Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
Since I started rewatching these, I've been wondering whether I like the first or the third the least. Having now seen them all, I can comfortably say this is my least favourite. But what actually annoys me the most about it is that some of it is in fact so damn good - the world-building's probably the best of the series and everything Tina Turner is fantastic - but it just falls of a cliff at the midway point and never recovers. Plus it lacks that quirky Australian feel that made the other three so unique, replaced by an inescapable sense of having been Hollywood-ised. Even Mel Gibson doesn't really feel like the same character as in the first two.
Oh yeah, this one also has perhaps my favourite post-apocalyptic car designs in the franchise (more unhinged and cobbled-together than Mad Max 2, but less fanciful and over-the-top than Fury Road), which makes it all the more depressing that when they're finally unleashed in the final chase the whole sequence feels so lame and tacked-on. Just a huge disappointment and wasted opportunity.
