The Road Warrior |  | Director: George Miller
Actors: Harold Baigent, Tyler Coppin, Max Fairchild, Virginia Hey, Syd Heylen
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  213 reviews
Format: AC-3, Dolby, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed)
Rating: R (Restricted)
UPC: 883929002252
EAN: 0883929002252
ASIN: B002BAOE7M
Theatrical Release Date: 1981
Release Date: November 23, 2007
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A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
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A strong candidate for the designation of most thrilling action movie ever made (the turbo-charged exhilaration of its full-throttle highway chases has never been equaled), the second part of George Miller's post-apocalyptic trilogy is also a magnificently imagined movie myth. Like the Star Wars trilogy (by that other George) the Mad Max films draw their inspiration from the works of mythologist Joseph Campbell. In the 1979 original, Max (Mel Gibson) is a policeman, the last guardian of civilization and order in a devastated world reduced to chaos. But when a leather-clad gang of sadomasochistic speed demons mows down Max's family, his remaining connections to humanity are also permanently severed. After brutally exacting his revenge, Max wanders off into the wasteland alone, "a burned out shell of a man" who (to paraphrase The Searchers) is destined to wander forever between the winds. In The Road Warrior, Max rediscovers a sliver of his shattered humanity, and a spark of redemption, when he helps an embattled colony of pioneers fight off the savages who are after that most precious of all commodities: "guzzline." Max is transformed into a legendary hero, just as Mel Gibson was catapulted to international movie stardom. With its final stirring images, The Road Warrior transcends its genre (whatever that may be--science fiction? Western? action adventure?) and becomes something timeless. It's a great movie. --Jim Emerson
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 The Only Good One of the Three. February 23, 2010
Diane the Teacher
The Road Warrior is a pretty incredible film that is not only the best of the Mad Max Trilogy, it's actually the only one of the three that can be called a film of true quality. The first Mad Max was nothing more than laughable B-movie fodder, while Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome was simply a watered-down mutation of the second film for the gullible American audience and the greedy Hollywood executives hallucinating on dollar signs. This second film, The Road Warrior, stands on its own two feet-and it stands the test of time.
The Road Warrior is far from your average action movie. Unlike the glamorized violence of movies like Die Hard or Lethal Weapon, this film presents us with violence that is brutal, ugly, and unapologetic in its nihilism. Dr. George Miller's direction is ungodly in its brilliantly calculated madness. One can say that it has its own Chaos Theory.
The Road Warrior succeeds, not just in the action, but also in the acting. The cast manages to flesh out its off-beat characters with a script of very little dialogue. This is especially true with the character of Max, who is at the center of all this mayhem and who must have the least amount of dialogue of all the other main characters(the Feral Boy being the exception). As Max, a charismatic and very young Mel Gibson gives a strong performance of quiet rage and smugness that gives his character the self-possession of a watchful cobra. It's easy to see, in retrospect, how this young actor became a star.
I know that as of late, many people have been hurling various expletives towards Mr. Gibson since his 2006 DUI arrest, and he may very well deserve them all. He may be a drunken bigot and all-around jerk. So what. If I were to care about the character warts and blemishes of these artists-some of whom were racists, sexists, and even criminals- then my library of books, CDs and DVDs would be pretty anemic indeed.
finally the best movie ever made comes to blue ray February 23, 2010
Janet Martin Del Campo (Visalia, CA)
this image was so clear i felt like a blonde half naked man's chopped off fingers were gonna fall into my lap. good thing that didn't happen because, how would i explain that to my mom! R.I.P. dad, i miss you.
The Road Warrior (1981) [Blu-ray] February 17, 2010
N. Anno (Indiana)
One of the few sequels in cinematic history to surpass its predecessor, George Miller's masterpiece (the second installment in the Mad Max trilogy) asserted Mel Gibson as a force of a leading man after being introduced in the wretched '77 pic Summer City and starring in the cult classic Mad Max. Like the first film of the franchise, The Road Warrior was praised by audiences and critics alike, and was a huge box-office success. While bombarding viewers with hardy action, it also grazes topics such as emotional solidarity, women's independence, and immigration and overpopulation; and consists of a Hollywood-famous car chase that belittled any chase anyone had ever seen (including that of Bullitt) prior to the recent releases of the Bourne flicks. There are more than a handful of Blu-ray remasters that are necessary for the relevance of one's video pantheon, but The Road Warrior should be at the top of one's priority buying list.
 Road Warrior Download February 10, 2010
Jeff Holt (Huntsville, AL United States)
This is a great movie, but the quality of the download is unwatchable. The streaming version has better quality but is not in widescreen format. Better to but the DVD.
The Wildest Ride Ever February 1, 2010
Thomas H. Fields (Washington, DC)
If you want car chases and spectacular action scenes, then the Road Warrior is it. Set in a post-apocalyptic desert world, it's about a drifter (played by Mel Gibson) who comes across a besieged group of refugees who are surrounded by a gang of thugs intent on taking their prized possession. And what is that? A functioning oil rig. The drama and fight scenes set a new standard for action and adventure movies.
Gibson's character must decide what to do. Join them or go on his way? He's a loner by nature, but can he survive alone out there? This is one of the great films of the 1980s. The sequel to Mad Max, it can stand by itself (you don't need to see Mad Max first to understand it). This is the wildest ride on film.
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