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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1985
Sci-fi
Action
1h 47m
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Rated 21 Oct 2007
66
47th
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.
Rated 17 Oct 2019
68
55th
"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.
Rated 17 Jun 2013
80
77th
Mel Gibson and Tina Turner are duking it out for who has the bigger hair and then some WEIRD PETER PAN STUFF HAPPENS>
Rated 05 Jun 2015
58
31st
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...
Rated 15 May 2015
48
21st
Amount of movie franchises improved by adding a bunch of adorable children: Zero and counting.
Rated 15 Jan 2010
70
40th
Undoubtedly the weakest film in the series, Beyond Thunderdome starts off well but falls off pretty quickly by the time the tribes of children show up. One feral kid is fine, but a couple dozen wear out their welcome a hell of a lot quicker than Max did in Barter Town.
Rated 21 May 2015
45
21st
Oh, jeez. To echo the sentiments of many, the first 45 minutes were pretty awesome, and then the whole thing just fell off a cliff. The characterization gets completely arbitrary, the tone shifts to an almost kiddie vibe, and Tina Turner (who's honestly fantastic) completely disappears. I'd watch the first act again, but unfortunately the rest of the movie is incredibly boring (despite picking up a LITTLE bit at the end with the car/plane chase). Not worth the price of admission.
Rated 18 May 2015
80
62nd
Non-controversial Opinion Alert! The first half, set in the sleazy, Jabba's Palace-like Bartertown is easily the best thing about this movie, to make no mention of The Thunderdome, and the action pieces set within, itself. I'm not telling you anything you didn't already know. The punk rock Peter Pan second act can't help but be a letdown, even if you know what Miller is going for. The climactic chase is a fun but inferior take on the RW finale. Still, it's Max and Miller, so worth a watch.
Rated 27 May 2015
5
57th
(2015 Mad Maxathon #3:) I actually really like most of the first half or so of the film, and the titular Thunderdome fight is a unique blast of weaponry and flying around on bungee cords; total goofball fun. When Max runs into the tribe of kids the film suffers, though. It actually feels almost exactly like when they meet the Ewok tribe in Return of the Jedi, but without being balanced out by cool Death Star/Emperor Palpatine stuff.
Rated 22 May 2015
40
19th
The Thunderdome fight is alright, but the rest - apart from an okay middle section - is almost as bad as Tina Turner's hair. Almost.
Rated 07 Jun 2015
78
51st
Credit Miller 4 carving a new post-apocalyptic nightmare 4 Max 2 stumble through w/ an inspired take on gladiatorial arenas & a counterpoint Lord of the Flies-style community of children. Unfortunately the script never ties these together in a satisfying way. Wanting 2 maintain a certain innocence 4 the children when they face off with Bartertown results in diminished, Goonies-like, action sequences. The final chase is impressive but it feels shoehorned in just 2 meet audience expectations.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
55
32nd
Tina Turner sucks and all the stuff with those kids who had their own little society was terrible, but this flick also has Master Blaster so it's hard to condemn it completely.
Rated 10 Jan 2010
32
23rd
Needed more shirtless sax guy from the music video. Also see: Lost Boys.
Rated 12 Oct 2010
65
17th
What happened?! This movie seemed like it would have been awesome if they had just kept to the gladiatorial Thunderdome. Once I laid eyes on the Lost Boys, I completely lost interest.
Rated 17 Jan 2020
90
83rd
As with BABE, this feels like a delirious middle finger from Miller to those who want "more of the same" from a sequel, striking out in a bizarre, Gilliam-esque direction for the wonderful Bartertown sequences and turning Max's desolate wasteland into a genuine mythological place in the second half. Just as wild a ride in its way as 1 & 2, starting with the casting - while Gibson is deliberately more flat and passive than usual, Turner, Anderson and a brilliant Thring are terrific grotesques.
