Towards the end of the movie we see that the gyro rotors are totally bent. In the next shot, as it comes to a stop, the rotors are in perfect condition.
Some steel plates protecting the truck's wheels reappear after the truck has crashed.
After being attacked by Wez, Max rolls the Pursuit Special down a hill. When Max climbs out of the car, it looks in much better shape than it was when it came to rest.
When Papagallo is shot in the leg by Humungus' goons, the arrow used to shoot is bright red but when it hits his leg it's white and yellow.
In the opening chase, after the black Ford Landau smashes the dune buggy, the roadside is clear around the "Mundi Mundi Look Out" [sic] sign. In the reverse shot, as the Landau starts to roll over, piles of debris (including the stunt ramp) can be seen near the sign.
Gyrocopters, or autogyros, do not fly like helicopters. The motor spins the propeller behind the pilot, pushing the vehicle forward. As the forward velocity increases, wind resistance causes the top rotor to spin, providing lift. For a gyrocopter to remain airborne it must be moving forward. Essentially, the same rules that apply to the take-off and landing of an airplane apply to gyrocopters.
Constant references to gasoline; in Australia it's called petrol.
In the scene where Max says "I'm the best chance you've got" there is a figure wearing a hat in the background, on the 'battlements' of the refinery compound. This figure never moves, so is a dummy.
When Max carries the 4 metal cans full of gasoline to retrieve the truck, the cans appear empty by the way they are swaying back and forth from the pole he's using to carry them. In addition, when the gyro captain drops them to the ground once they reach the autogyro the cans make a hollow-sounding noise, also indicating that they are empty.
During the final chase, Pappagallo is killed when Humungous hurls a triple-bladed 'harpoon' into his back, right between his shoulder blades. At the time, Pappagallo was driving the Lone Wolf; the vehicle's rear cowl rose higher than the top of his head. In order for the area between his shoulder blades to have been exposed, Pappagallo would have to have been standing up in the driver's seat.
Max is carrying 4 fuel cans back to the big rig (4 cans @ 5 lbs per can empty = 20 lbs). He is using a metal bar to carry the cans (~10 lbs).
He requested diesel fuel and high-octane gasoline. The cans look to be 5 gallon containers. Diesel fuel weighs 7 lbs per gallon (3 cans @ 35 lbs per = 105 lbs). Gasoline weighs 6 lbs per gallon (1 can @ 30 lbs). The load Max is trying to carry is around 160 lbs. It isn't realistic that Max would be able to left, carry or shift this load on his shoulder with the ease displayed in the film.
During all the shots where the jerrycans are being carried, we never once hear liquids slopping around inside them, no matter how much they're thrown around. This means they're either completely full or, more likely based on how easily the cast carries them, they're completely empty.
(at 01:30:40) In the end when the truck is turned over none of the wheels is punctured, although at least two of them should be.
The feral boy is supposedly born around or after the "event" which caused the blight. However when he screams, you can clearly see fillings and other dental work which is not done on "baby teeth'. That technology would not have been available by the time he was of age to receive it.
When Wez hits Max with the tailpipe piece and causes him to total the Interceptor, he clearly hits part of the car door frame. There is no sound indicating a hit.
When the masked leader of the Mohawks addresses the compound the first time he is using a hand-held microphone making his voice louder. When he addressees the compound a second time his hands are raised in the air and is voice is just as loud as the first address but no microphone is in sight.
After the driver-side door on the truck is ripped off, a crew member can been seen at Max's feet inside the cab.
When Wez flips over the Quiet Man on the catwalk, the springboard can be seen briefly (all versions); as he lands, the hands of a spotter appear at the extreme left of the screen. (Widescreen only.)
In the first movie, the mechanic who built Max's interceptor states that it runs on nitro methane. In The Road Warrior, this is never addressed or mentioned again. We get the impression this fine tuned high performance car now runs on whatever old gas max can scavenge. Unless nitro methane is a common fuel, he would never be able to run this car successfully for as long as he did.
In the final chase Humungus drives his vehicle head on at the tanker, but had it been full of fuel both vehicles would have exploded, thereby destroying the entire reason for chasing it to begin with.
The two vehicles that leave the refinery compound for the final chase can carry only up to six people (up to 3 in the semi, 2 on the tanker, and Papagallo is clearly visible to be alone in his car). The crew of Humungus all goes after them.
Although they all know the refinery village has much more inhabitants, not one single gang member thinks of the other villagers before or during the chase, letting a perfect leverage go.
Although they all know the refinery village has much more inhabitants, not one single gang member thinks of the other villagers before or during the chase, letting a perfect leverage go.
After the tanker has crashed, the remaining barbarians turn away and leave. However they were several hundred yards away from the crash site, and couldn't possibly have known that the tanker was full of sand else they wouldn't have chased it that far, and they wouldn't be able to see the sand from that angle/distance. Also the truck would still have been full of diesel, which they would normally have scavenged.
When the Gyro Captain ambushes Max and holds him at crossbow point, he is apparently unaware that his fingers are sticking well above the string level of the weapon, and that if he were to fire it, he'd lose top half of all his fingers. Max is oblivious to this as well, or knows that the crossbow would still harm him regardless of damage done to its user.
When Max's dog runs after the Gyro captain, the dog runs straight past him before the shot cuts away.
When Max unexpectedly rips away the tent and thereby reveals the nude couple of enemy marauders inside, the woman initially breaks character and starts grinning or laughing, before quickly composing herself and correctly acting shocked and startled like the man with her does all along.