Mad Max (1979)

In a near-future dystopian Australia, berserk motorbike gang member Crawford “Nightrider” Montazano kills a rookie officer of the Main Force Patrol (MFP) – Australia’s highway patrol unit – and escapes with his girlfriend in a Pursuit Special. Nightrider manages to elude other MFP officers before the organization’s top pursuit man, Max Rockatansky, disrupts his concentration during a high-speed chase, resulting in his death in a fiery crash. At the MFP garage, Max is shown a supercharged V8-powered black Pursuit Special. A conversation between Max’s superior Fifi Macaffee and Police Commissioner Labatouche reveals that the Pursuit Special was authorised as a bribe to keep Max on the force.

Meanwhile, Nightrider’s motorbike gang, led by Toecutter and Bubba Zanetti, run roughshod over a town, vandalising property, stealing fuel, and terrorising the populace. They trap a young couple in a car before destroying it and raping the couple. Max and fellow officer Jim Goose arrest Toecutter’s young protégé Johnny the Boy at the scene. When neither the rape victims nor any of the townspeople show for Johnny’s trial, the federal courts close the case, with Johnny’s attorneys releasing him into Bubba’s custody over Goose’s furious objections.