1 his is the first Mad Max film since 1985’s T Mel Gibson starring Beyond Thunderdome. This time Max is played by Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises). 2 ugh Keays-Byrne memorably played villain, H Toecutter, in the 1979 original. He returns here to play lead baddie, Immortan Joe. 3 George Miller, who has written and directed
all of the unflinching Mad Max movies, also wrote and directed the kiddy-friendly Happy Feet and Babe!