The Road Warrior

Genre: Action

Worldwide gross$24.6M

Wandering the deserted highways of an energy-starved dystopian Australia after eradicating the Night Rider's followers in Mad Max (1979), the former patrolman, Max Rockatansky, finds himself roaming the endless wasteland scavenging for food and precious petrol. Suddenly, in the scorched wilderness, the hungry for fuel Max chances upon a small oil refinery; however, the place is under siege by Lord Humungus' barbarian horde of biker warlords, hell-bent on destruction and mayhem. Now, to get his hands on as much gas as he can carry, "Mad" Max will have to provide the defenceless community with a powerful truck to transport the gasoline to safety; nevertheless, this is easier said than done. Is Max, the battle-scarred Road Warrior, up to the task?

🏆 8 wins & 12 nominations total

Genres

Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Director

George Miller

Cast

Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Michael Preston

Released

21 May 1982

Runtime

1h 36m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.6 / 10

Votes

211,905

Metascore

77

Rotten Tomatoes

93%

Box office

$23,667,907

Budget

$2,000,000

Edition

Base