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Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Dir. George Miller
Fanomenon Retro: The Weird of Oz
Tue 12 Nov and Thu 14 Nov
Tue 12 Nov
and
Thu 14 Nov
  • Tue 12 Nov
    20:45 - 22:21
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 11
    Tickets
  • Thu 14 Nov
    15:15 - 16:51
    Vue in the Light, Leeds
    Screen 11
    Tickets

In the post-apocalyptic Australian outback, lone wanderer Max Rockatansky helps to defend an oil refinery under siege from ruthless marauders.

The return of Max Rockatansky cemented director George Miller’s vision of bizarre, post-apocalyptic Australia, where people have peculiar names (‘Lord Humungus’, ‘The Toadie’), and everything is recycled from something else. Years after World War III, gasoline is the most valuable commodity and loner Max strikes a cold, hard bargain with a besieged community of settlers who strive to find a secret utopia. The Mad Max films have created a world all of their own, yet they still speak of a real outlaw spirit of the outback, places of speed, distance and scarcity. 

This screening is also part of the Burning Rubber, Crossing Borders season at Hyde Park Picture House. 

“Exhilarating entertainment -- and a textbook for sophisticated, popular moviemaking.” – Richard Corliss, Time

Content Guidance


   Contains strong violence, scene of sexual violence.

 

Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Director: George Miller
Running time: 96 minutes
Production year: 1981
Country: Australia
Language: English
UK Distributor: Park Circus
Age rating: BBFC rating 15

 

Part of

Fanomenon

Fantasy, sci-fi, horror, dark comedy, cult films, the unclassifiable, and much more. This year we present an expanded programme of new films, two new competitions, and a retrospective, The Weird of Oz.

The Weird of Oz

Retrospective on Australian New Wave cinema, where raw storytelling, wild landscapes and vibrant characters capture the nation’s unique spirit and contradictions.