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[[WMG:Max's real name is Martin Riggs, he was a member of the FightClub and the LethalWeapon series are just Max's madness running through his head.]]

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, which helps to further screw him up mentally and emotionally. That is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax sequels. It also explains why he is such a loner because he's denying himself human company as [[TheAtoner self-punishment]] for helping to create a CrapsackWorld.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is [[UnreliableNarrator not telling the story straight]] because [[spoiler:he was born after the collapse happened, so he's embellishing his tale through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in terms of oil because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when the Feral Kid was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before [[spoiler:the Kid]] narrates the story, so he's correctly narrating only what he saw with his own eyes but not the fall of the old order; besides, Fight Club's role in ending civilization would be murky at best even to well informed people in the escaping party due to the Club's underground nature. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. However, war didn't break out because the oil was drying up, but rather by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of these delusions appear in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter enhanced personal life and sense of belonging]] in the last two Lethal Weapon sequels are simply Max's WishFulfillment.

After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler:shooting himself in the]] face, Riggs along with the rest of the Club, scattered away. He changed his name to Max Rockatansky to hide from any possible government prosecution due to his involvement in the Club, joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was [[spoiler: already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club]]. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place, which is about the time the first Mad Max film ought to be set in.

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, which helps to further screw him up mentally and emotionally. That is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax sequels. It also explains why he is such a loner because he's [[TheAtoner punishing himself]] for helping to create that CrapsackWorld by denying himself human company.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in terms of oil because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when the Feral Kid was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before [[spoiler:the Kid]] narrates the story, so he's correctly narrating only what he saw with his own eyes but not the fall of the old order; besides, Fight Club's role would be murky at best even to well informed people in the escaping party due to the Club's underground nature. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But war didn't break out because the oil was drying up, but rather by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

Max Rockatansky's real name was Martin Riggs. In his late teens he was part of the FightClub, possibly its Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's American-Australian background). The club is where he learned to be such a tough, stoic fighter. It also explains why he's not much of a talker as the club's secretiveness got to him as well.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of this appear in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter enhanced personal life and sense of belonging]] in the last two Lethal Weapon sequels are simply Max's WishFulfillment.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of this appear in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]].[[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter enhanced personal life and sense of belonging]] in the last two Lethal Weapon sequels are simply Max's WishFulfillment, since over time Max starts improving his self-esteem a little bit because in the real world he helped the Great Northern Tribe, the party who escaped Auntie Entity, and Imperator Furiosa's takeover of the Citadel.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are recurring hallucinations Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined (flashes of this show in Fury Road). Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]].[[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] [[LighterAndSofter improving social life]] in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment since Max starts improving his self-esteem a little bit because in the real world he helped the Great Northern Tribe, the party who escaped Auntie Entity, and Imperator Furiosa's takeover of the Citadel.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in terms of oil because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when the Feral Kid was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before [[spoiler:the Kid]] narrates the story, so he's only correctly narrating what he saw with his own eyes but not the fall of the old order. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But war didn't break out because the oil was drying up, but rather by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined. Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment since Max starts improving his self-esteem a little bit because in the real world he helped the Great Northern Tribe, the party who escaped Auntie Entity, and Imperator Furiosa's takeover of the Citadel.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined. Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment since Max starts improving his self-esteem a little bit because in the real world he helped the tribe of, the Great Northern, the party who escaped Auntie Entity, and Imperator Furiosa's takeover of the Citadel.

After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler:shooting himself in the]] face, Riggs, along with the rest of the Club scattered away. He changed his name to Max Rockatansky to hide from any possible government prosecution due to his involvement in the Club, joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was [[spoiler: already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club]]. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place.

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, and that helps screw him up emotionally; that is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax sequels. It also explains why he is such a loner because he's [[TheAtoner punishing himself]] for helping to create that CrapsackWorld by denying himself human company.

Martin Riggs LethalWeapon adventures are a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself in his former identity if the Fight Club´s actions had failed or if he never even joined. Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and [[spoiler:Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths]]. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler:shooting himself in the]] face, Martin, along with the rest of the Club scattered away. He changed his name to Max Rockatansky to hide from any possible government prosecution due to his involvement in the Club, joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was [[spoiler: already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club]]. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in terms of oil because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when the Feral Kid was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before [[spoiler:the Kid]] narrates the story, so he's only correctly narrating what he saw with his own eyes but not the fall of the old order. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But the war wasn't started because the oil was drying up, but rather by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

[[WMG: The MadMax universe was created by the FightClub, Max was a club member and [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]]'s life is just Max's madness running through his head.]]
When Max Rockatansky was in his late teens he was part of the FightClub, possibly in an Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's dual identity). The club is where Max learned to be such a tough, stoic fighter. It also explains why he's not much of a talker as the club's secretiveness got to him as well.

After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler:shooting himself in the]] face, Max, along with the rest of the club scattered away. He joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was [[spoiler: already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club]]. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s actions had failed. Martin Riggs is probably Max's real name from the time he was in the Club, which he changed to Max Rockatansky to hide from any government prosecution his former membership may have caused. Riggs is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s actions had failed. Martin Riggs may actually be Max's real name from the time he was in the Club, which he changed to Max Rockatansky to hide from any government prosecution his former membership may have caused. Riggs' is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

* It may all be explained if a) Sprog was injured in his knee when he and his mother were run over by Toecutter's gang; b) Sprog souped up another Pursuit Special as he grew up (possibly with help from Fifi); c) Sprog grew up to be a cop in ''Bartertown''.

