Obsessed with his furious highspeed demolition derby, Miller structures a very linear plot in Mad Max 2 - you could happily describe it as one long chase scene (but there is a little more than that). And there was, of course, a further sequel, the inferior but interesting Beyond Thunderdome which made the mistake of diluting Max's darkness (concentrating on his journey back to himself). These are also the magnificent contents of a sequel that betters its predecessor (the shoestring stuntfest/personal revenge movie that was Mad Max) addressing the post-apocalyptic scenario with a punk rock sensibility and creating a grungy future chic and which propeled Mel Gibson to superstardom. According to George Miller - master purveyor of carmaggedon turned pioneer of talking pig movies - this is the extent of what you can expect to find after nuclear war has reduced society to rubble. Cars, guns, petrol, leathers, desert, mohicans, and Max.
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