Watch: Wild Old School Featurette For 'The Road Warrior' Plus Tom Hardy & Charlize Theron On Stunts Of 'Fury Road'

While "Mad Max: Fury Road" rightfully deserves the praise it has received for its hair-raising practical effects, things are a lot safer now than they were a few decades ago when George Miller was laying out the first couple of movies in his blockbuster series. And not much further evidence is needed than this pretty wild, old school featurette for "The Road Warrior."

Wired has dug up this particular nugget, and for a movie that was at the time the most expensive Australian movie ever made, clearly the PR team didn't sugarcoat anything, and even smirked at some of the things that would never pass union guidelines today. Fast forward to the 2:25 mark to see stuntman Guy Norris fly through the air and break his goddamn femur. And as the voiceover wryly notes, had things gone according to plan, Norris would've landed safely on a pile of cardboard. 

But that's not to say 'Fury Road' didn't put the actors through their paces. In a featurette from Yahoo, Tom...