Mad Max 2, one of the most successful and influential cinematic works produced in Australian mainstream cinema. Summarizes aspects of the national mythology and intertwining these within a gothic, dystopic view of the near future with a hyper kinetic editing style and this near surreal abstraction of visual form and generic conventions. What makes the film so successful does not rely on the narrative, however the mood, tone and style which combines the action.
As if to complement the film's post modern, post-apocalyptic and post-industrial setting in which the simplest material goods are valued as dearly as human life, the film however had a really low budget.…
