Who else think johnny didn't deserve what max does to him at the end? Ok, Johnny raped a girl earlier in the movie and set Goose on fire, but he wasn't present when they murdered Jessie and Sprog. Max's actions aren't justified. Would you honestly kill johnny rather than simply arresting him?
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I think if Max had simply arrested Johnny, the film's climax would have been, well, an anti-climax.
Johnny murdered Jim Goose, and as a result, Max took revenge on his friend's killer.
Johnny killed Goose and was part of the murder of Max's wife & child. Johnny had it coming. You can't be the bad guy and not expect to be punished.
shareYeah,
well they were going to write it so that he arrests the guy...
but then some number-cruncher decided that the title "Merciful Max" wouldn't sell movie tickets.
Go figure!
johnny got everything he deserved!
"she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever."
Funniest reply i've read in a long time:) thx for the good laugh!
shareCongratulations....this is the dumbest post I've ever seen on IMDB. You beat out a lot of tough competition.
share See, this is why it's hard to tell who's dumb and who's a troll. I've read things similar to this in other boards.
Ok... he raped a girl and burned Goose TO DEATH... but he shouldn't die over that.
In a way, that's why it's Mad Max, he's had enough of scum like that and a legal system that can't control them. The police couldn't prevent the NightRider from escaping, couldn't prevent the gang from stealing and attacking the citizens of that small town so Johnny get's let loose. The criminal system in the movie wasn't able to deal with such things. Max had had enough, and that's why he killed the gang. Was he justified in killing Johnny? Sure, why not, Johnny was evil and the courts couldn't stop him. Max could. Why don't you think rape and murder are reasons for being killed yourself? Was Johnny justified in rape or killing Goose by burning him?
"Deserved" Is ENTIRELY up to each of our opinions.
But in all that, we're losing sight of the whole point.
Max was Good Cop driven mad by the murder of his wife & son.
Whether or not any of the Bikies "Deserved" to meet the ends that Max dealt them is immaterial.
<In a way, that's why it's Mad Max, he's had enough of scum like that and a legal system that can't control them. The police couldn't prevent the NightRider from escaping, couldn't prevent the gang from stealing and attacking the citizens of that small town so Johnny get's let loose. The criminal system in the movie wasn't able to deal with such things. Max had had enough, and that's why he killed the gang. Was he justified in killing Johnny? Sure, why not, Johnny was evil and the courts couldn't stop him. Max could. Why don't you think rape and murder are reasons for being killed yourself? Was Johnny justified in rape or killing Goose by burning him?>
Legally, of course he was wasn't justified.
But, I agree with the point made in the quote, too. The courts were seemingly unable to deal with the situation, so someone had to step in.
No, I would not arrest him, he needed to die before he killed anybody else.
shareThe man was psychopathic scum. Max gave him a chance. It was more than he deserved.
sharemy thoughts exactly, boehm2home. i too think it wasn't justified and that ending annoyed me.
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