Episode 27: Mad Max (1979)

Theme: Mad Max May
Hosts: Oz & Curtis

This week, Oz and Curtis kick off Mad Max May with George Miller’s original 1979 cult classic — the movie that boldly asks:
“What if society collapsed… but everyone still had access to leather outfits, motorcycle grease, and peak cardio?”

Join your two favorite honorary Road Warriors as they unpack:

• How Max Rockatansky is the only cop in Australia with a working brain, working brakes, and working emotional instability.

• Why the MFP police force is basically the cast of Police Academy but with fewer resources and more open flames.

• How Toe Cutter walks the line between “psychopathic cult leader” and “guy who corrects your form at CrossFit.”

• How Goose — the one man who believes in justice — becomes the world’s most metal BBQ cautionary tale.

• Why Jessie’s hobby is “hiking seven miles for ice cream” and her superpower is “running directly down the middle of the road during danger.”

• How every important moment in the movie happens on a highway, including: justice, injustice, romance, murder, and the occasional hand-removal-by-chain.

• And how Max evolves from “cop who’s great at his job” to “man who sprints everywhere” to “vengeful one-man HR department for the apocalypse.”

From Knight Rider’s bug-eyed meltdown to Toe Cutter’s semi-truck facial, from V8 Interceptors to the world’s darkest roadside parenting PSA, Oz and Curtis revisit the gritty, greasy, Australian fever dream that started it all.

Final Verdict:

Oz — 9 movie punks out of 10
Curtis — One Charles Bronson (the universal unit of revenge)
Both — Still confused why everyone in this movie refuses to walk anywhere except straight into danger.