Others strengths lie within the scary nature of the biker gang. For a rookie he was doing a good job nonetheless. In some scenes you can clearly see Mel Gibson was only just getting into acting. This duality makes the character human, timeless and very memorable.
But he is also a happy family man with his wife and son. This speed-demon-cop is at the top of his game on the highway, ruthlessly dealing with maniacs ravaging his jurisdiction. At the heart of this one of a kind look movie, there is a hero character named Max. All weaknesses are covered and compensated by lots of a-moral fun though. It's partly action-thriller, partly science fiction adventure. And of course the story is not that deep or difficult. Sometimes the acting is a little over the top, and some characters could come directly from a comic book. Obviously the 70's clothing and hair styles. Some aspects of the movie have (understandably) dated. The pace of the movie remains considerably high, without many slow moments. Seeing the camera follow the highway marker at high speed, along with the sound of a bike- or V8-engine delivers a Mad and chaotic but really cool result. The way the highway action is shot in this movie simply stays exhilarating, putting it in the top ranking of best high-speed-chase movies ever. High speed and raw power are of every age, past and future.
It's great how it keeps on standing the test of time. I remembered it as an exciting near-chaos-future adventure with highway cops in muscle cars and one insane biker gang. The same reason was given for passing it at 18 uncut back in 1992.Īfter not seeing it for about seven years, I just saw it on DVD for the first time.
In April 2015, the film was passed with a 15 rating uncut, because of "(the scene's) implied nature and lack of visual detail of the acts themselves". Though the original uncertified 1982 video release of the American dub from Warner Home Video was released uncut, the cut was re-instated on the 1986 18-rated VHS, but was restored in 1992 when the Australian dialogue version was finally released in the UK and to all later releases with the same rating (although Warner's budget labels SCREEN CLASSICS still put out the American dub with the cut scene well into the 90s). Instead, the scene cut to black as the bikers smashed the first window and resumed on the bird hovering overhead. They edited the scene where the bikers tear up the hot-rod with the terrified couple inside. The original UK cinema and certified video releases (American dub) were cut by 48 seconds by the BBFC to keep an X (18) rating and to prevent the film from being banned, as X was the highest rating.
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