• Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

    In the third of the "Mad Max" movies, Max (Mel Gibson) drifts into an evil town ruled by Turner. There he becomes a gladiator and gets dumped in the desert where he is rescued by a band of feral orphans who have been looking for help for years. When several of them take his appearance as a sign and go off into the desert, he follows them back to the town.

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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
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metacriticBased on 18 Critics
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Release Date: July 1st, 1985

DVD Release Date: July 30th, 1997

PG-13 |1 hr 46 min

Plot Summary

In the third of the "Mad Max" movies, Max (Mel Gibson) drifts into an evil town ruled by Turner. There he becomes a gladiator and gets dumped in the desert where he is rescued by a band of feral orphans who have been looking for help for years. When several of them take his appearance as a sign and go off into the desert, he follows them back to the town.

Cast: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Angelo Rossitto, Bruce Spence, Frank Thring, Paul Larsson, Angry Anderson, Robert Grubb

Director: George Miller , George Ogilvie

Genres: Science fiction

Production Co: Kennedy Miller Productions

Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures

Keywords: Escape , Dark , Quest , Intense , Rescue , Death , Survival ,

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Ratings & Reviews

  • 88
    Gene SiskelChicago Tribune

    This middle portion of the picture becomes dangerously preachy, but just before we and Max are bored, director Miller returns Max to his roots, a screaming chase sequence through a desertlike Australian landscape. show more

  • 100
    Jay ScottThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)

    Beyond Thunderdome is a masterfully directed fantasy, convincing down to the smallest detail in its vision of an alternate existence, and it has gone beyond the relentless sadomasochism of The Road Warrior; Max has now taken up with children, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is suitable for them. [9 July 1985]

  • 100
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    This is a movie that strains at the leash of the possible, a movie of great visionary wonders. show more

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Awards

Nominated Best Original Song - Motion Picture
Golden Globes (1986)