![]() ![]() Max handcuffs Johnny to the wreckage and sets up a timed death-trap. ![]() Johnny is in the process of looting a pair of boots from the deceased. The Toecutter forces Johnny to torch the utility, resulting in a fiery end for the Pursuit Officer.Īs Max hunted down the rest of his gang in his revenge, following the death of his wife, he comes across Johnny beside a car wreck and a body. He seizes the opportunity to sabotage Goose's motorcycle, before then causing the salvage utility that the Goose uses to retrieve the bike to swerve off the road, roll down a cutting, leaving the Goose helpless as the Gang converges on the wreck. This he achieves quite spectacularly, secretly stalking Goose. and it becomes clear that the Toecutter expects Johnny to take responsibility for avenging the gang's grudge against the Goose, as part of gaining full gang membership. He does not bear the Phi tattoo of a full gang member. It is noteworthy that Johnny the Boy is the only member of Toecutter's close associates who is yet to be fully initiated. Although Johnny appeared an unlikely antagonist of the MFP, he was constantly forced further and further over the edge by his mentor - Toecutter. Goose erupts, and attacks Johnny, but is held back by his fellow officers. He laughs and postures, taunting Goose, while leaving the police station. Johnny became engaged in a violent and dramatic confrontation with the MFP officer, Goose, after the aborted hearing. He is arrested for multiple felonies, and held to stand trial, but he is allowed to walk when no witnesses turn up to give evidence at the court hearing. He was initially made known to Main Force Patrol when he was left on his own accord at the scene of a car crash and gang rape perpetrated by Toecutter's gang. Johnny the Boy was a young and somewhat delusional affiliate of Toecutter's gang that seemed to have a lot less control over himself than the other gang members. Johnny the Boy, often known as Johnny, was a member of Toecutter's merciless and psychotic motorcycle gang and acts as a main antagonist in the events of Mad Max. On its first release in the US in 1980, the film was dubbed for American audiences unused to Australian accents! Mad Max 2 was retitled The Road Warrior for its American release in 1982 so as not to alienate audiences that had not seen the first film.Īfter The Road Warrior became a sizeable international hit, Mad Max was re-released in US and UK cinemas in 1983 before finding an even bigger audience on home video in the 1980s.Whacked right outta his skull! He ain't ever comin' back! Woohoohaahaahaa! In contrast to posters from the first release in 1979, the re-release also highlights the plot points that led to Max becoming 'mad' – 'Max had a wife, a child and a job' – which gives the character's narrative arc more depth.Īfter it found international success, Mad Max for a time held the Guinness World Record for the highest box-office-to-budget ratio of any motion picture. To emphasise the point the film's title is accompanied by a dominating number 1 and the addition of prominent text, 'The Original' and 'In the beginning'. This advertising flyer is for the 1983 cinema re-release of Mad Max in Australia. ![]()
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