![]() Here, the aging Bond and M represent the old ways - brawny men taking charge and protecting the homeland. ![]() Skyfallwas canny enough to recognize that the core of the Daniel Craig Bond films (sequelized, as opposed to just serialized as former Bond movies were) lie in the relationship between Bond and M (Judi Dench) - a mother figure to Bond’s orphan. It also captures the punk aesthetic at a time when it stood for working class indignation and not just the sale bin at Hot Topic. Released during a terrifying era of the Cold War, The Road Warrior (1982) remains a powerful evocation of the global fear of nuclear armageddon. But the final chase with Max driving the tanker is one of the great movie sequences - a ballet of kinetic action that channels Buster Keaton’s The General (1926), and climaxes with a sensational twist that reveals the depth of Max’s sacrifice. When a band of savage punks (in the literal sense: they sport mohawks and leather bondage gear) terrorize a peaceful community for their dwindling fuel reserves, the loner Max (pre-superstar Mel Gibson) helps the community escape by luring the punks away with a gas tanker. After the first Mad Max (1979) - made for pennies - was an unexpected international success, director George Miller let his freak flag fly in this sequel, which renders even more bleak and weird the post-apocalyptic future from the original.
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