Customer Ratings & Reviews

I've always been a Mel Gibson fan, so I could care less about his personal views. I was pleased to finally get this on blu-ray. This is a great predecessor to the "Road Warrior". The film is really a drama masquerading as an action movie.

Awesome movie with a good story line as well and any Mel Gibson movie is good to watch

Ok, Ok... I know calm down about the original soundtrack.. right? I was very excited to hear it for the first time, actually hearing Mel Gibson & Crew speak in their native language and I must admit you might wish to turn subtitles on since I still don't understand some of the things said, but was elated never the less! Video Quality A solid 4 stars here with the MPEG-4 AVC encoding of "Mad Max" that varies due to weather conditions..Let me explain! When the sun is bright the image is startling real with colors that burst & pop! The Interceptor's Yellows really stand out & the Australian Blue Sky is deep. Skin tones on the other hand appear a bit baked but not overly so. Filming on cloudy days really bring out the grain & you will notice the drop in color brightness from scene to scene. Clarity is fine & I could not find any enhancing of this video with film grain intact. Audio Quality As stated the original Australian soundtrack 5.1 DTS-HD sounds fantastic even tho the musical track is a bit louder than the rest of the audio. The Dubbed American version is in DD mono. I was very pleased with the audio offerings on this Blu-ray! Extra's How about a DVD copy? We are seeing less & less of this with releases of Digital copies becoming the norm, me personally, I would like the DVD and manipulate it into my own video format. I find the time limits placed on digital copies to be a nuisance. Commentary Track – Art director Jon Dowding, cinematographer David Eggby, special effects supervisor Chris Murray, and superfan Tim Ridge gather to talk about the film and its creation. While it obviously would have been great to have Gibson and Miller take part, fans of the film will be happy with this foursome. Mad Max: Film Phenomenon (SD, 26 min) – The foursome from the commentary track, as well as a few critics, talk about the making of the film. There is some overlap and the narration is slightly over the top with its praise. Mel Gibson: The High Octane Birth of a Superstar (SD, 17 min) – On the DVD, actress Piper Laurie is the most well-known participant of the people interviewed who speak about knowing Gibson around the time 'Mad Max' was created. Mad Facts Trivia Track – On the DVD, trivia pops up on the bottom of the screen International Poster Gallery (SD) – Exactly as the title describes. Trailers (SD) – On the Blu-ray, there are two for for 'Mad Max' as well as trailers for 'The Terminator', 'Species', 'Windtalkers', and 'Rollerball' (2002). On the DVD, there is the original Australian theatrical trailer, TV spots, and 'The Terminator: Special Edition' DVD Trailer In closing it's time to ditch the DVD & step up to this fine rendering of a great Australian classic.. I highly recommend this 2 Disc Set!

I mean...the actor playing him as made some questionable decisions (no, not that), I’m talking about not accepting my Pulp Fiction meets Mars Attacks! spec script. Anyway...this was a Scream Factory release for super cheap. I bought it. Scene.

Can't believe you can find this and other scream factory releases at your local best buy, great movie still hold up to this day definitely recommend watching this if you haven't..

Saw this movie at the local movie theater back in 1979 and I just can't stop watching it since then, it never gets old, it looked good on VHS and it's even better on blu-ray.

70's. I pointed out the 70's because you have to remember this movie was filmed in the late 1970's. I remember this movie as a child and watching it at the theater (or was that a drive in). I can remember when MAX first turned on that Supercharger with that big red button on the gear sifter and hearing that roar! I could feel the horse power through the speakers. As a child I liked it. As an adult I like it even better. I also own the new MAD MAD FURY ROAD. You can't compare the two. Remember that this was filmed in the 1970's this is 2015 my friends that's a big difference! I liked the new FURY ROAD but not as much as the original MAD MAX. I watch the original MAD MAX and I always seem to catch a line or see something I missed seeing previously (watching it in widescreen, HD, and HD SURROUND helps immensely). Imagine your favorite song you listen to all the time. You never get tired of it. In fact you look forward to hearing it; although, you've heard it a 1000 times. That's how this movie is. It never gets old It just gets better. I own the Special edition DVD and this Blu-ray with DVD Combo pack. You have to watch this on a large widescreen HD 1080P with SRS TruSurround HD. I watched this on video tape years ago and to watch this on Full HD is amazing. I hear sounds I never heard and the sounds I do remember are even better. The horse power of Max's car the "Pursuit Special" is phenomenal when he turns on that supercharger (I want one)! The video is as if they used today's cameras and technology to film it. Some say that the 2nd incarnation of the series was best (THE ROAD WARRIOR). But the 2nd one doesn't really make sense unless you watch the 1st. I own all 3 original MAD MAX movies and the new FURY ROAD. I enjoy all the original MAD MAX movies better.

