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 (2015 video game) "Rage", and "Borderlands" since most of those games were inspired by the original "Mad Max". The company said that the game's vehicular combat posed a challenge because of their inexperience with that type of game. The car customization system was designed to increase the game's fun factor and give players more freedom. The game's world was inspired by the "Just Cause" series, which features large sandboxes for players to explore. Avalanche Studios CEO Christofer Sundberg hoped that players would compare "Mad Max"s desert setting to the western setting of "Red Dead Redemption". The game world is scaled according to gameplay