MAD MAX Comes to Blu-Ray

Burbank, Calif. February 25, 2013 –

Warner Brothers Home Entertainment has announced plans to release the Mad Max trilogy on Blu-Ray.

The Mad Max Trilogy will feature the original films that launched Mel Gibson into the spotlight as he portrayed Max Rockatansky, a highway patrol officer in the Outback of a very post-apocalyptic Australia.

Mad Max, The Road Warrior, and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome will be out June 4th ahead of the new film, Mad Max: Fury Road. The new installment stars Tom Hardy as Max, along with Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult. IMDb reports that according to the production, this new Mad Max film is a sequel instead of a reboot. Beyond Thunderdome was released twenty-six years ago.

From the press release:

Mad Max (1979)

George Miller’s first entry in the trilogy, Mad Max packs brutal action and insane stunts as it follows the inevitable downfall of relentless cop Max Rockatansky (Gibson) in a world gone mad. Living on the edge of an apocalypse, Max is ready to run far away from it all with his family. But when he experiences an unfortunate encounter with a motorcycle gang and its menacing leader, the Toecutter, his retreat from the madness of the world is now a race to save his family’s life.

Mad Max Road Warrior (1982)

The sequel to Mad Max, Mad Max Road Warrior provides action-packed, “automotive” entertainment, telling the story of a selfish-turned-selfless hero and his efforts to protect a small camp of desert survivors and defend an oil refinery under siege from a ferocious marauding horde that plunders the land for gasoline.

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mel Gibson returns for his third go-round as the title hero who takes on the barbarians of the post-nuclear future – and this time becomes the savior of a tribe of lost children. Music superstar Tina Turner co-stars as Aunty Entity, a power-mad dominatrix determined to use Max to tighten her stranglehold on Bartertown, where fresh water, clean food and gasoline are worth more than gold.

The film collection hits the streets June 4th with a street price of $49.99 for the trilogy, and both Mad Max Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome will also be available individually.

Mad Max Run Time: 94 minutes; Rated R
The Road Warrior Run Time: 91 minutes; Rated R
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Run Time: 107 minutes; Rated PG-13