Rebekah Elmaloglou

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome -- Set in Australia devastated by the effects of global thermonuclear war, surviving humans try to eek out a living in a world where fresh water and clean, safe food are worth more than gold.

Set in the Australian desert, this thriller tells the story of Tom McGregor (Paul Mercurio), a gas station owner who falls into despair after his sister's death. Twelve years later, Tom's life is turned upside-down when three diamond thieves on the lam get stranded near the now-abandoned station. Things heat up when Tom and Charlie (Dee Smart) -- the girlfriend of the trio's psychotic ringleader (Colin Friels) -- begin falling for each other.

Max arrives in the vicious city of bartertown and clashes with the diabolical aunty entity. Left to die in the desert, Max is rescued and mistaken for a messiah by a group of oasis orphans.