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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 3788
Released: July 30, 1997 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Gibson stars as Max, the world-weary hero who stands alone against the barbarians of a post-nuclear Australia. Turner is Auntie Entity, the ruler of Bartertown.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 3-FEB-2004
Media Type: DVD
Description of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome:
Although Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, the third part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic Mad Max trilogy, is certainly the least of the bunch (Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is the undisputed masterpiece, and maybe the best action movie ever made), it has still got a good share of imaginative industrial-wasteland-pastiche imagery. And casting Tina Turner as Aunty Entity, the queen of Bartertown, was a masterstroke. Mel Gibson's character Max is pitted in a battle to the death against the bizarre Master Blaster in the Thunderdome, flying around on rubbery straps inside a sort of gigantic overturned colander with bloodthirsty spectators clinging to the outside. Miller's producing partner, Byron Kennedy, was killed in a helicopter crash while scouting locations for this film. Miller was devastated, only agreeing to direct the action sequences--and, somehow, you feel his heart wasn't entirely in it. --Jim Emerson
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Reviews:
Could use more special features 
2009-11-11 - This seems a little bit like a VHS tape that just happens to be on a disk. Knowing all the hype and spin-off print merchandise that was on the shelves when this movie was released, I know that there is plenty of info to make some good special features. Other than that, it's a good movie, of course.
Max's final adventure
2009-07-27 - Max (Mel Gibson) becomes entangled in the politics of Bartertown, a makeshift community in the wilds of the post-apocalyptic Australian desert. He also encounters a community of children, survivors of an airplane crash. Before the end of the movie, everyone is involved in a high speed chase involving planes, trains, and automobiles.
There is much to enjoy in "Thunderdome," particularly in the inventive action sequences, but there is much that doesn't work. The stunt casting of Tina Turner as Auntie Entity, the ruler of Bartertown, didn't work for me. She delivers every line as if addressing a concert audience. The tribe of feral children is also a bit too precious. However, the fight in the Thunderdome is great, and I was riveted during every chase scene.
More cheesy than I remembered.
2009-07-24 - I purchased this movie, mostly out of nostalgia. I had fond memories of this movie when it came out. I purchased all three movies and watched them in order. That was a mistake. Compared to the darkness of the first two movies this one looks very cheesy by comparison. Little People, children who can't talk, the pilot who suddenly has perfect teeth, it just doesn't add up. Mel Gibson should have passed on this paycheck. Its a little to Hollywood, and a little less gritty than the others.
The Road Warrior takes a turn in a different direction with this film. 
2009-07-18 - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome starring Mel Gibson is a title I have in my personal DVD collection.
This Warner Brothers title runs 107 minutes long and is rated PG-13.
Co-starring Tina Turner, this film veers off into a new direction by containing musical scenes. I found this to be a little disappointing for a Mad Max film after experiencing the first two films.
It's still a great movie to see, but I personally was disappointed that the theme changed from the first two films.
I noticed this happened with Smokey and the Bandit also. The first two films were excellent. The third Smokey and the Bandit introduced song and dance material, causing the film to lose flavor in my opinion. But everyone is different. Someone else may like the changes.
Reporter Joseph Toth
Washington Micro Bank BBS
Best Of The MAd Max Movies
2009-05-03 - Unlike what you run into on some movies where the first movie is the best and they go downhill from there, this, for me, is the best of the Mad Max series of movies. Just goes to prove that a sequel can be better that the original. (Remember "Aliens"?) I especially like the soundtrack. It was first rate! Of course, Mel Gibson again hit the right note as Max, and Tina Turner was really good as the villain. All action is great and it doesn't let up much and you get a bit more background to the world of Mad Max. Good movie!!!
