On the 40th anniversary of its US release, George Miller’s chaotic look at the future remains a high-adrenaline masterwork
“A few years from now …” reads the title card that opens George Miller’s Mad Max, and that’s it. How did we get to this dystopian wasteland in so short a time? Why has the highway turned into this throbbing artery of death and destruction? What explains these virtual ghost towns where the few residents left are tormented by deranged marauders? What has happened to the
police force? The justice system? The basic fabric of everyday life?
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