Mad Max (1980) - Quotes

Hope in a Chaotic World

Taglines: The last law in a world gone out of control. Pray that he's out there somewhere.

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The Future's Ultimate Power Unleashed

Taglines: The Maximum Force of the Future

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Gratitude in a Desolate World

Taglines: In this hideous no-man's land - be thankful for Mad Max

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Adrenaline-Fueled Action in Mad Max

Taglines: A 400H.P. movie that runs on adrenalin, high octane and raw nerves!

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Highway Gangs and a Mysterious Protector

Taglines: When the gangs take over the highways... pray he's out there somewhere!

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Vengeance Fuels a Relentless Pursuit

Taglines: They murdered his family...... Now he's going to run them over!

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The Sovereign of the Highways

Taglines: He rules the roads.

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Desperation and Defiance in Confrontation

Max: [after handcuffing Johnny to the car, leaking gas next to a fire; drops a hacksaw on the ground] The chain in those handcuffs is high-tensile steel. It'd take you ten minutes to hack through it with this. Now, if you're lucky, you can hack through your ankle in five minutes. Go!

Johnny the Boy: [sobbing] You're mad, man! You think I look silly, don't ya? Ha, ha! Don't bring this on me, man! Don't do this to me, please! Aw, Sweet Jesus! I was sick! Don't bring this on me, please!

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Anxiety Reflected in a Destroyed Car

Kid Outside Halls of Justice: [a car that the bikers demolished earlier has been towed to the Halls of Justice] Hey Mister! What happened to the car?

Bubba Zanetti: What do you think happened?

Kid Outside Halls of Justice: Looked like it was chewed up and spat out.

Bubba Zanetti: Perhaps it's the result of an anxiety.

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Treachery and Pride in a Brutal World

Bubba Zanetti: Joviality is a game of children.

Toecutter: [indicating mannequin] Mudguts, get out of there. Cundalini, put her against the post. We have a problem here. She... is not... what she seems. Bubba Zanetti has it on good authority. She's sent by the bronze. Full of treachery. The bronze... take our pride.

Johnny the Boy: If you're going to waste the bronze, you gotta do it big!

Bubba Zanetti: [to Toecutter, about Johnny] You just don't have the style, do ya? Chickenshit. Goes to water on a dummy.

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Beauty and Vulnerability in Desperation

Jessie: [pleading] Please. Give me my baby.

Toecutter: [wiping his face roughly with his hand, then whispering] Jessie, Jessie, Jessie. You've not got a sense of humor. You've got a pretty face, though. Awful pretty. Awful pretty. I suppose you don't need a sense of humor with a pretty face. The only trouble is though, Missy, if you should... ...lose the face...

Jessie: Please don't hurt my baby.

Toecutter: ...you've got NOTHING.

Jessie: What do you WANT from me?

Toecutter: Don't change the subject.

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A Discussion About The Nightrider Incident

Fifi: That Code you ran down a few days ago.

Max: The Nightrider?

Fifi: The Nightrider, yeah. Got a problem.

Max: What's that?

Fifi: His friends. Word is they're out to get you.

Max: Scoot jockeys?

Fifi: Yeah, nomad trash.

Max: Well, I'll add it to my threat collection.

Fifi: Good boy, Max. You're a good boy.

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Discussion of a fallen comrade

Station Master: [pointing to the Nightrider's coffin] That must be your friend over there. They didn't leave much of him .

Bubba Zanetti: Must have cut his heart out, eh?

Station Master: Yeah. That's what I meant. Poor bastard...

Toecutter: The Nightrider, that is his name. The Nightrider.

Station Master: The Nightrider...

Toecutter: Remember him when you look up the night sky.

Station Master: I will.

Toecutter: Take your hat off.

Station Master: Anything you say.

Toecutter: [after a pause; makes the sound of a candle being blown out] Anything I say... What a wonderful philosophy you have! Take him away. Bubba, Johnny...

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Unexpected Arrival at the Train Station

Bubba Zanetti: We're here to meet a friend. Comin on the train.

Station Master: Nothin comin on the train except a couple of crates and a, uh, coffin!

Bubba Zanetti: Our friend.

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A Decision to Quit

Fifi: What's this?

Max: I'm through.

Fifi: Again?

