There are two little touches in particular I’m appreciating, both of them related to my country of birth: the fact that the cars in the game are right-hand drive, and the fact there’s an actual real Australian doing Max’s voice.

Click to expand...

Australians and Hollywood have a long and weird relationship when it comes to accents, and the Mad Max franchise is a perfect example. It’s a quintessentially Australian story, made by an Australian (George Miller) and starring a very Australian character, only Mel Gibson isn’t and wasn’t Australian, he just lived here long enough in his teens to have an accent by the time the first Mad Max came around. The latest film, despite being made by the same Australian and set once again in the country, stars a whole bunch of Aussies in supporting roles but has its two main parts played by a South African/American and Englishman respectively.

Click to expand...