![]() ![]() When Wez (himself a large psychopath) goes berserk at an inconvenient moment, Humungus personally chokes him out. Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Lord Humungus is a freakishly muscular giant of a man and leads his dogs of war.Ass Kicks You: When raiders enter the refinery, the Mechanic's assistant swings the Mechanic in his suspension rig to knock one down, hitting him rear first.This is shown when Papagallo has a similar weapon attached to his arm while he's driving his own vehicle. Arm Cannon: Wez and several other Marauders are shown with wrist-mounted crossbows, presumably because it leaves their hands free to drive a vehicle.The Warrior Woman uses a compound bow and is shown manning a modern version of a ballista mounted on the walls. Archaic Weapon for an Advanced Age: Both sides use bows and crossbows, as well as arrows fired by compressed air.Averted with food and ammunition, both of which is shown to be in short supply, with Max eating dog food and bows and arrows used in preference to firearms. This explains their desperation to seize the tanker truck in particular. ![]() Apocalyptic Logistics: Gangs driving gas-guzzling vehicles is handwaved in the Opening Narration in that "only those mobile enough to scavenge" can survive.He just pulls the quarrel from his chest and climbs onto the tanker. Played straight with the Marauder hanging from the side of the tanker that the Warrior Woman shoots with her crossbow before she's killed.Just about every single character that doesn't die in a vehicle crash or explosion meets their end by arrows. In every other scene, arrows and bolts are at the very least painful and very dangerous, and in most cases simply lethal.While from his expression the experience is painful, the only time he screams is before this, over frustration at Max having killed the others and escaped him. He slowly pulls it out while glaring at Max, then uses it to replace one of his own. In the opening chase Wez gets his arm impaled by a bolt fired by another Marauder.Annoying Arrows: Both played straight and subverted.Animal Companion: The cattle dog that accompanies Max in his travels across the wasteland.While a few of the defenders are actually in favor of taking the offer, Papagallo points out that even if the Marauders do let them go (already a huge stretch), what happens next? Do the defenders just roam the wasteland like scavengers until they're no different from the Marauders? And Then What?: Lord Humungus promises to let everyone go free if they just hand over the tanker and the refinery to the Marauders.And Starring: The cast roll ends with "and Emil Minty as the Feral Kid".All There in the Script: The screenplay names Humungus' gang as the Marauders.The Marauder who accidentally shoots Wez uses a handheld tube that fires an arrow via compressed air, and there are four-barreled vehicle-mounted versions as well. Air Guns: Used in lieu of gunpowder firearms due to the shortage of ammunition.Lawless scavengers roam the roads, Max is a wandering drifter, and the only remaining pocket of civilized humanity that we see is a walled refinery that itself is under siege by marauders who would kill for a tank of gasoline or just for fun. ![]()
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