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mad max (1979)

mad max
Mad Max
R
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller

Release Date
April 12, 1979
Director
George Miller
Cast
Mel Gibson , Joanne Samuel , Hugh Keays-Byrne , Steve Bisley , Tim Burns , Roger Ward
Runtime
93
Main Genre
Action
Writers
George Miller , Byron Kennedy , James McCausland
Tagline
The Maximum Force Of The Future

Summary

In a postapocalyptic future, jaded cop Max Rockatansky (Mel Gibson) is ready to retire. But his world is shattered when a malicious gang murders his family as an act of retaliation, forcing a devastated Max to hit the open road seeking vengeance. As he travels the Australian outback's empty stretches of highway, he tours the bloodstained battlegrounds ruled by marauding bikers who feed on violence.

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