Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3283 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-08
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Formats: Box set, PAL
• Number of discs: 3
• Running time: 281 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
The story of Mel Gibson's stately anti-hero begins in Mad Max, George Miller's low-budget debut, in which Max is a "Bronze" (cop) in an unspecified post-apocalyptic future with a buddy-partner and family. But, unlike most films set in the devastated future, Mad Max is notable because it is poised between our industrialised world and total regression to medieval conditions. The scale tips towards disintegration when the Glory Riders burn into town on their bikes like an overcharged cadre of Brando's Wild Ones. Representing the active chaos that will eventually overwhelm the dying vestiges of civil society they take everything dear to Max, who then has to exact due revenge. His flight into the same wilds that created the villains artfully sets up the morally ambiguous character of the subsequent films. --Alan E Rapp

Synopsis
The Mad Max trilogy, an horrific look at the future, when society breaks down and psychotic bikers roam the highways... In MAD MAX 3 - BEYOND THE THUNDERDOME Mel Gibson stars as the Road Warrior who arrives alone and destitute in Bartertown in the post-holocaust wastelands of Australia, searching for his stolen possessions. A tribe of lost children also wait for a hero in a world battling to survive - they face a woman determined to rule...

Customer Reviews

Nothing added, but nothing taken away :D
Mad Max: For some reason, someone felt it necessary to dub Mad Max from its original Australian English to...American English (why I will never know) but the good news is, though the 'English' soundtrack is the americanised version, the original Australian audio is also included. Australians do not speak with American accents, so please watch the Australian version.

Mad Max 2/ The Road Warrior: The standalone region 2 DVD only gives a 87 minute cut-down, censored version of the film. We're obviously not good enough in europe for the full film. However this boxset contains the full, 91 minute film in its entirity (its slightly shorter than 95 minutes due to PAL speedup, but its all there) Censorship ruins films, brilliant chase scenes

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome: In my opinion this is the weakest of the three films, drawing several plot elements from The Road Warrior, but without the same full-throttle pace of its predecessor. It's still a good action film though, and its worth getting to complete the set.

So in all, here you get the full, uncensored versions of all three films, and annoying American dubbing is either non-existant or can be turned off. If you're not bothered about extras (there aren't any) but want the full set of Mad Max films, get this boxset.

Great films let down by the quality of the DVD
The Mad Max trilogy is really 2 different types of films. The first two are biker type movies while the third is an action hero type for all the family. Personally I like all 3 films for different reasons so I liked the idea of having all 3 in one set. The really disappointing thing about this set is the DVD reproduction quality of Mad Max 2 and particularly Beyond Thunderdome. Mad Max 1 is fine but the other two seem to have been digitally compressed to a level where a lot of detail is lost and the colours are very bland. This is very noticable on Beyond Thunderdome to an extent where it makes the film less interesting to watch. Which is a shame because it does contain some very stunning views of Australia. If that is the film that you really want then don't buy this edition.

Cult Classic at a reasanoble price
After reading the reviews of the other box set featured on this site, I ordered this version with a bit of apprehension. thankfully, all three films are the original versions of the films(no american dubbing!). having not seen the first two films for a long time, it was nice to see that they were as good as i remember. well worth the money.