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, and that helps screw him up emotionally; that is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax films. It also explains why he is such a loner because he's punishing himself for helping to create al that misery by denying himself human company.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s actions had failed. Martin Riggs may be Max's real name from the time he was in the Club, which he changed to Max Rockatansky to hide from any government prosecution his former membership may have caused. Riggs' is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s actions had failed. Martin Riggs may be Max's real name from the time he was in the Club, which he changed to Max Rockatansky to hide from any government prosecution his former membership may cause. Riggs' is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

[[WMG: The MadMax universe was created by the FightClub, Max was a club member and [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]] life is just Max's madness running in his head.]]

The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, and that helps screw him up emotionally; that is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax films.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in oil terms because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when the Feral Kid was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before [[spoiler:the Kid]] narrates the story, so he's only correctly narrating what he saw with his own eyes but not the fall of the old order. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But the war wasn't started because the oil was drying up, but rather by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s actions had failed. Riggs' is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in oil terms because what he remembers is that [[spoiler:when he was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. The [[spoiler:much older]] members of the escaping party never bothered to explain the story straight or they passed away a long time before he tells the story so he's only correctly narrating what he saw with his own eye but not the fall of the old order. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But the war was started by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s plans had failed. Riggs' is [[WriteWhatYouKnow conveniently also a policeman]], and his suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ [[spoiler:deceased wife]]. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler: shooting himself in the]] face, Max, along with the rest of the club scattered away. He joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s plans had failed. Riggs' suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate deaths. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ deceased wife. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] in Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because [[spoiler:he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy]] memories. He can only understand the collapse in oil terms because all he remembers is that [[spoiler:when he was a child]], Max appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. But oil was never the trigger to civilization's downfall. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But the war was started by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s plans had failed. Riggs' suicidal tendencies are Max's sense of guilt over his contribution to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate death. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ deceased wife. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

The [[spoiler: Feral Kid]] Mad Max 2 is an UnreliableNarrator because he was born after all this happened, so he's embellishing his story through hazy memories. He can only understand the collapse in oil terms because all he remembers is that when he was a child, Max's appeared in the middle of a struggle to control oil. But oil was never the trigger to civilization's downfall. Of course oil is scarce because it's more difficult to get with all the technology and infrastructure destroyed by World War III. But the war was started by the financial panic caused when the Fight Club carried out Tyler Durden's plan.

[[WMG: The MadMax universe was created by the FightClub, Max was a club member and [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]] life is just in Max's delusional head.]]
Max was in his late teens he was part of the FightClub, possibly in an Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's dual identity). The club is where Max learned to be such a tough, stoic fighter. After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler: shooting himself in the]] face, Max, along with the rest of the club scattered away. He joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place. The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, and that helps screw him up emotionally; that is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax films. LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s plans had failed. Riggs' suicidal tendencies are just Max's sense of guilt over his contributions to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate death. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ deceased wife. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

[[WMG: The MadMax universe was created by the FightClub and Max was a club member and [[LethalWeapon Martin Riggs]] life is just in Max's delusional head.]]
Max was in his late teens he was part of the FightClub, possibly in an Australian chapter (It could be in America as well, reflecting Mel Gibson's dual identity). After Jack the Narrator gets rid of Tyler Durden via [[spoiler: shooting himself in the]] face, Max, along with the rest of the club scattered away. He joined the police in Australia and got married. But Durden's plan was already on its way as we can see in the final scene in Fight Club. So the collapse was slowly spreading until it reached Australia some 5 or 6 years after the action in Fight Club takes place. The social unravelling destroys Max's family life and he knows he contributed to it from his club days, and that helps screw him up emotionally; that is the reason Max was affected by civilization's collapse in a way that puzzles even the other survivors in the MadMax films. LethalWeapon´s Martin Riggs is a recurring hallucination Max is having about himself if the Fight Club´s plans had failed. Riggs' suicidal tendencies are just Max's sense of guilt over his contributions to the fall of civilization and Jessie and Sprog's ultimate death. Jessie is even projected into Riggs´ deceased wife. The LighterAndSofter tone of [[EscapistCharacter Riggs´]] social life in the last two LethalWeapon sequels are just Max's WishFulfillment.

[[Fury Road is rather set ''after'' The Road Warrior and maybe also Beyond Thunderdome]]

** It may all be explained because a) Sprog was injured in his knee when he and his mother were run over by Toecutter's gang; b) Sprog grew up to be a cop in ''Bartertown''.

The oldest of the Many Mothers remembers television and electric lights, like Max does, but none of the others do. Immortan Joe looks like a fairly old guy--and the actor who plays him is 68--and was an army colonel before the Collapse. Max is played by Tom Hardy (who is 38) and looks like he might be in his 30s at most, despite them being theoretical contemporaries.

"Where" Max is in reality is up for conjecture. He could still be on the road dying and this delusion was created by his blood drained brain. He could be on the farm as an old man, only barely conscious of the world around him. He could be in a hospital (medical or mental). None of that matters tho as the end result is the same. All the movies past the first (and maybe even the game) are just events made up in Max's mind.