High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mad Max 2 (also known as The Road Warrior in the U.S., and Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior) is a 1981 Australian post-apocalyptic action film directed by George Miller. The film is the second installment in the Mad Max film series, with Mel Gibson starring as Max Rockatansky. The film`s tale of a community of settlers moved to defend themselves against a roving band of marauders follows an archetypal "Western" frontier movie motif, as does Max`s role as a hardened man who rediscovers his humanity when he decides to help the settlers. Filming took part in locations around Broken Hill.