MAD MAX 2

Mad Max #2

by Terry Hayes

Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Audiobook

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

About the author

Terry Hayes began his career as a journalist for The Sydney Morning Herald, when as foreign correspondent in the US he covered Watergate and President Nixon's resignation, among many major international stories. He then went on to become a successful screenwriter, having written the screenplays for Mad Max 2, Dead Calm, Bangkok Hilton, Payback and From Hell. He lives in Sydney with his wife and four children.

Reviews

[Dion Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is good, well written, very similar to the movie, with some differences to the ending, which was unexpected, but done well.

If you like the movie you will like this book!

[Ricky Mikeabono · Rating 4 out of 5]

My first ever "novelization." The Road Warrior is one of my top 5 favorite movies, and has been since I first saw it at 8 years old, so admittedly this review is biased. This story pretty accurately follows the movie plot, with a few minor differences at the end. It also throws in a little more backstory, which I enjoyed. Perhaps it is true for all novelizations, but this book was extremely fast-paced. It definitely falls short in the chase scenes, using only a few sentences to describe some of the most epic parts of the movie. So overall a very enjoyable read, but the movie was certainly a greater source of entertainment.
I also loved how the gang of Lord Humongous is broken down into "gayboy berserkers" and "smegma crazies," titles I must have missed in the film's dialog.

[Cels Piñol · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leí este libro hace años y lo he revisado recientemente porque creo que merece una edición en castellano (aunque es difícil rastrear a los propietarios de los derechos).
No es la típica adaptación cinematográfica. Va más allá.
La narrativa está muy trabajada y no hace falta tener en mente la película para disfrutarla.

Insisto, hay que recuperarla, así como las otras tres adaptaciones.

[Hugh's BigBookshelf · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is my favorite "Mad Max" movie but not my favorite novelization. I really like the pace and the edge that was in the movie but Hayes seems to have spent a little long internalizing the movie while writing the book. Not that its a bad thing, I enjoy both. But while the movie was awesome and meaningful, the book tends to move a bit slow in places. However, it is still a great Summer read (even though Summer is technically over) and certainly does not disappoint in its lyrical action and suspense.

[Love of Hopeless Causes · Rating 3 out of 5]

You can ILL this from Australia or listen to an audio version here:https://youtu.be/cF4iKF3XhfE
A competent retelling that provides some additional information like gang names (Smegma Crazies).

[Vincent · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trashy novelisation of a wickedly good film…it would have been a 2 if not for the photos.

[CHILTONM · Rating 3 out of 5]

Far more stylistically interesting than the first one! WILD alternate ending, ig from the original script? Emo boi max walking off into the sunset all alone at the end,…luv that guy

[joaqui. · Rating 3 out of 5]

“This is the end—do you hear me? The end. No one will get out of there alive!”






adapted film:
mad max 2 (1981) dir. George Miller.

[Mikepottz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fuel prices had rocketed and rocketed, no amount of money was enough, factories and businesses had come to a halt, society was breaking down. Max was tearing up the barren roads in his black-on-black pursuit car being pursued by marauders trying to kill him for his precious fuel. The desolate road, metal on metal speed, evading, turning, pushing the vehicles to their limit. Without fuel you are nothing. Max will find a fortified camp surrounded by a deep ditch, barbed wire towers and accommodation huts attacked by bikes, dune buggies, street racers raining arrows into the camp. The camp were returning fire with arrows and fireballs. Leading the attack was Humungus, a great hulk of a man, muscles rippling, his face covered by a metal mask. One evil death giver. As Max surveys the warfare he consumes a can of dog food. Max still has a conscience somewhere dormant in his brain and tries to save a girl attacked by the marauders. Max crushes the skull of one of these scumbags as easily as crushing an eggshell, the goo, bone, head cheese oozes gore. An eight year old boy from the camp throws a steel boomerang and connects into the skull of another one of these marauders crushing, caving the skull sending him to hell. The camp needs a tanker to transport the precious fuel and Max makes a deal to go get one. As Max drives the tanker it is like being surrounded by filthy shit eating flies coming into contact with rancid meat as the marauders pursue the tanker. Metal, arrows, flat tyres, cars flipping, speed, boomerangs, an all out war of a car chase with the prize of fuel on offer. Bloody bonkers and happy to have in the collection.

[Robert Fenske · Rating 2 out of 5]

The action heavy world of Mad Max truly works better as a movie, its amazing visuals were not done justice on the page. The novel didn't add enough to the mythos of this world as the author never really delves into the characters' minds.

[Celo · Rating 5 out of 5]

One (long) sentence review:
It was nice to revisit the story from movie, even get some new information like names of characters or backstories, that were not told in the original motion picture.