Mad Max's Feral Kid Theory Explained (And How It Ruins The Original Trilogy)
George Miller's Mad Max films are unmatched in post-apocalyptic, gasoline-fueled action, but a Mad Max: Fury Road theory about The Feral Kid in The Road Warrior ruins what made the original Mad Max trilogy special. In the original trilogy, Max (Mel Gibson) comes across a variety of apocalypse survivors, and in The Road Warrior, he helps defend a community against a band of savage outlaws led by The Humungus (Kjell Nilsson). One young member of the community, The Feral Kid (Emil Minty), is enamored by Max and remembers him fondly after they part ways, leaving Max to disappear into the wasteland off on another adventure.
The violent, high-octane The Road Warrior is bookended with narration by an older man, and it is revealed at the end of the film that the narrator is The Feral Kid grown old, telling a legend about the mysterious Max who helped him when he was young. After his community escapes from the bandits, The Feral Kid narrates, «And the Road Warrior? That was the last we ever saw of him. He lives now… only in my memories,» giving Max a mystical quality and suggesting his legacy will live on longer than any mortal man. This prophecy proves to be true; as the world of the Mad Max films evolves but Max remains ageless, still making his way around the land in search of gasoline and reluctantly helping those who need it.
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A theory has been posed that The Feral Kid is the Max seen in Mad Max: Fury Road grown up, but this ruins the legendary status of Max in the original films and goes against the theme of one man being able to make a difference in a broken world. The original 1979 Mad Max was a tragic origin story about how police officer Max Rockatansky went
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