Mad Max
Directed by George Miller, 1979
R; 93 minutes
“Some of the most determinedly formalist filmmaking this side of Michael Snow.” —Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
In a post-apocalyptic world, a police officer named Max (Mel Gibson) just wants to hang up his handcuffs. When a gang leader kills Max’s family in an act of retaliation, the lawman sets off across the barren wastelands to mete out his own special brand of revenge.