Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome them, as Max, still alive in the desert, wanders on to places unknown. "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" was the first "Mad Max" film made without producer Byron Kennedy, who was killed in a helicopter crash in 1983 while location scouting for the film. While the film was in development before Kennedy's death, director George Miller was hesitant to continue without his producing partner. "I was reluctant to go ahead," said Miller. "And then there was a sort of need to – let's do something just to get over the shock and grief of all of that." A title card at
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