Rated 20 Apr 2011
67
32nd
Feels like two films. First you get a movie with Mad Max in Bartertown fighting it out in Thunderdome, then you get another with him rescuing a bunch of kids. It's not just that there is a separation of plot, but the tone shifts pretty abruptly at the same time.
Rated 21 Sep 2016
62
14th
It's a competently made film, maybe even good in parts, like some of the action scenes, but after the Thunderdome the rest felt so incredibly tedious. The setting just doesn't do it for me, and I can't stand the way the children talk.
Rated 30 Mar 2016
50
23rd
The first part is quite good, especially the fight in Thunderdome, and so is the final chase. The rest of it is rather plodding and only mildly interesting. It certainly does miss the sparkle of the first two films. Aesthetically, "Beyond Thunderdome" is faithful to the Mad Max universe, but the comparatively small amount of action and the weak, kid-infused script are worlds away from the violent, laconic original films. This film is sure to alienate the die-hard fans yet is far from a disaster.
Rated 07 Jul 2012
90
63rd
An astoundingly imaginative postapocalyptic adventure which creates a fantastic but absorbing world with its own rules and language. The downside to all this is the story doesn't move as gracefully as Road Warrior's, and doesn't manage quite as much tension, but it's a superb capstone to the trilogy.
Rated 15 Feb 2016
65
33rd
Broadens the story and builds some interesting settings but ends up feeling disjointed and somewhat worn. The action is still top tier especially in the final chase although the whole thing seems to have lost some of the edge that gave previous instalments their grim fun. It's very watchable but lacks the harsh ethos it needs to be anything special. Too many cute kids fooling around and too few dog executions.
Rated 15 Jun 2010
49
19th
What the hell are the kids doin' here?
Rated 17 May 2008
80
74th
mad max, tina turner, master blaster, i am fucking in.
Rated 20 Jul 2013
63
34th
I watched this movie in bed when I was 13 with a fever of 103. I'm not sure if that helped or hurt it.
Rated 10 Aug 2014
5
30th
Beyond Thunderdome is the third and my least favourite film in the Mad Max trilogy. The scale of this franchise has drastically grown throughout each installment. And personally I think that George Miller's imagination and ideas in this film have somewhat lost sight of the original Mad Max. There are moments of enjoyment and the Thunderdome fight scenes are the highlights. But otherwise this is disappointing and the vehicle scenes in particular are inferior to what 'The Road Warrior' achieved.
Rated 13 Apr 2013
20
10th
Two may watch. One may stay awake.
Rated 20 Mar 2007
60
48th
The presumably higher budget allows it to delve further into Max's world than the previous film, but it's not as exciting, and the bonus bucks just meant they didn't have to be inventive anymore. It was good for a regular movie, but it lacks eau de max. Imagine if Jarmusch's Down by Law had enough money to build a track for their dolly instead of using an old hatchback, a piece of plywood and the patient but eager legs and backs of production assistants. Would it be Down by Law anymore?
Rated 19 Aug 2009
30
1st
This is the VHS that cost $5 at Wal Mart before they started selling DVD players.
Rated 26 Apr 2010
11
8th
Dumbed down and boring. No need to see this one unless you really like Tina Turner for some reason.
Rated 27 Jan 2010
5
3rd
Mad Max Beyond Boring. No coherent plot, dumb costumes, brutal acting, crappy action, overlong scenes where nothing actually happens. I was actually counting down the minutes for this movie to be over.
Rated 15 May 2015
64
22nd
That's just silly.
Rated 24 Sep 2012
65
45th
Wasn't it adorable when that clan of children referred to it as an "apopyclypse."
Rated 22 Feb 2010
75
71st
Panned for all the wrong reasons but it has been very influential. This has spawned endless homages in post apocalypse games and films..even more so than Road Warrior. Tina Turner's presence is laughably camp but strangely fitting. The costumes and action is remarkably good and has held up to today's standards because of all the live stunt work. It doesn't quite rival road warrior in action but all in all it's very good and the camera work top notch. Oh and Master Blaster rule barter town.
