Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

I feel that this is really two different movies in one. The first is Mad Max 3: Thunderdome, which is awesome. The thunderdome fight is downright stellar and it's no surprise how much it's influenced many movie fights since. Now the second movie is Mad Max 3: Peter Pan which is barely passable as a film in my opinion. Some of the fight gags are funny but for the most part it's just not Mad Max. Shame really, it started out great.

Mel Gibson and Tina Turner are duking it out for who has the bigger hair and then some WEIRD PETER PAN STUFF HAPPENS>

"I'll drive that tanker," turns into "I'll raise these children." Forgetting the Lord of the Flies meets Adventures in Babysitting last half, Bartertown is a fun environment that makes me want to play the original Fallout on PC like some kind of dinosaur.

I liked this, didn't love it, when it first came out, and found I liked it for different reasons when I rewatched it recently. I think I enjoyed the parts with the kids when I was young, with the Lord of the Flies-esque themes. I didn't care for them more recently, preferring Max's shenanigans in Bartertown and the climactic action. It is peppered with memorable characters and scenes, and is directed well, but doesn't entirely work as a whole. And Max is nowhere near mad enough...

Amount of movie franchises improved by adding a bunch of adorable children: Zero and counting.