Mad Max / MadMax2 (RW in the USA 1981)

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Mad Max is a 1979 Australian post-apocalyptic action thriller film directed by George Miller and written by Miller and Byron Kennedy. The film, starring the then-little-known Mel Gibson, was released internationally in 1980.

This low-budget film's story of social breakdown, murder, and vengeance became the top-grossing Australian film, and has been credited for opening up the global market to Australian films. The movie was also notable for being the first Australian film to be shot with a widescreen anamorphic lens.

Mad Max was followed by two sequels, Mad Max 2 (released as The Road Warrior in the United States) in 1981 and Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome in 1985. As of December, 2008, a third sequel, Mad Max 4: Fury Road, remains "in pre-production."