Rated 21 Jun 2008
1
6th
What a let down.
Rated 03 May 2018
81
51st
Mad Max takes a sharp turn in this oddball of a sequel that is much better than people give it credit for. I heavily enjoyed its over the top weirdness and enjoyed that Max was given more of an arc and a goal in this film other than just protecting his stuff.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
34th
I hate this. The original idea of society dying not with a bang but a whimper is gone. It's good to see 80's big hair never goes out of style, even after the bomb
Rated 09 Jan 2008
40
5th
Any momentum that was built with The Road Warrior was completely destroyed with this movie. Avoid.
Rated 29 Nov 2013
90
69th
I liked it. It's a B movie classic, so you can piss orf
Rated 28 Jan 2009
60
27th
It is appropriate that this film was directed by two people. It stayed true to that formula. As mentioned, it seemed like two separate films in one. The sentiments of redemption were indeed appropriate, as this was the final film of the trilogy. It was just poorly executed. Very silly acting for the occasion. Gibson's character achieves this redemption through a selfless act. However, the directors' vision, shockingly void of any structure, seemed selfish in it's assumption of a worthy capper.
Rated 19 Sep 2007
2
33rd
Loved the cargo cult kids and Blaster Master (Master Blaster?). Otherwise, the series ends on a serious down-note.
Rated 02 Jun 2012
45
33rd
Thunderdome has more of an adventure bent and a light, comedic tone, than the prior Mad Maxes, and hence seems to converge with that period's Spielberg/Lucas style of filmmaking. It's not that Mel Gibson had much of a personality in the first film, but by now he's a stock action hero. Tina Turner doesn't make for much of a villain. It's still an invested and entertaining movie, but the edginess is gone.
Rated 17 May 2015
70
40th
My feelings towards this movie are strange because it ended up being completely different than what I was expecting. It's better than the original but falls short of The Road Warrior. It's also lighter in tone so don't expect lots of violence. The setting and the visuals are once again done very well. The chase at the end is entertaining. Tina Turner's soundtrack doesn't suit the movie. Worth a rental. 3.5 STARS
Rated 15 Jun 2015
78
45th
Two potentially great movies that crashed painfully together to become one okay one.
Rated 18 Sep 2018
54
56th
This film badly misses Miller's sure-handed direction. There is some good work here and some great action but it never comes together as it is split down in the middle, literally in terms of the plot. Also, can we just stop putting children in action movies?
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
94th
I enjoyed this thoroughly and I love the little Riddley Walker references. It's probably heresy to like this more than The Road Warrior but I do.
Rated 15 May 2015
7
49th
"Beyond Thunderdome" is light on the vehicular carnage that fans of the series come for, and it departs from the unorthodox atmosphere of its predecessors to conform to a more Hollywood feel, but the show continues to build the world with imaginative action and design.
Rated 02 Nov 2008
45
21st
Why god, why?
Rated 17 May 2011
81
58th
Beyond Thunderdome deepens the Mad Max character without sacrificing the amazing vehicle choreography and stunts that made the originals memorable.
Rated 13 May 2015
60
62nd
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is the weakest of the Mad Max films. Its plot is scattershot - a Spartacus-style story would have functioned better - the characters are shallow, and there are really only two main action scenes. Max is still fun to watch, the action we do get is fun - save for the inexplicable decision to suspend the Thunderdome combatants by ropes. It's not a great movie like The Road Warrior or a really good movie like Mad Max, but it's passable entertainment.
Rated 07 Jun 2015
50
37th
A lot more bullshit compared to the first two films.
Rated 26 May 2015
10
1st
Pigs, a fight in bungee cords, some annoying jungle kids and finally the car chase scene. I wasn't sure these things could constitute a film, and sadly, they barely do.
Rated 07 Aug 2007
86
59th
My least favorite of the Mad Max trilogy, but it is still a great film.
