Production
After Mad Max George Miller received a number of offers from Hollywood, including to direct First Blood. He met Terry Hayes when the latter did the novelisation of Mad Max and together they worked on a screenplay for another film, a special effects horror movie. However after a while Miller became more interested in doing a sequel to Mad Max, as a larger budget would allow him to be more ambitious. He hired the old Metro Cinema in Kings Cross, and Brian Hannant came on board as co-writer and second unit director. Miller says he was greatly influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa.
The movie was shot near Broken Hill over 12 weeks. The movie had to have several cuts to ensure it received an "M" rating.
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