One of Mel Gibsons best movies by far. A Fun classic movie with a great story that will never get old. So Crisp and beautiful.

There was a time in this country when you couldn't even watch this movie with the original dialogue track. Among the many other aspects of historical content Shout! Factory's cult classics line Scream Factory provides in this release, options for both the original "Australian" English audio as well as the dubbed "American" English audio are present. In another nod to history, Scream Factory appears to have cleaned the picture well enough to present it in HD, but leaves just enough slight imperfections to recall the film's grindhouse roots. A few of bonus features conducted exclusively for this release, such as the brief interviews with Mel Gibson, who incidentally sounds more American than Australian these days, serve really to only reinforce the good call director George Miller made in recasting Max for Fury Road. But the info dispersed by DP David Eggby and SFX artist Chris Murray in the commentaries and beyond really shine a new light on what used to be everyone's least favorite entry in the franchise. The lines between Mad Max's entirely practical effects, cast and shots and those found Mad Max: Fury Road really becomes clearer than ever in the Scream Factory release, far more so than one could gleam from the barebones version included in the Mad Max Anthology set. In short, Scream Factory provides probably the best release of their entire line and the definitive version of the original film in Mad Max.

I was really happy to have added this movie to my collection. Collectors edition blu ray classic movies from the 1970s

This is the all time movie from mad max with Mel Gibson. I watch this movie over and over every month. You will love it.

Watching this again was better than my initial watching it. A great movie and definitely worth the buy!!

Yes it’s a low budget foreign film! But have to love it! Transfer to Blu-ray is good! Best they could do with the budget this film had!

George Miller's masterpiece starring a then, almost unknown Australian, Mel Gibson, unleashes 90 minutes of unbridled, inexplicable, premeditated, orchestral moving, cinematic violence. Written & directed in the 70's during the world's "oil crisis" as countries around the globe were held under duress & tyranny by OPEC & the Arab nation(s). Miller's "Mad Max" is reflective and hauntingly parallel to what plays out in the script & on the screen. "Good guy" Max hunts down "bad guy(s)", gangs, that murdered his family while on raiding and looting pilgrimages across an arid wasteland wrought with the fallout of humanity and economic turmoil. Later sequels would continue to involve the same search for valuable "fuel", figuratively and literally, to continue survival and or torture of the fittest. Do yourself a favor. Rent, buy, borrow, or stream this classic film and see why Gibson became the Hollywood icon he became and why Miller is still the master of action packed filmmaking.

Big fan of the mad Max movies. Caught them all on sale so I had to get them

I purchased this Blu-ray Collectors Edition to replace my long missing MGM dvd. Along with top notch video and audio (for a movie made in 1979) there are many new extras here including an interview with Mel Gibson. In fact, all the interviews are informative and never boring if you are a fan of this movie. The best part tho is the "surprise bonus" which is why I gave this product the 5th star. When you remove the shrink wrap you can take the label cover art out of the see-thru sleeve, reverse it, re-insert it into the sleeve and...Bingo !!! You now have the original fantastic poster art from 1979 on the front of your blu-ray.

The original Mad Max finally in true 4k Ultra HD format! Mad Max is such a great movie. I originally purchased the Mad Max High Octane Collection with the Interceptor several years ago which included all the Mad Max movies collection however what they didn't mention was only Mad Max Fury Road was in 4k the rest including the original Mad Max was on Blu-ray. I am finally glad they decided to release this movie in 4k and it looks phenomenal in Dolby Vision.

Just as good as i remember when i saw it decades ago....

Mel Gibson at his best. This movie is a timeless gem

Love watching this movie with my movie buff child.