If it weren’t for the fact that Mel Gibson had no creative influence over this project, one would think this was an early indication that Mel Gibson’s Jesus complex. After two solid films, in which Gibson’s Max Rockatansky (mostly known just as Max) wandering the post-apocalyptic Australian Outback seeking to bring justice to those who pick on the weak and timid, Max goes all soft on us and the series ends on a down note.
Nearly 20 years after the events of The Road Warrior, Max finds himself with nothing but his weapons and the clothes on his back. Gasoline seems nonexistent now, as people travel by horse or mule-driven carriages. Max comes upon Bartertown where he agrees to engage in combat with a local authority figure in an attempt to usher in new leadership for the village. Max wins the battle in Thunderdome but refuses to kill his opponent and is exiled into the wastelands.
Here he is found by a tribe of children who think he’s their savior come to fly them back to the big cities (which were long ago destroyed by nuclear war). Max ends up helping the kids in an all-too mushy ‘aw shucks’ kind of way. However, at the end of the film we are treated to a shot Max continuing his trek through the Outback, alone and purposeful.
While the Thunderdome fight scene is pretty cool, there’s not as much mind-blowing action like the first two. No highly choreographed car wrecks and not nearly as much amazing stunt work. I for one don’t think Max needed to be redeemed, so this film is a disappointment, though still watchable and mildly entertaining.
If it weren’t for the fact that Mel Gibson had no creative influence over this project, one would think this was an early indication that Mel Gibson’s Jesus complex. After two solid films, in which Gibson’s Max Rockatansky (mostly known just as Max) wandering the post-apocalyptic Australian Outback seeking to bring justice to those who pick on the weak and timid, Max goes all soft on us and the series ends on a down note.
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