Mad Max Fury Road Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
44 of the most interesting Mad Max Fury Road easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Mad Max Fury Road movie message.
In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a woman rebels against a tyrannical ruler in search for her homeland with the aid of a group of female prisoners, a psychotic worshiper, and a drifter named Max.
Genre
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Director
George Miller
Stars
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne
IMDB score
8.1
Mad Max Fury Road Movie Trivia
one scene, Bigfoot leaps out in front of the War Rig. When it lands, you can see the front tire rod breaks, causing the front wheels to bend away from each other. This is a real issue many monster trucks have when performing big jumps. They're fixed in the next shot.
Was originally designed in storyboard form before being written as a screenplay. Director George Miller worked with five storyboard artists who produced 3,500 panels, almost as many shots as the finished film.
Mad Max Fury Road Movie Easter Eggs
When Max and Furiosa return to the citadel with Immortan Joe's car, you can see various car company logos on the dashboard.
Furiosa ends up with a black eye just like Max in "The Road Warrior"
One of the Polecats uses a road sign as a shield. This is a subtle nod to one of the previous Mad Max films featuring a similar sign.
Costume details in Mad Max Fury Road
One of the levers on Nux's Car is a pair of dentures
Mad Max Fury Road movie hidden details
The villainous Immortan Joe is played by Hugh Keays-Byrne, who also played Toecutter in Mad Max (1979).
There is a gun magazine on the dashboard of Furiosa's War Rig. This would allow her to easily reload a handgun using only one hand
Nux's body paint slowly comes off as he regains more of his humanity throught the film.
Furiosa's gas pedal on the War Rig is a Brannock Device, which is used to measure feet.
The crosshair to aim the harpoon launcher is a bent Mercedes-Benz hood ornament
Gas pedals in Furiosa's rig are shoe store measurement devices for determining shoe size.
Mad Max Fury Road, swamp scene "creatures" / The Last Judgment by Hieronymus Bosch, devil in detail.
There is a scene where the Bullet Farmer yells "Sing Brother Heckler! Sing Brother Koch", which references the German Defense Manufacturing company that makes small arms, and was the manufacturer of the submachine guns he is wielding in the scene.
When Max and Furiosa are fighting, Max reloads the pistol they are fighting over and chambers a round by snagging the rear sight on his boot in order to rack the slide. The is a real world tactic taught by defensive pistol instructors for one handed reloads.
The Buzzards cover their cars in spikes in order to counter the War Boys' tactic of jumping onto and boarding enemy vehicles
The doors that Max runs through when being chased by War Boys at the beginning of the film seem to be ambulance doors (see Star of Life symbol) - Makes sense considering he just escaped from the 'hospital' of the Citadel where they were taking his blood etc.
You can see where Furiosa stored food in the War Rig when she enters the rig from below
The soles of the Doof Warrior's shoes are intact and show no wear as he is suspended from his rig; his feet do not touch the ground.
When Max has the vision that will save his life for the first time, a single frame of his future attacker flashes by.
The Warrig's wing-mirrors are damaged during the sandstorm. Later on the left side mirror has a hand mirror strapped into the broken frame as a replacement.
The belt buckle that Immortan Joe and others wear has strands of chainmail attached to resemble the water cascade that is the root of his power.
Two of the Immortan Joe's girls use the same objects than Max and the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2 (1981).
When Max is rounding up weapons on the War Rig, Furiosa briefly glances at the gearshift then at Max. The tip of the gearshift is secretly a knife which she uses later in the movie.
Immortan Joe's dashboard is a collection of car company logos
Mad Max Fury Road the Buzzards Cars are covered in Spikes AS AN HOMAGE TO CULT AUSSIE FILM 'The Cars that Ate Paris'. Directed by Peter Weir. (You know, that guy who made Picnic At Hangin Rock, The Truman Show and Master and Commander?)
Max notices the Bullet Farmer as he is attempting to remove his jaw mask, prior to returning to the War Rig's cabin.
The Warboys have a car transport truck in their armada, you can see it filling up with destroyed cars as the chase goes on.
There is a quick shot where The People Eater's gear shift is shown to be a revolver.
Max draws a map with the blood from his wound
When Max wanted his blood-tube chain cut, since Furiosa can't properly use bolt cutters with one arm, he knew she would use the bolt cutters maliciously, so he made another girl (The Dag) cut the chain
The Buzzard cars are a nod to an older Austrailian film called The Cars That Ate Paris.
Furiosa glances at her hidden shifter knife right after Max confiscates the pistol hidden under her dash
Mad Max Road Fury. The "Organic" keeps count of the people he's killed with tally marks on his hand.
You can see Max unwinding and throwing the winch in the tree thing.
Just before Nux convinces Slit to let him join the battle, Organic Mechanic pokes him on the back of the neck and says, "Ah, you're already a corpse." Later it's established that he has two tumors on the back of his neck and that's what Organic was referring to.
At one point during the chase with the bike gang, Max runs out of ammo mid firing
Many war boys scarify themselves with engines becuase they know how to fix cars but not themselves
When the warboy Morsov sacrifices his life to destroy a Buzzard car, everybody cheers for him except for Slit, who yells "Mediocre, Morsov."
Splendid (the leader of the wives), dies after slipping off a rig. She slips on her own blood, from a bullet wound in her leg. Max was the one who shot her, when they first met.
Director George Miller purposely removed frames in scenes to make you feel as anxious as Max.
The Interceptor has a hole in the headlight that's a similar shape to Australia.
Mad Max: Fury Road when they're driving into the storm the compass in Immortan Joe's car starts spinning wildly, implying that the storm has a strong magnetic field