“Perhaps the greatest road movie of all time!” –Collider

Director George Miller’s landmark and influential sci-fi actioner set in a bleak post-apocalyptic Australia became a cult hit and made Mel Gibson a global star. Gibson returns as burned-out adventurer Max Rockatansky, who’s enlisted to help a band of refugees cross a vast wasteland, along the way battling hordes of punkish marauders on tricked-out vehicles out to steal their gasoline, the most valuable commodity available in this nightmarish world. Haven’t seen the original Mad Max? No worries! This sequel is completely self-contained, upping the ante on the original with bigger, faster, louder, more exhilarating mayhem.

This film is screening as part of Arkadin’s August-long LOST IN THE DESERT series, highlighting films that explore the mysteries and harsh beauty of the world’s most intemperate landscapes.