Mad Max, 1979 - ★★★★★

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This movie was banned in Germany for 36 years. Now it finally got a legal german BluRay release and I bought it of course.
And I loved it.
This movie is awesome. We get great car chases. We have good music. We have awesome characters. There is blood, there are explosions. Even a love story is in it. It really has anything a good movie needs.
The pacing is perfect, not once did I feel bored in the slightest.
Let me tell you the plot.
The movie starts off with an awesome chase scene in a not too distant future. The world is different but I can't really describe how.
The police are chasing the Nightrider, a crazy guy. He somehow manages to shake off 2 cop cars and a motorbike. Enter Max (Mel Gibson). You see him outside his car getting ready to get the job done. But only when everyone else fails, he comes it. Did I mention that this car chase is 10 minutes long? Because it is. And it ends with an explosion.
And that's how we are introduced with most of the characters. At least the good guys.
Then come the bad guys, who are freaks. Those characters are really completely crazy. They are a bikergang, lead by Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne). They come to pick up the coffin of Nightrider (yes he died, sorry for that small spoiler but it happens in the first 15 minutes, so I bet it's okay).
I won't tell any more of this movie for all the poor Germans that didn't get to see it yet. by the way, if you don't wanna be spoiled, don't read the short description on IMDB, it gives away what happens in the first hour.
So this movie really has everything. It has great characters, great car chases, a romance, fun characters, but also brutal stuff and explosions. Deaths. Eyes popping out of their sockets a little.
And the acting is good too. And just thinking that this movie had an estimated budget of only around 650,000 Dollars makes this even more impressive. George Miller sure knew what he was doing.
Sorry if this review is a little weird, this movie just made me really excited and I'm gonna go now watch Mad Max 2.
As you can see I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars and a like and if you like cars or explosions or anything really, watch this.