Max and the children free him (with the assistance of Pig Killer, who is also freed), but alert the guards, and a frenetic chase ensues, ending at the hideout of the recurring "pilot" character (played by Bruce Spence, who was also the autogyro Captain from "Mad Max 2"). Without Blaster to protect him, the dwarfish Master is little more than Entity's slave. The third act begins as Max catches up with them at the outskirts of Bartertown. Some of the children decide to leave anyway, determined to find "Tomorrow-morrow land," the mythic place they believe their parents left them to find. After nursing him back to health, they are shocked to hear Max's account of the dystopic state of the world and become angry at his insistence that they all remain living in the relative safety of the oasis, knowing that the only "civilization" within reach is Bartertown. Max's appearance and physical resemblance to Walker make the children believe that he has indeed returned to take them to "Tomorrow-morrow Land," or back to civilization as it once was. Walker took most of the surviving adults to seek help, promising they would be back to rescue the rest. The "tell" explains that Flight Captain G.L. Clinging to their hopes of rescue, they keep their fading memories of the past civilization alive in the form of ritualistic spoken " tells" which hinge on the return of a messianic "Captain Walker" who will repair their shattered aircraft and return them to civilization. The children, hardened to the desert environment, are survivors (or the children of survivors) of a nearby Australian Airlines Boeing 747 plane crash, and have formed a sort of tribal community in the sheltered desert oasis in which they live. Some time later, Max, near death due to exposure to the hostile conditions, is saved by a group of children. The story radically shifts gears at this point. When spun for Max, it lands on "Gulag." He is cast out of Bartertown and exiled to the desert wastes. Possible consequences include Death, Hard Labour, Acquittal, Gulag, Aunty's Choice, Spin Again, Forfeit Goods, Underworld, Amputation, and Life Imprisonment. The wheel, which serves as a judge and jury, turns out to be a large, spinning metal disc (similar to Wheel of Fortune) with an arrow pointing to one of several consequences. An enraged Auntie has Blaster executed and invokes their single law since Max broke his deal with her. The rules of matches in the Thunderdome, as chanted by onlookers crowding the arena, are simple and singular - "two men enter, one man leaves." After a stunningly long and difficult match, Max defeats Blaster, but refuses to kill him when he discovers that Blaster is a mentally retarded simpleton with the mind of a young child. Max goes to the Underworld, where he befriends a convict who was imprisoned for killing a pig in order to feed his children, and thus nicknamed Pig Killer ( Robert Grubb). The punishment for breaking this law is equally inflexible and invoked with the simple phrase, "bust a deal, face the wheel."Įntity recognizes Max as a resourceful (if disposable) fighter, and strikes a deal with him to provoke a duel with and kill Blaster in the "Thunderdome," a gladiatorial-esque arena where conflicts are resolved, turning what is arguably a political assassination into a lawful act. The controlled chaos of Bartertown is maintained by a set of inflexible laws, including one that states that no deal can be broken, for any reason. She is furious with him but cannot challenge him publicly, as Master is the only one with the technical know-how to operate the machinery that powers Bartertown.
Together, "Master Blaster" hold an uneasy power-truce with Entity for control of Bartertown however, Master is beginning to exploit his position with energy " embargoes," challenging Auntie's leadership. The refinery is located under Bartertown and is operated by the smart, diminutive Master, who is harnessed to his enormously strong, but dim-witted bodyguard known as Blaster. In Bartertown, electricity, vehicles, functioning technology - all almost unheard of in this post-apocalyptic world - are made possible by a crude methane refinery, fueled by pig feces, using a weathered semi tractor as the electricity generator. Max walks and finally stumbles upon the only nearby human outpost in the wasteland that remains - the seedy community of Bartertown, founded and nominally run by the ruthless Aunty Entity (Turner), who is implied to have been a prostitute before the apocalypse. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre.ĭriving a camel-powered truck across the desert, Max is attacked by an aircraft pilot, who manages to steal both his belongings and his vehicle.
The film was directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie, and stars Mel Gibson and Tina Turner.
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"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" is a Golden Globe-nominated 1985 film, the third installment in the action movie " Mad Max" franchise.
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