Review – The Road Warrior

Despite animal violence aplenty, a graphic rape sequence, and a virtually endless parade of other random brutality, this is probably the best of the three Mad Max movies. This time around, our hero has turned outlaw and is cruising the outback in search of gas for his car and punk rockers to kill. Eventually he falls in with a group of good folks who are trying to safeguard their fuel supply from a gang of itinerant marauders. The cars-for-smashing fund is once again the lion’s share of the budget (though at this point Gibson’s salary might have been giving it a run for the money), and thus the under-cranked chase and battle sequences are the highlight of the movie. Mildly amusing