Mad Max 2 (also known as
The Road Warrior 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 archetypical "
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, in the outback of New South Wales.