Rated 09 Jun 2009
60
29th
A bit boring actually, I kept looking at my watch from about the halfway point.
Rated 16 Jan 2007
85
97th
best mad max
Rated 16 May 2016
7
63rd
Starts off great, but dramatically shifts tone when Max encounters the lost tribe of children. Childishness aside it's still a pretty good movie, definitely lives up to its predecessors as far as I'm concerned.
Rated 11 Jul 2008
40
12th
Only white people survive the post-nuclear apocalypse. White people. And Tina Turner.
Rated 16 Jun 2015
6
34th
The Return of the Jedi of the Mad Max trilogy, only Harrison Ford hasn't become a Jew-hating, Hollywood pariah and Ewoks have been replaced by annoying children. And God knows how much I can't stand them.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
23
17th
there he is, before he went crazy in a god awful movie!
Rated 23 Oct 2023
92
70th
what I love about mad max is that each movie takes on a different movie. Thunderdome is basically a kid friendly Spielberg adventure while not losing its roots from gritty violence. it's easily the most rewatchable and fun one.
Rated 27 May 2015
60
37th
So Auntie Entity let Max go after her pursuit? What was the point again?
Rated 08 Aug 2014
60
40th
Beyond Thunderdome is the weakest link of the series, yet it is still average and quite entertaining. It is truly campy and that adds to the entertainment value as we still see Gibson giving life to the Max character. The action is a little toned down from Road Warrior and the acting is no better, yet it is still quite entertaining.
Rated 15 May 2008
50
26th
One man enters, two men leave!
Rated 28 Jul 2015
80
37th
Viewed July 27, 2015. The middle section is a bunch of nonsense, but the Thunderdome sequence and the chase on the train track that closes the film are brilliant. Like, it's maybe my favorite of the original Mad Max movies. That's how strong those two scenes are.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
83
69th
Beyond Thunderdome is probably the most complete Mad Max film, and it has the most complex story. Mel Gibson does a great job again as the rugged and cynical anti-hero, Mad Max, and the movie continues to entertain as the previous ones did. Really good!
Rated 25 Sep 2010
64
39th
Takes a vastly different turn from the rest of the series, where humor is few and far between. It doesn't work particularly well but there is something slightly charming about the whole thing in an over the top 1980'a sort of way. Not SHIT! Energy...
Rated 13 Feb 2009
70
45th
Definately not as good as the two Mad Max films before it, but still quite entertaining.
Rated 25 Aug 2015
97
76th
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a Golden Globe-nominated 1985 film, the third installment in the action movie Mad Max franchise, succeeding The Road Warrior. The film was directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, and stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. The movie provides additional back story to the original Mad Max and Mad Max 2, showing a nuclear war following the energy crisis referenced in the beginning of Mad Max 2.
Rated 18 Sep 2007
95
61st
People have thought I was crazy; but I loved this movie. The action and adventure is way up there and then with the dose of sci-fi thrown in; it kept me engrossed all the way through the movie.
Rated 19 Feb 2008
46
22nd
Not even originally written as a Mad Max movie and it shows. Far inferior to the first two.
Rated 19 Sep 2008
44
61st
For meget Max og for lidt "Mad" - den svageste af de tre.
Rated 02 Oct 2015
0
3rd
Probably a 50 for people who love Disney movies.
Rated 27 Apr 2007
75
43rd
Pretty good action movie
Rated 09 Nov 2015
80
57th
Three movies enter, one movie wins. I thought that Beyond Thunderdome was the best of the original trilogy of Mad Max movies. It had the perfect balance of post-apocalyptic-ness and adventure. Tina Turner was a brilliant casting choice for the big bad-gal for the film. Mel Gibson seems to have lightened up a bit from the first two films and was a much more likable character. Plus, I mean this movie has the Thunderdome and the fight against "Master-Blaster"...
Rated 06 Oct 2009
100
94th
it has a great story based in a neo apocalyptic world.