Max: No, not again. I'm through. I'm quitting.

Fifi: Sit down.

Max: I didn't come here to discuss it, I came here to say it. I'm through.

Fifi: Now just a minute! Alright, so the Goose bought it, but that's the way he always came in the world...

Max: -Off beat!

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Acknowledging a Troubling Situation

Jim the Goose: [via radio] Max.

Max: [via radio; Max is in his yellow interceptor, ready to move out] Go ahead.

Jim the Goose: We are 100% SNAFU.

Max: You ok?

Jim the Goose: Nothin a year in the tropics wouldn't fix.

Max: Much damage?

Nightrider: [cuts in, via radio] You should see the damage, bronze. Huh? metal damage, brain damage. Heheheh. Are you listening, bronze? Born with a steering wheel in his hand and lead in his foot. He is the Nightrider cruising at the speed of fright! This is the Nightrider, and we ain't never coming back! I'm a fuel-injected suicide machine! I am a rocker! I am a roller! I am the out-of-controller! I am the Nightrider!

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Unexpected Arrival and Confusion

Pick-up truck driver: Oh my God! What happened?

Jim the Goose: I don't know, man, I just got here myself!

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Struggling Between Duty and Descent into Madness

Max: I'm scared, Fif. You know why? It's that rat circus out there. I'm beginning to enjoy it.

Fifi: What is this, funny week?

Max: Look. Any longer out on that road and I'm one of them, you know? A terminal crazy... only I got a bronze badge to say I'm one of the good guys.

Restoring Belief in Heroes

Fifi: [when Max is trying to quit the MFP, once again] They say people don't believe in heroes anymore. Well damn them! You and me, Max, we're gonna give them back their heroes!

Max: Ah, Fif. Do you really expect me to go for that crap?

Fifi: You gotta admit I sounded good there for a minute, huh?

A Gruesome Encounter at the Restaurant

Jim the Goose: [whilst in a restaurant with MFP assistants; pause] It was like slow motion. He leaves his seat and goes through the windshield, headfirst straight into the tree, right? And then bounces back through the windshield. And by the time we got to him, he was just sitting there, trying to scream with his face ripped off. What's the matter?

Restaurant Patron: Not hungry anymore.

Jim the Goose: Give it here.

The Nightrider's Declaration of Freedom

Nightrider: The Toecutter - he knows who I am. I am the Nightrider! I am the chosen one. The mighty hand of vengeance, sent down to strike the unroadworthy! I'm hotter than a rollin dice. Step right up, chum, and watch the kid lay down a rubber road, right to FREEDOM!

Confident Decision-Making in Mad Max

Bubba Zanetti: [to Toecutter, when fighting with Max on the road] Easy. I know what I'm doing.

Confrontation and Frustration in Mad Max

The Toecutter: [after Bubba runs over Max's arm] Quit toying Bubba!

The Toecutter's Demands for Cundalini's Hand

The Toecutter: [to Jessie, as the gang holds her son hostage] Well, well, well, it's our little mother. That there is Cundalini, and Cundalini wants his hand back. (...) Tell you what, I'll swap you.

Disdain for the Worthless and Despicable

The Toecutter: [to Johnny, ordering him to throw a match into Jim the Goose's wrecked car] You scum sucking trash, throw it!

Silence is Key in Uncertain Times

The Toecutter: [to Johnny] It's alright you'll get your chance. But, remember... to keep your sweet, sweet mouth shut.

A Reminder of the Nightrider's Legacy

The Toecutter: The Nightrider, that is his name, the Nightrider (...) Remember him when you look at the night sky.

Freedom with Clean Paperwork

Fifi McAffee: [to the MFP officers after Johnny the Boy was released from the Halls of Justice] So long as the paperwork's clean, you boys can do what you like out there.

Larger than Life and Twice as Ugly

Jim the Goose: Jimmy the Goose, larger than life and twice as ugly!

A Humorous Insult from Jim the Goose

Jim the Goose: Hey fella, stop! What a turkey. Hey fella, you're a turkey, y'know that?

Struggling to Find Meaning in Loss

Max Rockatansky: I just can't get it clear in my head, Jess. He was so full of living, you know? He ran a franchise on it. Now there's nothing. And here I am trying to put sense to it, when I know there isn't any.