Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

George Miller
George Ogilvie

Writers:

Terry Hayes (written by) &
George Miller (written by)

Release Date:

10 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Adventure

Tagline:

Max is back...and Tina's got him!

Plot:

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.

Plot Keywords:

Children | Desert | Gladiator | Australian Outback | Orphan

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Mel Gibson	...	'Mad' Max Rockatansky
Tina Turner	...	Aunty Entity
Bruce Spence	...	Jedediah the Pilot
Adam Cockburn	...	Jedediah Jr.
Frank Thring	...	The Collector
Angelo Rossitto	...	The Master
Paul Larsson	...	The Blaster
Angry Anderson	...	Ironbar
Robert Grubb	...	Pig Killer
George Spartels	...	Blackfinger
Edwin Hodgeman	...	Dr. Dealgood
Bob Hornery	...	Waterseller
Andrew Oh	...	Ton Ton Tattoo
Ollie Hall	...	Aunty's Guard
Lee Rice	...	Aunty's Guard

Also Known As:

Mad Max 3
Mad Max III (Philippines: English title)
Mad Max - Apodrasi apo to vasileio tou keravnou (Greece) [el]
Mad Max - Jenseits der Donnerkuppel (West Germany) [de]
Mad Max - ukkosmyrsky (Finland) [fi]
Mad Max 3 (Argentina) [es]
Mad Max 3. - Az Igazság csarnokán innen és túl (Hungary) [hu]
Mad Max Além da Cúpula do Trovão (Portugal) [pt]
Mad Max bortom Thunderdome (Sweden) [sv]
Mad Max i la cúpula del tro (Spain: Catalan title) [ca]
Mad Max i tordenkuplen (Denmark) [da]
Mad Max in de donderkooi (Netherlands) [nl]
Mad Max oltre la sfera del tuono (Italy) [it]
Mad Max, más allá de la cúpula del trueno (Spain) [es]
Mad Max: au-delà du dôme du tonnerre (France) [fr]

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 (1988) | Finland:K-18 (1985) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Brazil:14 | Italy:T | New Zealand:PG | Australia:M | France:U | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1985) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16 | Singapore:PG | Canada:13+ (Quebec)

Filming Locations:

Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia

Company:

Kennedy Miller Productions

Trivia:

One of the restaurants in the post-apocalyptic city is The Atomic Cafe, a reference to The Atomic Cafe (1982), a documentary about the Cold War, nuclear fear and propanganda films from the government.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Ironbar fires an arrow through the train/truck's door and through Pig Killer's leg. The arrow has a huge four-bladed broadhead on it, yet the hole in the door and the hole in Pig Killer's leg are only the size of the arrow's shaft.

Quotes:

Aunty Entity: Remember where you are - this is Thunderdome, and death is listening, and will take the first man that screams.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: Lethal Weapons (#3.7)" (2001)

Soundtrack:

We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)

I can't believe how low the imdb rating is on this film!

Sure it's probably the least good of the Mad Max films, but it is still entertaining as heck! It is maybe a little more Hollywood (which is a bad thing) than the first two. The music is overbearing at times, and some of the attempts at jokes were very cheap and American blockbusterish.

One of the main faults that has to be sited with this one is that the last thirty minutes or so are basically taken straight from The Road Warrior. The car chase and then the speech about how a stranger helped them establish a new society were taken right out of the 2nd installment.

It still is very creative, and the action has a wonderful momentum. I love the whole society that finds Max in the desert. I loved the recitation of their foundation, and I loved their dialect. I loved Masterblaster. And Tina Turner was actually cool, too. 8/10