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I watched the first two episodes and thought how can people be so stupid? I mean bumbling idiotic stupid. But as I continued to watch, it grew on me. Typical quintessential Aussie humour of just taking the piss out of others and ourselves. It's what makes Aussie humour som great.

Set in Tassie, subtle wink at the lesbians that inhabit the town me thinks (if you know you know!), all the actors play their roles really well. You will probably notice a few Aussie comedians in there and they play their roles really well also. Don't think too hard about who dunnit and enjoy the ride. The scenery is wonderful also.

To be fair we tend to know more about US history than we do about our own which is quite sad really. But this was a lot of fun. A great piss take on American history. Are we sure this wasn't written by Australians? It has great Aussie sense of humour about it. The humour of if you can't laugh at yourself and take the piss out of yourself then you don't do it to others. A real Australian sense of humour. And this is it. Shame we don't have the rich history of the US to pull something like this off on our own history.

Watching this movie on the TV again 2021 and it still holds up. The stunts are fantastic considering when it was made. It is every bit quintessential Aussie today as it was when it was made. The action, the aussie muscle cars and custom builds bring back so many memories of a misspent youth. Of all the Mad Max movies this is by far the best. Fury Road comes close to reliving the sense of what made this movie so great. A great early Mel movie, and Vern Wells aka Bennett from Commando is just OTT.