The Road Warrior [HD DVD] | Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence

The Road Warrior [HD DVD] | Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence | Looks like it was shot yesterday in HD!

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	The Road Warrior [HD DVD] Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence Warner Home Video, 2007 average customer review:based on 194 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The Road to Nowhere

In a world that has been destroyed by War Max(Mel Gibson) is on his own. The sequel to Max Max starts off when a small intro for those who are unfamiliar with the story. The setting is Post Apocalyptic Australia. The dry, barren landscape makes the perfect home for this world of destruction.

The story begins with action and the pace doesn't let up from there. Max is being chased by a group of violent road pirates. Out to steal the most valuable resource in this new world, fuel. Fuel becomes scarce as people still use vehicles in this barren landscape. Max has been toughened by the War and then losing his wife and child. This toughness makes him able to take on these bandits.

On Max's journey he meets a comrade who at the threat of dying is more willing to show him the way to a fuel refinery. The refinery is the most valuable commodity in this world. It then becomes Max's toughness that gains the trust of the people who live in the refinery as they are threatened by the large group of road pirates. Most of the story continues in this direction and the action is never lacking.

The Blu-ray version of this movie is beautiful. The picture is excellent and the sound has been greatly improved which make this movie even more enjoyable. The extras that are included are rather limited. You get an intro, the theatrical trailer, and commentary. Thankfully the movie looks great so that is more than worth it.

If you love action and good fast paced movies The Road Warrior is excellent. This movie set the pace for the action genre. There is little dialogue and all the stunts are real. In the age of digital effects this movie is a breath of fresh air. Mel Gibson shows the world why he is such a great action star and this movie shows why it doesn't take an incredible budget to make a great movie.

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Looks like it was shot yesterday in HD!

Man o Man. I guess its not important to comment on the actual significance of the story, characters, locations, and stunts as everyone already knows how sweet this film is. I will make a quick comment however on the transfer of the Road Warrior.

I couldn't believe my eyes. If you have a HDTV you will be visually stunned. It looks like it was shot yesterday in HD format. Seriously though, this is a prime example of what blu ray can do for older films if the proper care and attention is taken during the digital transfer. That said, when i bought this blu ray, I also bought the Patriot shot roughly 20 years later, and it looked like a regular DVD. Good movie, but why didn't it look as sharp as the Road Warrior?

I highly recommend this version of the film to anyone with a taste for quality.

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Finally, a worthy presentation of the classic film

By far the best presentation of Road Warrior yet. The panoramic shots of the Australian outback never looked so good. The cinematography really takes advantage of widescreen, even in the action shots, so it is perfect for HD. And it is an excellent HD transfer as well. The digital surround sound is also great on my stereo system, despite what some of the other reviews said.

I probably would have rated it 4.5 stars since there are so few extras, but I did not want to give people the impression that the movie, transfer, or presentation in HD format is not excellent by rating it just 4 stars. Without doubt this is a great HD-DVD, I would just like more on the disk.

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A Grade 'B Movie'

When I was 12, I saw this thing so many times I can't even remember. It was my favorite movie for a long time. Prior to getting this disc for Xmas, I would say it has been 10 years since I had last watched it. And I was impressed, still. While I don't feel the same about this now as I did when I was younger, I was def. very entertained. But the look on blu ray totally blew me away!! It really does look as though it was made last year picture-wise; There were still a few cheesy things here and there(the sped-up chase footage in one part was a little obvious; the over-use of school athletic gear was amusing; one of the girls in the good guy's camp looks like Baby Spice from the Spicegirls...), but this movie was way ahead of it's time back then...One of the greatest chase scenes comes at the end! A great action movie, even after 25+ years.

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Max used to be a cop with a family

A son and a wife to love, now that is all gone, he is by himself with only a dog for company. He helps guard the juice.

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