Synopsis: Several years after the deaths of his wife and child, Max has become an alienated nomad, wandering an Australian outback which has fallen into tribal warfare conducted from scattered armed camps. After a road battle with psychotic villain Wez, Max meets up with the odd Gyro Captain, who takes him to the camp of a sympathetic group led by Pappagallo. As Pappagallo's people are camped at a refinery, Max plans to take their oil -- more precious than gold in this world -- but eventually joins them to fight a band of marauders led by the evil Humungus.