles that get destroyed so that constant car wrecks can substitute for plot and character development. But it’s still not too shabby for a bit of low-budget mind candy. Of course the brutality is laid on a little thick, with all kinds of kid death and dog death and other random death piled on. But if you can get past the low quality and high violence levels, there’s some amusement value here as well. Mildly amusing