Max (Mad Max)

Max

Background

Max Rockatansky is a member of the Main Force Patrol, officer number 4073, vehicle 508. He is married to Jessie and his son is Sprog.

During the events of Mad Max (1979) played by Mel Gibson

After the Nightrider evades the other Main Force Patrol officers, Max is sent by dispatch to assist. He drives directly at the Nightrider, and the Nightrider flinches and loses his confidence. Max then toys with the Nightrider until the Nightrider crashes into a construction zone and his car explodes. Before leaving early for work, Jessie signs to him that she is crazy about him. When he shows up at the Halls of Justice, Jim Goose and Underground Mechanic show Max the last of the V8 Pursuit Specials. He is told by Fifi that the Nightrider's friends are out to get him, but he just adds them to the list of people that want him dead. While driving to the scene of a disturbance in New Jerusalem, Max and Goose come across the wreckage of Lair's vehicle. While searching the area they come across Girl in Chevvy tied to a rope and Johnny the Boy, and they arrest Johnny the Boy. He goes to the hospital after Goose is set on fire and refuses to accept the body in the hospital bed is Goose. He then goes to Fifi and hands in his resignation, but is offered some time off to think it over. Max, Jessie and Sprog go to the country, stopping to buy a Dog from a Dog Seller on their way. They stop at a tire shop and Max stays with Grease Rat while Jessie takes Sprog to get ice cream in town. He jumps in the car when Jessie comes back and when Jessie finds Cundalini's hand attached by a chain to their car, they call Ziggy. They arrive at May Swaisey's property and Max stays to work on their vehicle while Jessie goes to the beach. He then goes towards the beach when Jessie tells him the bikers from the ice cream shop were chasing her in the woods. While running to help Jessie, Max watches as Toecutter and his gang run over Jessie and Sprog. Max returns to the Halls of Justice and takes the V8 Pursuit Special and finds out where Toecutter and his gang are by questioning Grease Rat. He finds Johnny the Boy, Mudguts, Starbuck, Clunk, and Diabondo and drives straight towards them causing Johnny to lose control and crash his motorcycle. The others chase after Max and Max kills them when he drives at them on a bridge, causing them to crash. He falls into a trap and is shot by Bubba Zanetti in the leg. Bubba Zanetti runs over his arm but is then killed by Max who shoots him with his sawed off shotgun. Max chases after Toecutter and causes him to crash into a semi, killing him. As Max is driving he spots a cloud of black smoke and when he investigates it, he finds a wrecked truck and Johnny the Boy stealing the boots from a dead man. Max puts a handcuff around Johnny the Boy's ankle and then puts the other onto the wreckage of the truck. Max takes Johnny the Boy's lighter and sets a fire trap. He throws down a hacksaw towards Johnny the Boy and gives him a choice, die in the fire when the truck explodes or hack his ankle off. Max then drives away as the truck explodes.