Directed by George Miller   Written by Terry Hayes   George Miller   Brian Hannant   Byron Kennedy   Cast Mel Gibson ... Max Bruce Spence ... The Gyro Captain Michael Preston ... Pappagallo (as Mike Preston) Max Phipps ... The Toadie Vernon Wells ... Wez Kjell Nilsson ... The Humungus Emil Minty ... The Feral Kid Virginia Hey ... Warrior Woman William Zappa ... Zetta Arkie Whiteley ... The Captain's Girl Steve J. Spears ... Mechanic Syd Heylen ... Curmudgeon Moira Claux ... Big Rebecca David Downer ... Nathan David Slingsby ... Quiet Man Kristoffer Greaves ... Mechanic's Assistant Max Fairchild ... Broken Victim Tyler Coppin ... Defiant Victim Jerry O'Sullivan ... Golden Youth (as Jimmy Brown) Tony Deary ... Grinning Mohawker Kathleen McKay ... Victim Guy Norris ... Bearclaw Mohawk Anne Jones ... Tent Lover James McCardell ... Tent Lover Harold Baigent ... Voice of Narrator (voice) Uncredited Cast Joanne Samuel ... Jessie (archive footage) Produced by Byron Kennedy   Original Music by Brian May

Additional Info Premiere: December 24, 1981 Theatrical Release: April 28, 1982 DVD Release: March 26, 1997 Blu-ray Release: May 15, 2007 Countries: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Alternate Titles The Road Warrior Production Companies Kennedy Miller Productions (presents) (production) (as Kennedy Miller) Distributors Warner Bros.   (1982) (USA) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Pictures An AOL Time Warner Company) National Broadcasting Company (NBC)   (1985) (USA) (TV) Warner Home Video   (1986) (USA) (VHS) Warner Home Video   (2007) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Warner Home Video   (1993) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.7 / 10 Our Rating 7.7 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.6 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #1,002 / 21,024 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 10 total ratings Almost Perfect 6 total ratings Average 3 total ratings Site Ranking #998 The Seventh Seal (1957) #999 Evil Dead (2013) #1,000 Luca (2021) #1,001 Wrath Of The Titans (2012) #1,002 Mad Max 2 (1981) #1,003 Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (2010) #1,004 The Expendables 3 (2014) #1,005 Event Horizon (1997) #1,006 Love, Death & Robots: Season 1 (2019)