Mad Max (franchise) for 2015's "Fury Road". The series features a few recurring cast members in different roles. Bruce Spence played different aviators in two of the films, first the Gyro Captain in "Mad Max 2" and then Jedediah the Pilot in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". Hugh Keays-Byrne has taken antagonist roles twice: he played Toecutter in "Mad Max" and Immortan Joe in "Mad Max: Fury Road". Max Fairchild appeared as Benno Swaisey in "Mad Max" and as "Broken Victim" of the Humungus's gang in "Mad Max 2". Many licensed products are based on the "Mad Max" franchise. Products include novels, comic books,
Mad Max: Fury Road before". These elements contrast this film with the male-centered hero in the previous Mad Max films. According to Mandalita De Barco of NPR, Theron's character, "Furiosa has a shaved head and a fierce leather outfit. And with a mechanical arm she jerry-rigged from salvaged tools, Furiosa is a sharpshooting powerhouse who can also handle an 18-wheel war rig charging through the desert." She is "a female road warrior." Throughout the film, Furiosa "is a character exactly equal to Max." Director Miller describes Furiosa and Max as "protagonist/antagonist". Kyle Smith of the "New York Post" said that the title character, Mad