The Mad Max sequel The Road Warrior cut Lord Humungus’ original backstory, but why did the movie opt to elide this ingenious twist? Despite the franchise’s later installments pioneering a visual aesthetic that would come to define the look of dystopian sci-fi cinema, the original Mad Max was not overly concerned with its futuristic elements. A brutal, straightforward story of revenge, the 1979 hit barely even referenced its future setting during Mad Max’s sparse runtime.
This is likely because
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