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Civilization is Corrupt
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An ally betrays Max
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The legend of Max grows
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Kids
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Max is severely injured
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Main villain has a minion
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Love interest dies.
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Final Chase with vehicles
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Max redeemed
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Mad
Max (1979)
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Yes: Australia
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No
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No
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Sprog
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No
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Johnny
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Jessie
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Yes
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No
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The
Road Warrior (1982)
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Yes: Oil Refinery City
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Yes: The oil wasn’t on the tanker.
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Yes
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The Feral Child
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Yes
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Wez
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Warrior Woman
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Yes
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Yes
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Mad
Max Beyond Thunder-dome (1985)
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Yes: Thunderdome
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No.
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Yes
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Crack in the Earth Kids
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Yes
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Master/Blaster
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No
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Yes
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Yes
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Creator of the award-winning web series, Abnormal Fixation. One of the horror genre's "most widely read critics" (Rue Morgue # 68), "an accomplished film journalist" (Comic Buyer's Guide #1535), and the award-winning author of Horror Films of the 1980s (2007) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002), John Kenneth Muir, presents his blog on film, television and nostalgia, named one of the Top 100 Film Studies Blog on the Net.
Monday, May 11, 2015
The Mad Max Movie Matrix
Labels:
Mad Max,
Movie Matrix,
post-apocalypse
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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Under the category of "An ally betrays Max," are you sure that Max was unaware that the oil wasn't on the tanker? I'm always thought he was in on the deception--at a minimum, it's left ambiguous.
ReplyDeleteI feel like his reaction when he sees the sand serves as his acknowledgement that he had no idea.
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