Mel Gibson Archives

Mad Max (1979)

Rating: ★★★½

Mar 3, 2003Near Future Road Rage

The first of the Mad Max films and a considerable jolt if one comes to it after any of the sequels. While they are exhilarating post-apocalyptic comic-books, this is an altogether different film – a grim and violent road movie more in the vein of Death Wish

Director: George Miller

Actors: Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley, …

Category: Science Fiction

3 March 20034 January 2025 by Roog

Mad Max 2 (1981)

Rating: ★★★★½

Jun 10, 2002Post-Holocaust Action

A sequel that makes an extraordinary leap over its predecessor. It created an entire genre of films - even its own design and clothing aesthetic,. And is one of the most kinetic and exciting action films ever made

Director: George Miller

Actors: Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Mike Preston

Category: Science Fiction

10 June 20024 July 2024 by Roog

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 26, 2007Post-Holocaust Action

The third of the Mad Max films sees the series becoming increasingly more mainstream in focus, along with the conscious resignation that it is impossible to top the previous film

Director: George Miller, George Ogilvie

Actors: Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Helen Buday, Angelo Rossitto, …

Category: Science Fiction

26 March 20076 July 2024 by Roog

Forever Young (1992)

Rating: ★★

Aug 29, 1999Cryogenic Sleeper Awakes

Popular film with Mel Gibson as a man who is cryogenically frozen in the 1940s and thawed out in the present. The romantic focus of the film is undone by some absurd plotting. An early script from J.J. Abrams

Director: Steve Miner

Actors: Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood, Isabel Glasser, …

Category: Science Fiction

29 August 199924 February 2026 by Roog

Pocahontas (1995)

Rating: ★★

Nov 8, 2001Disney Animation/Historical Meeting Between English & Native Americans

Disney bases an animated film on the historical character but warps the story considerably. It feels that this is a Disney animated film made more to adhere to Political Correctness than it is a good one

Director: Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel

Actors: Irene Bedard, Mel Gibson, David Ogden Stiers, Linda Hunt, …

Category: Fantasy

8 November 200118 March 2022 by Roog

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

Rating: ★

Sep 9, 2007Flaky Conspiracy Theorist Comedy/Thriller

This should have been a witty film - Mel Gibson as a conspiracy nut who discovers one of his theories is true and is hunted by government agents - but the result is a confused mess that turns into an overblown action vehicle

Director: Richard Donner

Actors: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart

Category: Science Fiction

9 September 200710 January 2026 by Roog

The Million Dollar Hotel (2000)

Rating: ★★

Feb 4, 2001Near Future Fleapit Hotel Murder Mystery

Wim Wenders film from a story idea by U2's Bono set around the down-and-outs at a fleapit hotel slightly into the future. The film circles around a cast of eccentrics without ever really coming together

Director: Wim Wenders

Actors: Jeremy Davies, Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jimmy Smits, …

Category: Science Fiction

4 February 200110 September 2019 by Roog

Chicken Run (2000)

Rating: ★★★½

Jun 25, 2000Aardman Animation/Talking Chicken Escape Movie

The first full-length Claymation film from the UK's Aardman Animations. With typical Aardman eccentricity, this is a parody of a WWII escape film conducted with talking chickens

Director: Nick Park, Peter Lord

Actors: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Miranda Richardson, Tony Haygarth, …

Category: Fantasy

25 June 20004 January 2025 by Roog

What Women Want (2000)

Rating: ★★½

Dec 17, 2000Man Can Read Womens' Minds/Romantic Comedy

Amiable romantic comedy in which Mel Gibson comes round after an accident in the shower to find he now has the ability to read women's thoughts.

Director: Nancy Meyers

Actors: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Ashley Johnson, Alan Alda, …

Category: Fantasy

17 December 20008 June 2025 by Roog

Signs (2002)

Rating: ★★

Aug 17, 2002Crop Circles/Alien Invasion

M. Night Shyamalan delves into the crop circle phenomenon and makes an alien invasion film. At this point his films were predicated on big conceptual surprises and this comes out as a damp squib when we find out what is going on

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Actors: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin, …

Category: Science Fiction

17 August 200230 September 2021 by Roog

The Singing Detective (2003)

Rating: ★

Nov 8, 2005Detective Story Daydreams

Disastrous Hollywood version of Dennis Potter's classic tv mini-series where a hospitalised Robert Downey jr fantasises a dream world of 1940s film noir

Director: Keith Gordon

Actors: Robert Downey Jr, Robin Wright, Mel Gibson, Katie Holmes, …

Category: Fantasy

8 November 200522 October 2020 by Roog

Edge of Darkness (2010)

Rating: ★

Jan 31, 2010Nuclear Conspiracy Thriller/TV Series Remake

A film remake of one of the great tv series of the 1980s. A complete betrayal by the original’s director Martin Campbell that strips all the politics and simply makes it into a Mel Gibson revenge film

Director: Martin Campbell

Actors: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Shawn Roberts, …

Category: Science Fiction

31 January 201016 December 2022 by Roog

Machete Kills (2013)

Rating: ★★★★

Oct 12, 2013Gonzo Action Film

Robert Rodriguez escalates his earlier Mexican-themed action film into an insanely creative comic-book overflowing with science-fiction devices (and homages). The casting alone is side-splitting and Rodriguez's nonsensical absurdism wins the day

Director: Robert Rodriguez

Actors: Danny Trejo, Mel Gibson, Michelle Rodriguez, Demian Bachir, …

Category: Science Fiction

12 October 20132 January 2025 by Roog

Fatman (2020)

Rating: ★★★

Dec 20, 2020Kid Hires a Hitman to Kill Santa

Amusingly dark Christmas film where a kid hires a hitman to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his Christmas stocking. Featuring Mel Gibson as a grumpy Santa struggling with modern economic realities

Director: Eshom Nelms, Ian Nelms

Actors: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, Chance Hurstfield, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, …

Category: Fantasy

20 December 202021 October 2025 by Roog

Boss Level (2020)

Rating: ★★★

Mar 20, 2021Timeloop/Action Film

You don’t think the mix of cartoonishly over-the-top action and a Groundhog Day timeloop scenario would work but this proves your assumptions wrong in highly entertaining ways

Director: Joe Carnahan

Actors: Frank Grillo, Mel Gibson, Naomi Watts, Michelle Yeoh, …

Category: Science Fiction

20 March 202117 November 2025 by Roog