Product: Mad Max (1979)
Rating: 5.0
It's About Time, Mate
Finally! The original version of "Mad Max"! I had been waiting for this since I first saw "The Road Warrior" in the theatres so long ago.While the film is still the same, the atmosphere is far different because since the voice aren't as over the top as the dubbed version. The nomad bikers are far more menacing, "the Goose" is more charasmatic and Mel himself more believable. Unfortunately nothing can save that painful "brown shoes" scene, but, hey, that's what the "fast forward" is for.If I had any problem with this version at all it would be that, since they moved it to 5:1 sound, sometimes the voices get lost in the background over music swells. It's one thing when dialog is drowned out by a roaring motor (that happens in real life), but when the actors are lost to an orchestral punch, it can be annoying.If you are going to get "Mad Max", this is the version to get. While the US dub is the one we're most familiar with, it also loses something that has finally been re-installed for the States.