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->You know how Super Mario went from [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand Land]], to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld World]], to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Galaxy]] and now they've sort of written themselves into a corner? I can't help thinking this franchise is taking a similar path, and once they get to ''Arkham Universe'' you can't rely on suspension of disbelief to explain how the Joker [[RecycledInSpace can pay for a space program]].
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->You know how Super Mario went from [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand Land]], to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioWorld World]], to [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Galaxy]] and now they've sort of written themselves into a corner? I can't help thinking this franchise is taking a similar path, and once they get to ''Arkham Universe'' you can't rely on suspension of disbelief to explain how the Joker [[RecycledInSpace [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace can pay for a space program]].
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->Writer/director Creator/GeorgeMiller and his co-scripters, Brian Hannant and Terry Hayes, followed precisely the template that can normally be counted upon to produce the very worst, most imbecilic sequels. They basically just made a movie that was ''more'' of whatever ''Film/MadMax'' had been. ''The Road Warrior'' has bigger and more complex action set-pieces, a faster pace, an even weirder cast of characters operating within a setting of even greater dysfunction and hostility, and stunts that have raced on past the merely dangerous into the country of the nearly insane. I think the reason it works here despite its near-perfect record of failure otherwise is because it dovetails so neatly with the movie’s premise. ''Mad Max'' was about a man fighting a losing battle against entropy in a society doing the same on a larger scale. ''The Road Warrior'' shows what happens after entropy has triumphed, both in Max’s life and in the world he inhabits. It stands to reason that all of the things that served in the first film as signs and symptoms of social and psychological disintegration — the violence, the disregard for human life and safety, the personal freakishness of nearly everyone who passed in front of the camera — should take on monstrously exaggerated forms now that the forces of chaos and decay have completely slipped their leashes. Of course, it also doesn’t hurt that Miller has had two more years in which to think about how to do this sort of thing, or that the astonishing profitability of ''Mad Max'' made the sequel look like a safe enough bet to justify a nearly tenfold budget increase. Miller had plenty of time to figure out what he was going to do for an encore, and he didn’t have to cut any corners in making it happen.
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->Writer/director Creator/GeorgeMiller and his co-scripters, Brian Hannant and Terry Hayes, followed precisely the template that can normally be counted upon to produce the very worst, most imbecilic sequels. They basically just made a movie that was ''more'' of whatever ''Film/MadMax'' ''Film/MadMax1'' had been. ''The Road Warrior'' has bigger and more complex action set-pieces, a faster pace, an even weirder cast of characters operating within a setting of even greater dysfunction and hostility, and stunts that have raced on past the merely dangerous into the country of the nearly insane. I think the reason it works here despite its near-perfect record of failure otherwise is because it dovetails so neatly with the movie’s premise. ''Mad Max'' was about a man fighting a losing battle against entropy in a society doing the same on a larger scale. ''The Road Warrior'' shows what happens after entropy has triumphed, both in Max’s life and in the world he inhabits. It stands to reason that all of the things that served in the first film as signs and symptoms of social and psychological disintegration — the violence, the disregard for human life and safety, the personal freakishness of nearly everyone who passed in front of the camera — should take on monstrously exaggerated forms now that the forces of chaos and decay have completely slipped their leashes. Of course, it also doesn’t hurt that Miller has had two more years in which to think about how to do this sort of thing, or that the astonishing profitability of ''Mad Max'' made the sequel look like a safe enough bet to justify a nearly tenfold budget increase. Miller had plenty of time to figure out what he was going to do for an encore, and he didn’t have to cut any corners in making it happen.
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->Writer/director Creator/GeorgeMiller and his co-scripters, Brian Hannant and Terry Hayes, followed precisely the template that can normally be counted upon to produce the very worst, most imbecilic sequels. They basically just made a movie that was ''more'' of whatever ''Film/MadMax'' had been. ''The Road Warrior'' has bigger and more complex action set-pieces, a faster pace, an even weirder cast of characters operating within a setting of even greater dysfunction and hostility, and stunts that have raced on past the merely dangerous into the country of the nearly insane. I think the reason it works here despite its near-perfect record of failure otherwise is because it dovetails so neatly with the movie’s premise. ''Mad Max'' was about a man fighting a losing battle against entropy in a society doing the same on a larger scale. ''The Road Warrior'' shows what happens after entropy has triumphed, both in Max’s life and in the world he inhabits. It stands to reason that all of the things that served in the first film as signs and symptoms of social and psychological disintegration — the violence, the disregard for human life and safety, the personal freakishness of nearly everyone who passed in front of the camera — should take on monstrously exaggerated forms now that the forces of chaos and decay have completely slipped their leashes. Of course, it also doesn’t hurt that Miller has had two more years in which to think about how to do this sort of thing, or that the astonishing profitability of ''Mad Max'' made the sequel look like a safe enough bet to justify a nearly tenfold budget increase. Miller had plenty of time to figure out what he was going to do for an encore, and he didn’t have to cut any corners in making it happen.
-->-- '''Scott "El Santo" Ashlin"''', [[http://1000misspenthours.com/reviews/reviewsh-m/roadwarrior.htm on]] ''Film/MadMax2TheRoadWarrior''
