Mad Max 2

About Mad Max 2

Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.

Mad Max 2 is a 1981 science fiction thriller film directed by George Miller. The film is filed under post-apocalyptic future, action hero, chase, and angry.

Mel Gibson stars as Max Rockatansky, Bruce Spence as The Gyro Captain, Michael Preston as Pappagallo, and Max Phipps as The Toadie. Released in December 1981, it runs 96 minutes.

The screenplay is by Brian Hannant and George Miller. Produced by Kennedy Miller Productions.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day make useful companions to Mad Max 2, all filed under adventurer. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 4,336 votes and it carries a R rating.