The final chapter of the legend of the knight at the end of the century.

Michael 2021-11-14 08:01:23

The completion of this part marks the perfect end of the MADMAX trilogy.
At the end of the film, a group of people who worked hard to revive civilization in the abandoned city put an end to the plot,
and MAX officially became a legend in the wasteland.
From the beginning of the production lineup of cost B-films with only a few broken houses and old factory prospects, to the second part, it gradually reveals the living conditions of the various tribes of the wasteland, and the third part finally completes the appearance of the entire wasteland. Present to the audience.
In terms of the plot, it may only be given three to four points, but in terms of its influence on other media at the time, the film can be given five points. A must-see classic for works belonging to the wasteland style.

In MADMAX3, the establishment of city-states on the wasteland, the economy, the law, and the power source of the city are all brought out. (The first part is a few lines of subtitles, and the second part started to use a black and white video of a pseudo-documentary, this one directly laid out the post-apocalyptic world form)
The conflict that began with the story originated from the air thieves who barter.
MAX has intervened in the energy control conflict in Butte Town with his own ability.
Where there is civilization, there will be barbarians. Assuming that someone develops on the track of the original civilization, there may also be the possibility of another barbaric civilization on the wasteland with extremely underdeveloped information.
In MADMAX3, the formation of tribal religions and the emergence of myths are shown from the perspective of a group of air crash survivors. Of course, if you want to study deeply, the possibility of survival of this tribe and how the error of cultural inheritance occurred may not be able to withstand scrutiny. But in this short two-hour or so film, there are many settings that he should not have enough time to elaborate. After all, the film is old and science fiction films have more or less such problems.
However, it is precisely the setting and performance of such details that laid the classic tone of this film,
and even more or less the


MADMAX series in this series has a good tradition from the series of "Future Water World" . It is also passed down in the third part.
It is his outstanding character setting. Although the color tones used this time have become slightly more realistic and darker, the memorable setting is still powerful regardless of whether it is soy sauce or not.
This is why MADMAX has become a classic that has to be said, and has influenced future generations such as "Wasteland", "Radiation", and "Fist of the Big Dipper". Become the originator of many post-apocalyptic wasteland style works.


After experiencing the styling of unilateral white hair in the second part, this time MAX has long hair from the beginning, coupled with a handsome cloak, and finally feels a little savior. Of course, the second half of the film will still restore his classic short hair style with white temples. The third interesting role setting can be seen from the beginning. At the beginning, a pair of father and son air pirates in the shape of jungle adventurers can be said to be the inheritance of the second helicopter man. Then came to Bart City, the story of the old man buying water, I think friends who like to play radiation should feel that the sound of scanning radiation dust is a bit of a G-spot. The bald head with a dummy head in the back is also very cool. And then to the fat pawnshop, a few magnifying glasses match his profession very well.
Before boarding the queen's room, pay attention to the two elder brothers of the rocker. Later, MAX and the others met in the underground power center battle.
Entering the queen's room, a samurai temple, and a fat blind musician with a Japanese tattoo behind Tang Tang instantly filled the film with a strong CLUT flavor, although this is just a soy sauce character.
The appearance of the queen is not to say, whether the Fist of the Big Dipper should be paid to the crew for the copyright.
The most interesting movie "Master Buster" is more interesting,
and it is similar to the alien Lange in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Then when MAX was exiled, he wore that big headgear. This look seemed to have been seen in some other western movies. I don't know if it was a ritual prop in the American West at the time.
The second half of the plot is transferred to the flying tribe, and the relatively unpopular design can't be done as well as the previous one. However, the heroine and the boy with white face and black eyes are also very impressive.
Although not as boldly as in the second part, distinguishing the images of various forces with large tones,
But the design of this one is still very impressive. There are still many things to learn from even if you look at the current art design.


Finally, I have to mention that one of the biggest buying points of this film is Speed.
At the beginning of the first film, it was established that this film is a film based on car chasing wars.
In the beginning, the first part of the V8 showdown against the motorcycle party, the second part of the various modified cars against the fuel tractors, and then to the third part of the battle against rail cars, each one strives to make a breakthrough.
Try substituting it into the 1980s when the film was born. Every new work in the series gives the audience a new movie-watching experience. Every time there are new things to play, it is not easy.
In fact, the chase of the third part is the most exciting of the three. It is possible that the first half of the film has added the plot in the Thunder Arena, which makes the car battle less. So in the end, the director still played a wonderful chase in the second half of the film very vigorously. In view of this, how to shoot the car battle in the fourth part can be said to be a headache for the director.


Throughout the series, MAX's character has been fully sublimated in the final one, and it is even more like a messenger of justice. It can also be said that he has become more biased towards the gods. However, compared to the protagonist image of Gao Daquan in many other works, MAX reveals the realistic personal values ​​in the film is still more realistic. Let’s talk about the rewards first. If you talk about transactions, right, how can anyone be willing to work volunteers in the desolate last days.
In view of the age of the entire series, friends who are used to seeing the fast-paced and large scenes of CG may find it difficult to import this series. Especially from the first part, it is even worse.
So if you are not very interested in this type of subject matter, you can skip these trilogy.
After watching the fourth one in the coming year. It's not too late to look back if you are interested.

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Extended Reading
  • Jasen 2021-11-14 08:01:23

    This is destined to be a bipolar film. Without the crazy racing party, it is no longer a road movie. However, the director’s "Peach Blossom Spring" is obviously more attractive to the audience than the racing, and the moral concept is collapsed. The town is in sharp contrast with the "Peach Blossom Spring" that retains humanity. The people of "Peach Blossom Spring" went from creating gods to dashing hopes. In the barren future, the retrogression of civilization and the alienation of people make people sigh. When they tried to get out of the closed pit, they found that the world of tomorrow was nothing but a bubble. Except for the endless sea of ​​sand and ugly human nature, the world was empty.

  • Joelle 2022-03-21 09:01:41

    Give Byron a star at the end, because this sentence finally conveys a bit of the director's true thoughts. The setting of the third part is very good. After the city is destroyed, it begins to "retro". There are several ironies at heart, but the whole narrative is more and more deviated.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome quotes

  • Jedediah the Pilot: We're not gonna make it.

    Max: We haven't got any choice.

    Jedediah the Pilot: between them and us, there isn't enough runway.

    Max: There will be.

  • Max: I ain't Captain Walker. I'm the guy who carries Mr. Dead in his pocket.