The fact that Miller's first movie is basically a B movie but is still absolutely a relevant and good film to watch says a lot about Miller's talent as a director

The stunt man that got hit by the motorcycle tire probably got payed an extra six pack.

"Max's house was located near the coast of Australia"
That's specific for an island continent.

Max still trying to chase down the thugs after getting shot in the leg is still a bad ass moment.

The best Mad Max in my opinion. His black interceptor was the coolest car in the history of automobiles!

It's a B-Movie with some A-level talent who where still willing to work at a low budget because they weren't famous yet. The other ones are much more professional, but this is the most brutal and dark one of them all, really shows Max's decent to madness.

Mad Max is a film that probably couldn't be made today with the current state of independent filmmaking, and certainly couldn't be made in America period under the conditions they had to work under, since now most indies believe that everything has to be done exactly how a Hollywood studio would operate.

look at that 40c petrol. those were the days.

Click on the video, instantly click like and sit back to enjoy. Olivers retrospectives are never bad.

Watched this when I was 4 for the first time with my dad. To this day I love this movie and have lost count of all the times I have watched it. I even went location finding and visited where the film was shot about 6 years ago.

The original Mad Max still holds up, because it feels so surreal and alien to watch, very forward-thinking. George Miller really produced a magic feeling of dystopia and confusion, from the way the characters talk, to the empty roads full of violent gangs. It's so otherworthly. After watching the sequels and the new movies, going back to this just hits so much harder.

Will never forget the first time I saw this, made me a long-time fan.

You are the very best when it comes to movie reviews/retrospective on youtube.

I love the trailers you put together at the start of each review. They really psych me up to watch the actual movie.

I agree 100% about what you said with Mel’s physical acting.  I don’t think I’ve seen a better “wound” scene than when max gets shot in the leg and how he struggles and limps back to the car.

I don't care what anyone says, Mad Max is one of the greatest films ever made, certainly in the action genre, but in my opinion overall as well.  Everything comes together so well.  The acting is raw and real.  The stunts and cinematography incredible considering the low budget, and the fact it was a 1979 movie.  And I really get a kick out of the Aussie slang.  Give 'em the bejeezus!  LOL.  And of course, well done again, Oliver.

This is actually my favourite Max film.

one of my favorite movies ever!

George had considered casting an American in the lead...and ended up casting an American in the lead role!😀

Finally the original Mad Max!

Someone on another youtube channel figured out when these movies take place, as the prop plac shown at the front of the Main Force Patrol entrance said it was established in 1983, and the events of this film happened two years after MFP was established as they were the last line of local defence that arrived two years before the fall of society, making it set in 1985. The events in Mad Max 2 are said in the novel to have taken place 5 years after the first film's events, placing it in 1990. Beyond Thunderdome is 15-18 years after that, setting it at around 2005. Though George has stated otherwise.