<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Miscellaneous </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Festivals </Th> <Td> Wasteland Weekend </Td> </Tr> <P> Mad Max is an Australian dystopian action media franchise created by George Miller and Byron Kennedy . It began in 1979 with Mad Max, and was followed by three films: Mad Max 2 (1981), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) and Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Mel Gibson starred in the first three films and Tom Hardy took over the titular role in the fourth film . </P> <P> The series follows the adventures of Max Rockatansky, a police officer in a future Australia which is experiencing societal collapse due to war and critical resource shortages . 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 . As Australia devolves further into barbarity, this skilled warrior of the road finds himself helping pockets of civilisation, initially for his own self - interest, but his motives always drift into more idealistic ones . </P>

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