Is Max Definiteley An Ex Cop In Fury Road?

[scfc68]

I know this may seem a really obvious question but has this been explicitly confirmed yet??

And if so, has it also been 100% confirmed if there is an opening montage ala MM2 that flashes back to the MFP years??

[Taipan]

I think it's a given. What else would he be?

[DGSimo]

I believe Randy told me part of Max's opening narration goes like "I was a cop. A road warrior" but the definitive answer is coming in the form of a prequel comic written by Miller at the end of May.

[biolumen]

What else would he be?

A die hard Mad Max fan driving a replica. Mind. Blown.

[Taipan]

lol

"I was a milkman. The milk deliverer. My life is fire. And milk."

[BRC1974]

George Miller said the movie is set 40 or so years in the future and Max looks about 40 in this film.
Could Max have been a baby at the time of the Apocalypse in this film?

[Bad cop]

Wasn't Max born after things began to go bad in the original "Mad Max?"

[Taipan]

My (somewhat educated) guess is that Max was well in his teens when things went bad in Australia. Here's why:

Miller mentioned that Mad Max was inspired by how rapidly people turned against themselves after the 70's oil crisis - people literally started fighting over fuel overnight. So for Mad Max he set up a scenario of the Gulf War that suddenly threw the world into a downward spiral real fast. In Mad Max it doesn't look like the whole world went to shit yet, so I'm guessing the process was going on for a while, a couple of years maximum. Max is in his early 20's in the movie. So - 20's minus a couple of years - Max was in his teens when things started to go bad. It's probably also the reason he joined the force - because he remembered how things were normal in his childhood and early teen years.

I know it's a stretch but it's just my theory.

[roadwarriormfp]

George Miller said the movie is set 40 or so years in the future and Max looks about 40 in this film.
Could Max have been a baby at the time of the Apocalypse in this film?

Not entirely correct.... when asked how far after Thunderdome is this movie set, he said.... 30 days or it could be 30yrs from Thunderdome

[NuffTorque]

If you read the book, it gives a good idea of how max came to be a cop etc.