Actor Hugh Keays-Byrne (1947)

In the Australian post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), written, produced, and directed by George Miller, Max Rockatansky finds himself haunted by memories of those he failed to protect. Captured by warlord Immortan Joe’s army, Max becomes a ‘blood bag’ for Nux, a sick War Boy. At the same time, Imperator Furiosa, one of Joe’s lieutenants, is sent on a mission to trade with two of Joe’s allies using the heavily protected ‘War Rig’. However, when Joe discovers that his five wives have escaped in the Rig, he mobilizes his forces from Gas Town and the Bullet Farm ...

The dystopian action film, Mad Max (1979), was directed by George Miller and produced by Byron Kennedy. Set in a near-future Australia facing a breakdown of civil order, caused by widespread oil shortages and ecocide, the film follows the story of Max Rockatansky. As a member of the poorly-funded Main Force Patrol (MFP), Max witnesses the death of a rookie officer at the hands of berserk motorbike gang member Crawford ‘Nightrider’ Montazano. Nightrider escapes with his girlfriend in the dead officer’s Pursuit Special, successfully eluding the MFP until ...