By Emilio Frenk.
Tonight I had the honor and privilege to witness one of the greatest action movies of all time: Mad Max: The Road Warrior. Also known as Mad Max 2.
The screening took place at The Bing Theater of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
The movie celebrated it´s 35 anniversary and was projected in a 35mm print and I have to say that is a blessing that pictures like this are revived and I enjoyed it even more than the first time I saw and this film is considered a masterpiece in all the extentions.
As you may know Mel Gibson reprised his role as Max three times back in1979, 1981 and 1985 in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome making Gibson’s last appearance as the Road Warrior.
Thanks to Mad Max, Gibson’s career was launched and made movies likeLethal Weapon portraying the role of Sgt. Martin Riggs 4 Times; the first installment of this series is also considered another great action film and influential.
This is the first time that I see this movie in the big screen and even though it’s 35 years since it’s released I still enjoyed. The car chases in the dessert and the score composed by Bryan May is such a blessing to hear.
George Miller, who has directed all 4 of the Mad Max films is one of the best director’s who can shoot the car and action sequences. He is one of the most influential filmmakers of the action genre and for people who study film I encourage you to watch all his movies.
Mad Max: The Road Warrior I consider it one of the most influential action, thriller and science fiction movies of all time. Thanks to Mad Max movies like The Terminator, Blade Runner and other movies of the genre exist.
If you haven’t seen any of the Mel Gibson series of Mad Max, I encourage you reader to watch the whole franchise from the first part to the last (Fury Road) which was one of the most succesful movies of the summer of 2016 but the best movie of 2016 which won 6 Academy Awards and was nominated for Best Picture and Best Director for George Miller.
It’s both a privilege and a blessing to revive this films that caused a huge influence and impact to film lovers and filmmakersaround the world. Seeing a George Miller movie is seeing art in all it’s forms and I can’t wait for the release of Mad Max: The Wasteland.
