10 Mad Max Ripoffs That Are Actually Worth Watching

Mad Max is perhaps one of the most imitated series in cinema history, but only a few post-apocalyptic copycats are actually worth watching. Beginning with George Miller's 1979 low-budget gem, the series wouldn't really hit its stride until the release of The Road Warrior a few years later in 1981. Introducing viewers to a world ravaged by a nuclear war, the Mad Max franchise ostensibly wrote the book about what the post-apocalypse would look like. Australia's outback became the blueprint for the genre, and Miller's approach to vehicular action is still the highlight of low-budget cinema to this day.