The worldbuilding is possibly its biggest accomplishment, as you can start to see the elements of the wasteland take shape.

| May 31, 2024

The ferocious second installment brought Miller’s uncanny ability to mount action sequences to center stage with an immensely satisfying sequel.

| May 29, 2024

Crafting “The Wasteland” and the aesthetic of the franchise, Miller took a huge step forward with the franchise. His action direction remains spectacular, and the editing techniques forever changed action cinema.

| Original Score: 9/10 | May 23, 2024

The story wastes little time getting to the point, all lean and efficiently paced with none of the excess fats. It’s an action-packed sequel that [George] Miller made good use of the bigger budget than he had in the first movie.

| Original Score: 5/5 | May 22, 2024

We may not feel crummy after the movie, but we feel hollow... The Road Warrior is for boys who want to go around slugging each other on the shoulder and for men who wish that John Wayne were alive and fifty again.

| Sep 19, 2023

Think of it as a spaghetti western on wheels, or a samurai adventure in the ashes of the end of the world, executed with comic book color and punk fashions.

| Jan 7, 2023

Technically triumphant but emotionally remote and a bit monotonous.

| Original Score: B | Dec 1, 2022

The excitement that The Road Warrior generates is the excitement of power: power over circumstance, power over machinery, power over other people.

| Sep 13, 2022

This one is destined to be a box-office smash.

| Aug 10, 2022

Mad Max 2 is simply one of the hottest, liveliest, most entertaining sf films to come down the freeway in a long time.

| Jul 28, 2022

Miller, the storyteller, recites the entire legend of Mad Max within The Road Warrior, and it's a vision that echoes far beyond the reach of a single film.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 14, 2022

There's plenty at tension, some humor and a lot of polish, but, finally, it isn't any more memorable than your last fill-up at the service station.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 11, 2021

...a classic turbo-charged tale of men and machines...

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 29, 2021

...heightened by a pared-down, streamlined narrative...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 15, 2021

Brandishes a costume-heavy look that would become the archetype for end-of-the-world, barren, nuclear warfare-devastated badlands.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Sep 6, 2020

I felt less like a movie viewer and more an indentured servant.

| May 12, 2020

Mad Max 2 is only interested in the spectacle of blood and the violence of the fights. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Aug 23, 2019

At just over ninety minutes, there's not an ounce of fat on the thing, and it whizzes along like the souped-up V8 Interceptor that the title character tools around in.

| Nov 9, 2018

Out of the countless action movies produced in the 1980s, there only a few genuine works of art; [this film] might very well be the best of that extremely rarefied company.

| Original Score: 10/10 | May 17, 2015

Miller doesn't take his foot off the accelerator for a second, and the ingeniously designed and staged road action is stunning.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 13, 2015