

The series features a few recurring cast members in different roles.

Tom Hardy took over the role for 2015's Fury Road. The series' protagonist, Max Rockatansky, was portrayed through the first three films by Mel Gibson.

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North American rights to the original film are currently owned by Amazon's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (via the libraries of Orion Pictures and American International Pictures). In 2016, Fury Road became the first film of the Mad Max franchise to receive Academy Award recognition, winning six of its ten nominations. The series has also had a significant influence on popular culture, most notably apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and encompasses works in additional media, including video games and comic books. The series has been well received by critics, with each film marked "Certified Fresh" on the film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes Mad Max 2 and Fury Road in particular have been ranked among the best action films ever made. As Australia devolves further into barbarity, Max finds himself helping pockets of civilisation, initially for his own self-interest, but his motives always drift into more altruistic ones. When his wife and child are murdered by a vicious biker gang, Max kills them in revenge and becomes a drifting loner in the Wasteland. The series follows the adventures of Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages. Mel Gibson portrayed the titular character Max Rockatansky in the first three films, while Tom Hardy portrayed the character in Mad Max: Fury Road. It began in 1979 with Mad Max, and was followed by three sequels: Mad Max 2 (1981, released in the United States as The Road Warrior), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Miller directed or co-directed all four films. Mad Max is an Australian post-apocalyptic action film series and media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy.
