Mad Max, n.
(mæd ˈmæks)
[The name of the eponymous hero of the film Mad Max (1979) and its sequels.]
attrib. Denoting situations and objects (such as vehicles, clothing, etc.) similar to those portrayed in the Mad Max films, set in a futuristic world characterized by extreme and anarchic violence; also (freq. absol.) denoting people (both real and fictional) resembling Mad Max.
| 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 26 June 10/2 To publicise its drive for more police, the association has produced a series of advertisements, to start this weekend, showing people in the type of Mad Max gear it predicts will be needed soon on Sydney streets. 1991 Christian Science Monitor 22 Oct. 5/2 He also operates six or seven workshops that convert four-wheel-drive trucks into ‘Road Warriors’ or ‘Mad Max’ vehicles mounted with 106mm antitank cannons and heavy machine guns. 1992 City Limits 2 July 28/3 Hauer plays Harley Stone, a kind of international Mad Max, out to avenge his pardner. 1995 Empire July 28/4 Set in a drought-stricken Mad Max futurescape..the film stars Petty as the gun-crazed heroine. |