A "truck" – or "war rig" in the film – that's pieced together from Czech Tatra and a Chevy Fleetmaster. Odd vehicles: A modified Cadillac Deville sitting on elevated wheels. An army of car-worshiping "war boys" who spray silver paint on their mouths just before hurling themselves to their deaths – the paint making their faces look like the chrome grill of a car. ![]() A pack leader with a metal nose and nipple clamps dangling through holes cut out of a three-piece suit. Odd characters: A dwarf with a chest scar. The film has all the hallmarks of the Mad Max films. I mean, talk about a varied body of work. Which makes sense, given George Miller wrote and directed the entire suite of Mad Max movies – although the less said about Beyond Thunderdome, the better.Īnd can I stray off topic for a moment? George Miller, creator and director of those raw, low-budget, bleak, post-apocalyptic, desert car-chase classics also co-wrote the screenplay for the kiddie pig flick, Babe, and produced and directed Babe: Pig in the City, and the Happy Feet animated penguin movies. Raw and weird like its 1981 Mel Gibson predecessor, The Road Warrior. ![]() ![]() No, it's not that I wasn't impressed by the movie. And my reaction was: what was all the fuss about?
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