Just before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his infant son Kal-El on a spaceship to Earth. Raised by kindly farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. As Superman, he battles the villainous Lex Luthor, while, as novice reporter Clark Kent, he attempts to woo co-worker Lois Lane.
Former police officer Max Rockatansky continues to roam the inhospitable Australian outback alone. When his vehicle is stolen, he suspects both the vehicle and the thief in Bartertown. The inhabitants of this post-nuclear city live mainly from bartering. However, Bartertown is divided in two: upstairs rules the founder and lawmaker Aunty Entity, downstairs the team of Brain and Muscles called Master-Blaster. They also control the city´s power supply, thereby keeping Aunty Entity dependent. Max is offered a deal by her: he is to compete against Master Blasters in the infamous Thunderdome, a gladiator cage for bloody duels...
The film journeys alongside an unlikely pair, Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The fiery young woman and the go-with-the-flow guy are about to discover something elemental: how much they actually have in common.