Rated 01 Jul 2009
2
40th
Memory says: The worst of the three.
Rated 13 Nov 2015
60
20th
I can't remember the last time a movie lost me so quickly, as when Max takes Blaster's helmet off and Master comes running out blubbering about his innocence. Which leads directly to those horrible children. I've never seen such a sharp turn into mediocrity. And I loved the first act. It regains its footing with the chase at the end, though it's a pretty stupid chase (you're chasing a train, just blow up the tracks!), and it makes me wonder if Ogilvie directed the parts that turned out shitty.
Rated 31 May 2016
31
27th
This gets bonus points for camp value, but objectively it's pretty terrible.
Rated 16 May 2015
65
54th
x0
Rated 06 Mar 2017
70
53rd
2015/12/11
Rated 20 May 2023
6
34th
It's fine if you've seen The Road Warrior and are wanting more. Overall somewhat flat.
Rated 09 Jun 2009
85
63rd
I always remember the theme tune from when I was young which is why I liked it so much although I didn't see the film until a few years later. I do like these post-apocalyptic film as well
Rated 09 Jun 2019
100
84th
All the Mad Max films rock, and this one does too.
Rated 03 Apr 2013
40
5th
I think I hated just about everything about this movie and I loved the previous movie. Its just really lame in the beginning and then it transforms somehow into a peter pan epic about kids wanting to fly or some shit, Idk, it was just bad, gibsons career should have ended after this movie bad. thats how bad.
Rated 19 Oct 2007
55
39th
A little long and unfocused... but a guilty pleasure.
Rated 01 Jun 2015
55
29th
31.5.15
Rated 16 May 2020
90
67th
Master Blaster is my JAAAAAAM!
Rated 21 Dec 2015
68
35th
B-
Rated 14 Aug 2007
85
50th
Cool.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
30
12th
Described by Ebert as “not only the best of the three Mad Max movies, but one of the best films of 1985”. Inexplicable.
Rated 18 May 2015
1
8th
Bad Max Beyond Boring! This was by far the worst of the three. I doubt I will ever watch this series again. The only thing good coming from this franchise is Mel Gibson's Hollywood career. *Bad
Rated 01 Jul 2008
89
67th
Bien
Rated 17 Dec 2018
55
11th
A terrible story. Max stumbles into barter town and makes a deal to kill a character in the Thunderdome. He has a whistle to make it trivial, yet he refuses to use it until he's nearly dead. After that it turns into Hook and he gets to punch a kid. Then back to barter town for pathetic reasons. Only 5-10mins of car chases and bad ones at that (handcar manages to catch a train). It tries for satire because Angry Anderson dies 4 times. Car design is about the only good thing.
Rated 22 Mar 2007
100
95th
Whatever its flaws, still a great sf/adventure movie. I never seem to get tired of this character
Rated 19 Sep 2010
80
11th
very good movie show the human spirit in bad times
Rated 09 May 2022
60
26th
Tinaisgreat+Bungeefightlol-whistle-cantkillcuzretarded+weirdtribesaveshim+didntreallypayattentionforawhile+anotherfuryroadlol
Rated 15 Nov 2008
65
45th
This Tina Turner song make me puke. But Mad Max is a piece of good post apocalyptic movie.
Rated 15 Aug 2007
64
36th
Source of countless epic quotes. Terrible way to end a film, though. Not the greatest of the trilogy, for sure.
Rated 08 Dec 2009
40
30th
2/5
Rated 22 Nov 2008
52
25th
This movie greatly confused me because it sort of felt like a children's adventure movie gone wrong. I would've appreciated if the changes in tone throughout the movie would have made sense.
Rated 04 Mar 2021
96
85th
Perhaps the most uneven of the series, it's still really, really good, and one of the best for exploring the Wasteland of the Real and the series's search for redemption. Cargo cults are fascinating.
Rated 26 May 2007
70
70th
Barter town!

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