Max Rockatansky, Main Force Patrol's top pursuit driver, steals the one and only supercharged Pursuit Special--'the last of the V8s'--and abandons the force. As society collapses, a frantic request for assistance comes over the radio. Reluctant hero Mad Max answers the call. When he encounters the future in the form of savage marauders, he unloads his brand of street justice the only way he knows how: at high speed!