![]() ![]() A man who wandered out into the wasteland. ![]() A man, haunted by the demons of his past. In the roar of an engine he lost everything.and became the shell of a man. ".ordinary men were battered and smashed. The unrated version shows the original title 'Mad Max 2' while the TV version shows 'The Road Warrior'.ĭespite the fact that the narrator is different than the one from the unrated version, some words were changed here. Unrated version: 1:31:07 min (1:28:47 min w/o credits)Runtime of the 1984 TV version: 1:35:41 min (1:33:15 min w/o credits)Ħ3 Alternative scenes/pictures = no time difference The rest of the runtime differences result from different run speed PAL-NTSC, sometimes there are slightly enlarged runtimes in the unrated version to shortened alternative takes in the TV version. The runtime is based on the unrated version. However, the details should also be available in the fullscreen version.ī) Of course, all extended takes are listed. Most of these changes will not appear here.Ī lot of fade effects and the turning of the camera of the TV version differ here because the movie was basically shot in the format scope. It can be mentioned that the camera angles only differ in few degrees without showing the actual detail of the unrated which is now hidden beyond the edge of the screen. This means:Ī) Any considerable alternative takes or alternate pictures are shown with which the unrated version has been changed - no matter if it was because of censorship or different (not defined) reasons. This cut report will only deal with material which can be found (or heard) in any other version. The DVD is basically not officially licsensed (a bootleg) which is only offered on ebay from time to time or can be found at various privat mailorders across the world wide web. Because of the alternative scenes this version becomes very interessting. Definately this version is pretty good and beside the cut scenes there is no sound cut. Instead of simply cutting anything alternative material was used so that the version was pretty viewable. This way of censoring was not unusual for the American TV and it generally shows a good solution for TV channels. These scenes were re-inserted to the movie to enlarge him to its original runtime. This version is censored in nearly every scene containing violence but offers different camera angles and complete alternative scenes which are unique in this way. The first channel which aired this version was NBC, later the Australian Network 10 as well. In the middle of the 80s Mad Max 2 got edited in a special version for the TV. Joe begins collecting healthy and fertile women in the hopes of producing a viable son.Comparison between the unrated version (British tape) and the missing American TV version from 1984. He has two sons, one huge and muscular but dull-witted, and the other intelligent but tiny and weak. All Joe needs is heirs, but the ruination of the world makes that difficult. The fat man takes over a nearby oil refinery and becomes known as the People-Eater, ruler of Gas Town. Kalashnikov becomes the Bullet Farmer, remaking a lead mine into an arms plant for Immortan Joe's army. Joe becomes the absolute ruler of the stone towers and their aquifer, which becomes known as The Citadel. After everyone has given up and believes him dead, Joe emerges victorious over the place's defenders, thus gaining his reputation as immortal. Aided by his right-hand man, Major Kalashnikov, and an unnamed "fat man," Joe invades a well-guarded tower of rock which sits over a huge natural aquifer. As told in the Mad Max: Fury Road prequel comic by George Miller, Nico Lathouris, and Mark Sexton, Immortan Joe was once a military veteran named Colonel Joe Moore, who became the leader of a gang of raiders after the collapse of civilization. The settlers got all their gasoline out on their bus! After a wreck kills both Wez and Humungus, it turns out that the tanker was full of sand. Left unguarded, the other settlers are free to escape to the North, unpursued. When the tanker is attached, Max drives it out himself, with Humungus and the Marauders in pursuit. With the help of the Gyro Captain, Max returns with a semi truck. When Humungus offers to let the peaceful settlers go if they give him all of their fuel, Max makes them a better deal: He'll procure a truck that can haul their oil tanker if they'll refuel his car and let him go on his way. However, Max befriends the unsocialized Feral Kid (Emil Minty) and soon wins over more of the local population. Max soon gains entry to the compound, but the leader Papagallo (Mike Preston) wants nothing to do with him. The Gyro Captain leads Max to the aforementioned oil refinery compound, which is under siege by the Marauders, the much larger gang that Wez belongs to, which is led by the masked Humungus (Kjell Nilsson). ![]()
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