I find this movie difficult to review as I am unsure what I think about it after this viewing. The reason for this is that this movie feels like two movies being squashed into one. Each half of the film could be very interesting by itself, but together there is something not quite right.
The first half of this movie involves Max (Mel Gibson) going to Barter Town to track his stolen stuff. There he meets Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), who asks him to take out Master/Blaster (Angelo Rossitto/Paul Larsson).
This half of the movie tells an interesting tale about the rebuilding of civilisation. Very basic rules are in place, but it is still a little bit savage. Aunty attempts to rule with a iron fist, but the civil conflict with Master Blaster stands in her way. The building of tension was very good. The ending of that part is full of tension.
The second half is about the first generation post apocalypse. It tells the story of children searching for Tomorrow Morrow Land. Max is rescued by a group of children who believe that he can fly them to safety. He tries to convince them that he is not the saviour.
This tale is the weaker of the two, most of that could also be due to the fact that it relies heavily on child actors. From most movies that I have seen, children are a weak part of most movies, partially due to an inability to fully control their emotions. Either way, they made the film seem weaker.
Mel Gibsons portrayal of Max Rockatansky is as good as ever. He is joined again by Bruce Spence, this time portraying Jedidiah the Pilot, a new character despite the similarities.
The biggest problems of the series start when the two storylines collide. These are two storylines that didn't really fit together. It seemed as if they were jammed together in order to have the traditional vehicle based action scenes of the previous two instalments.
It also seems like it was the only reason to have the seemingly invincible Ironbar Bassey (Angry Anderson). Here is a character I am unable to understand at all. He is a fierce warrior, but there was no motivation for his action bar the fact that he is Auntys henchman. I say he is invincible, because he didn't die despite being beaten and blown up.
The action scene is ruined by it. What could have been very good is ruined by the lack of risk brought about by Bassey's lack of death.
Mad Max 3 is a decent set of two movies, ruined by the attempt to mash theses storylines together.
The first half of this movie involves Max (Mel Gibson) going to Barter Town to track his stolen stuff. There he meets Aunty Entity (Tina Turner), who asks him to take out Master/Blaster (Angelo Rossitto/Paul Larsson).
This half of the movie tells an interesting tale about the rebuilding of civilisation. Very basic rules are in place, but it is still a little bit savage. Aunty attempts to rule with a iron fist, but the civil conflict with Master Blaster stands in her way. The building of tension was very good. The ending of that part is full of tension.
The second half is about the first generation post apocalypse. It tells the story of children searching for Tomorrow Morrow Land. Max is rescued by a group of children who believe that he can fly them to safety. He tries to convince them that he is not the saviour.
This tale is the weaker of the two, most of that could also be due to the fact that it relies heavily on child actors. From most movies that I have seen, children are a weak part of most movies, partially due to an inability to fully control their emotions. Either way, they made the film seem weaker.
Mel Gibsons portrayal of Max Rockatansky is as good as ever. He is joined again by Bruce Spence, this time portraying Jedidiah the Pilot, a new character despite the similarities.
The biggest problems of the series start when the two storylines collide. These are two storylines that didn't really fit together. It seemed as if they were jammed together in order to have the traditional vehicle based action scenes of the previous two instalments.
It also seems like it was the only reason to have the seemingly invincible Ironbar Bassey (Angry Anderson). Here is a character I am unable to understand at all. He is a fierce warrior, but there was no motivation for his action bar the fact that he is Auntys henchman. I say he is invincible, because he didn't die despite being beaten and blown up.
The action scene is ruined by it. What could have been very good is ruined by the lack of risk brought about by Bassey's lack of death.
Mad Max 3 is a decent set of two movies, ruined by the attempt to mash theses storylines together.
Recommendation: Watch only if you want the full Mad Max experience, or want to attempt to watch the experiment.
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