Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max (franchise) Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy. It began in 1979 with "Mad Max", and was followed by three films: "Mad Max 2" (1981), "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" (1985) and "" (2015). Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over as Max in the fourth film. The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious
Mad Max (franchise) released internationally in 1980. It became a top-grossing Australian film, while holding the record in the "Guinness Book of Records" for decades as the most profitable film ever created, and has been credited for further opening the global market to Australian New Wave films. "Mad Max 2" (also known as "The Road Warrior") is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic dystopian action film directed by George Miller. This sequel to Miller's "Mad Max" was a worldwide box office success that further launched the career of Mel Gibson. The film's tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving