MAD MAX: BEYOND THUNDERDOME

Bartertown may be a dump in the post-apocalyptic Australian outback, but it's the only dump people can go to trade for food, water, weapons and supplies. When Max finds himself looted, he must go to Bartertown to resupply. But Max being Max, he gets caught in a power struggle that finds him forced into the Thunderdome to battle Master Blaster, a miniature man who controls a masked monster warrior. This fight leaves Max banished into the desert wasteland, where he is rescued by a tribe of children who think he is their salvation. When some of the children wonder off in search of the famed Tomorrow Morrow Land it's up to Max to travel the cursed Earth and save them from the evil Aunt Entity (Tina FUCKING Turner).

The Mad Max Wasteland gets a spoonful of Spielberg in BEYOND THUNDERDOME and it’s way better than its reputation would suggest. The violence and action is even more Looney Tuney than before, but this is a difference of degree rather than type, and if your soul is too tired to enjoy somebody getting clonked with a nice frying pan clang sound effect you might as well just stop watching movies and stick to AM radio instead.