Mad Max 2
“Just one man can make a difference.”
Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
How Mad Max 2 compares
Every figure below is calculated across the whole of Mad Max, not taken from this film’s own record.
- #3 of 5
- Rank in the series by rating
- 3 years
- Wait since the previous film
- 10%
- Share of the series audience
Mad Max 2 (1981) ranks 3rd of the 5 rated films in the Mad Max series, at 7.4/10 on TMDB against a series average of 7.1/10.
It arrived 3 years after Mad Max (1979).
Its 4,303 TMDB ratings are 10% of the 42,513 cast across the series.
Computed by Movies in Order from The Movie Database (TMDB) collection data for Mad Max, comparing all 5 released films in the series. Last recalculated September 2026.
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