Mad Max Answers: What happened to the rest of the MFP

Max in the first movie, Mad Max, is a member of the Main Force Patrol, a police department maintained with holding the line in an increasingly lawless society.

Besides Max and Goose (who is killed by the Toecutter's gang) there are other members of the local department and other departments in nearby cities. We see two members from a nearby town in the scenes opening as they chase Night Rider towards Max, Goose and the rest of the gang.

At the end of the movie, Max takes the V8 Interceptor and goes after Toecutter's gang. We learn that after dispatching them, he disappears into the wastelands. But what about the rest of the MFP?

According to one version of the movie which has not been seen since its release, the MFP headquarters is attacked by Toecutter shortly before or after Max takes the Interceptor. In the attack, many of the remaining members were killed or wounded and taken out of the picture.

In the book based The Road Warrior, released after the movie, Max reminisces that Fifi, the head of the local MFP, could no longer hold the force together and anarchy took over.

Whatever the true story, the MFP ceased to exist sometime after Max took off for the wastelands.

Mad Max Answers - How much time passes between Mad Max and The Road Warrior?

What is the time frame beteen Max Max I and Mad Max II (The Road Warrior)?

In an interview, Mad Max movie director George Miller said approximately five years have passed since the events of Mad Max I and Mad Max II (The Road Warrior).

Max's car, the V8 interceptor, has clearly aged and been battered over this time period. The car has been modified with most of the interior ripped out and two over sized fuel tanks added.

Max has as well as his features are craggy and his hair is starting to gray.
His clothing, made from durable leather, has rips and burst seams suggesting a number of events and time have taken place since the first movie.

Max has no shells for his shotgun; his service revolver is missing and even if he still had it, most likely is empty too. This suggests that over time, Max used most of his ammunition fighting bad guys and obtaining fuel.

Max has been reduced to eating old canned dog food. Clearly, Max has had time to adapt to a world without grocery stores and normal human food. This does not happen overnight.

While no calendars are seen in the Road Warrior, it is safe to say that some years have passed since the events seen in the first Mad Max movie.

Mad Max Answers - When does Mad Max take place?

When does Mad Max take place?

Mad Max takes place in the near future after a societal collapse which has effected the whole world.

The age of the vehicles suggest that the events in the first movie, Mad Max, take place in the present, but because of the nature of the collapse, newer vehicles are not running and only older or heavily modified cars still run.

In Mad Max 2,(The Road Warrior), shows viewers what happened leading to the events of Mad Max 1 and 2. There is a great world war between two great "tribes" which quickly spread to the rest of the world. When it was done, the ability to produce the fuel (petroleum based products) was serverly curtailed. So much so, that the remaining soceity collapsed into chaos.

Mad Max takes place in Austraila. There, a handful of cops, like Max, barely hold the line against growing rampant violence specifically, out on the highways and roads.

Viewers can tell that Mad Max happens in the future, but in the near future as clothing, vehicles and mannerisms are similar to present day.