Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior

Can you skip Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior?

Not really, though nothing here has to be watched in order. It is one of the main Mad Max titles rather than a side story, and it stands on its own. See the full Mad Max order.

Mad Max guides

• Mad Max orderFive films, one clean prequel, and a continuity its own director refuses to pin down.

Where it sits in the Mad Max order

Release order

#2 of 5

Chronological order

#2 of 5

Released

24 December 1981

In-universe era

The Collapse

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