Max apprehends Johnny the Boy. Maximillian "Max" Rockatansky started his apocalyptic adventure as a Main Force Patrol (MFP or "Bronze") officer, who fought for peace on the decaying roads of Australian civilisation.
Mel Gibson stars as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, a police officer turned vigilante in a dystopian near-future Australia in the midst of societal collapse. Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns and Roger Ward also appear in supporting roles.
He was born from his Polish ancestors before they immigrate to Australia back then, but when things go for the worse, I knew what's even worse than the blast, the heat, the firestorm, the black rain, the nuclear winter, the radiation and the near-complete depletion of the ozone layer is that a bunch of ghouls, raiders, ...
So, Mad Max was an original idea from George Miller. He got the idea from is time as an EMT. The first movie was based roughly on what was essentially as an exaggeration of the gas shortages of the 1970's, and what was effectively lawlessness in Australia because of the shortages.
The War boys all appear to suffer from some sort of terminal disease - most commonly lymphoma. Healthy children are a rarity in the wastes and for those born with the affliction, signing on with Immortan Joe is the only way to prolong their short, miserable lifespans.
One key element of Fury Road is the War Boys, who are warriors for the tyrant Immortan Joe. When they're about to die they paint their teeth and face with chrome spray paint so they can die "shiny and chrome," but what is the context behind this term?
The Main Force Patrol (MFP) were the Australian Federal Police special task force depicted in Mad Max. It was founded in 1983 by the remnants of the Australian Government.
Mad Max: Fury Road focuses on Nux (Nicholas Hult), a War Boy who used Max's blood to keep himself alive. ... While this would already give them a pale appearance, War Boys made themselves look completely white by covering their bodies in a white powder as a tribute to Immortan Joe, who used white powder as medication.
The following list reveals when each Mad Max movie takes place: Mad Max (1979) – Mid-1980s. Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) – Late-1980s, 3 years after Mad Max.
In Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, more is revealed as to how Mad Max's world became what it is. A nuclear apocalypse destroyed the world and all rule of law, hence why Aunty (Tina Turner) and the Collector (Frank Thring) created Bartertown to rebuild civilization, one created on a methane-based energy economy.
In Mad Max, he is 23 years old in the year 1997; in Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, he is 26 years old in the year 1999; and in Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome, he is 40 years old in the year 2014; and in Mad Max: Fury Road, his age is retconed to 36 even though the film takes place 46 years after Beyond Thunderdome in the ...
During production, Miller consciously 'tried to play with language, with accents and rhythms', and the resulting voicescape is colourful and complex. While the Australian accents of Max, wife Jesse, and partner Goose remain steadfast, the speech patterns of those around them resemble a moveable feast.
Why does Mad Max, a character in the "Mad Max" franchise, have an Australian accent? It's an Australian series of films. Mel Gibson, Max in the first 3, was born in the US, but grew up in Australia and had an Australian accent with a slight American tinge.
Jessie Rockantansky, portrayed by Joanne Samuel, is the wife of Max and mother to their son, Sprog. The deaths of Jessie and Sprog by the Toecutter's gang are the catalyst for Max becoming 'mad' (which can be read as both angry or insane).
One scene in Mad Max was enough for the whole film to be banned in New Zealand and Sweden: the one where Goose is burned alive inside his car. This scene was, unintentionally, very similar to an incident with a gang in New Zealand that happened shortly before Mad Max's release.
Both the original Mad Max and Fury Road feature almost no dialogue, with the simple stories of each movie being told almost entirely in visual terms. According to director George Miller, who helmed both radically different installments of the series, this choice was an intentional one.
It is also believed that the more chrome something is, the more glorious it is. Most prominently, near death War Boys will huff chrome spray paint in their final moments to enter into a dissociative high that will lead them on the road to Valhalla, and give them cool chrome coloured teeth and mouth.
Immortan Joe keeps a whole crew of women captive in order to harvest their breast milk and use it for sustenance for him and his closest. Essentially, these women are slaves, used only for their bodies' ability to produce milk, which he also commodifies, and then trades with Gas Town and the Bullet Farm.
It is their belief that their power comes from the V8 engines, which are sacred objects and the conduit that will get them to valhalla after they die in combat. The spray paint is a way of worship in the cult, to make themselves look like the chromed grill of a car.
Nobody died in Mad Max, Hooper or Where Eagles Dare. These myths arise when people see a stunt that looks convincing (perhaps by going slightly wrong) and swapping scare stories. The high fall in Hooper preceded one for the movie Steel, in which AJ Bakunas did die.
The term guzzolene seems to have replaced gasoline in the Australian wasteland vernacular. It is used by several characters who are aligned with different groups: Max, Gyro Captain, Feral Kid (as voice-over narration), Wez and an unnamed marauder.
