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A triple bill of the films that made Mel Gibson famous. 'Mad Max' follows the revenge spree of a former cop in the post-apocalyptic future after his wife and child are murdered by a gang of vicious motorbike thugs. The sequel, 'Mad Max 2', aka 'The Road Warrior', features loner Max helping a small oil-producing community defend itself against a band of crazed thugs. Finally, in the bigger budget 'Mad Max - Beyond Thunderdome', Max comes up against a barbaric society led by a warrior queen (Tina Turner).
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The Classic Mel Gibson trilogy is yours to own now!
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176 of 178 people found the following review helpful
The Mad Max films are fantasic post-apocalyptic movies, Mad Max 2 being the best by far. However, the versions presented on this box set are butchered travesties. The version of Mad Max is the dubbed American version which is unwatchable due to the terrible dubbed American voices, it completely ruins the film. Mad Max 2 is also the American version - which is renamed The Road Warrior. This one is not dubbed but has had several scenes of dialogue edited out and other little trims here and there. Only Thunderdome appears to be the proper full length original version. Also, there are no extras at all on any of the films. If you are a fan of these films I strongly advise you to avoid purchasing this box set as you will only be disappointed. Hopefully one day we will get a proper release of these films in their original unedited forms with some decent extras.
133 of 135 people found the following review helpful
By J. S. Meins
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Do not buy this boxset, the films are basically stripped down, censored VHS transfers in terrible cheap packaging. They have no extras and are not worth £1. Warner Bros have released a Special Edition Region 1 version of Mad Max which is brilliant. Ironic that they haven't released it here considering it was the americans who overdubbed it in the first place! Mad Max 2 and 3 have yet to be released in special edition form anywhere in the world. Absolutely shocking stuff considering some of the rubbish that gets multiple releases. Vote with yer wallets.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful
By Jay
Mad Max was a groundbreaking film that heralded the arrival of a nw superstar Mel Gibson. Twenty years later, this very actor became the No. 1 most powerful person on Forbe's powerlist. BUT PLEASE BE WARNED....This DVD trilogy package does not do render justice to the cinema versions. Over censored, needlessly dubbed and the icing on this tasteless cake...no extras.
AVOID !!!
AVOID !!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By tino
Not a review, just a question. why two prices for same item - if tesco done that, they'd refund twice the price and give you the item for free.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
It's not altogether surprising that Mad Max got such short shrift when it came out Stateside with an unfortunate dubbing job to eliminate the `Strine accents so American International could pretend it was an American film (Mel Gibson suffered perhaps a worse indignity with his screen credit moved to last position, just before the lab credit on the trailers). Much of what people remember and love about Max is delivered in the sequel rather than this first outing. Indeed, at times it feels more like a blueprint than a proper movie and Gibson barely registers in the surprisingly little screen time he has - the villains, who all seem to be doing either premature Danny Huston impersonations or somewhat more timely German New Romantic turns make much more of an impression. Not only do huge sections of the film keep him offscreen, but he makes little impact in his underwritten role when he is on. In many ways, this is just a first low-budget draft of Max's world - civilization hasn't entirely crumbled yet and the precious juice is still flowing even if parts are getting hard to find. Still, the car stunts are good, if somewhat thin on the ground, but this is one case where the sequels are definitely better.
Whereas MGM/UA's US special edition offers reasonable extras, the UK disc is completely extras-free, though thankfully the original Australian soundtrack to the feature is included on this disc (which is the uncut version, as is Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: only Mad Max 2 is the cut US version).... Read more ›
Whereas MGM/UA's US special edition offers reasonable extras, the UK disc is completely extras-free, though thankfully the original Australian soundtrack to the feature is included on this disc (which is the uncut version, as is Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: only Mad Max 2 is the cut US version).... Read more ›
9 of 19 people found the following review helpful
"Butchered travesties" is a bit strong... And it's wrong to say that Mad Max 1 in this set is only the American dubbed version - you can change the audio track so it's in the original voices in the languages menu. I was actually quite amused by the choice of "Spanish, Italian, Australian"... :-)
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Goody
Well if you don't know anything about these films then... where have you been?
A great tale of Max in the post apocolyptic world. You'll love it!
A great tale of Max in the post apocolyptic world. You'll love it!
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Gange@
Mad Max Trilogy
Nice to own as booklet set.
The 3 Sequel Films cool !
Nice to own as booklet set.
The 3 Sequel Films cool !
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