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Mad Max
AUSTRALIA · 1979

Mad Max

George Miller
outlaw motorcycle gangs dystopian future police action lawlessness and chaos vigilante justice
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Synopsis

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

Cinema Atlas Connection
We loved that kind of brutal, grimy, almost punk aesthetic of those films, particularly the first Mad Max. It's just so raw and visceral, and that's something we always strived for in our action.

I feel a strong kinship with films like the original 'Mad Max,' which felt like a grindhouse movie but also had a mythological weight to it. That kind of raw, kinetic energy was definitely something I wanted to achieve with 'Mandy.'

— Panos Cosmatos  ·  Birth.Movies.Death. - Panos Cosmatos and Nicolas Cage Go Deep on MANDY
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