We basically live in the first Mad Max movie, but with two important differences: 1) we have relatively cheap gasoline, at least for now, 2) the population portrayed in that movie was homogeneous, whereas we have a great deal of diversity. The decay of the formerly high trust society and the crumbling institutions are spot on. My takeaway is more ammo.
As for strict zombie movies, I would be hard pressed to name one that I don’t love. Zombieland is awesome because it’s fun. I can’t turn away from The Omega Man if it’s on.
In the first mad max movie gas wasnt overly expensive yet, and could still be bought at stations. Max and his wife and kid went on a flipping vacation and drove quite a bit.
The second movie was where it got really scarce and society had really fallen apart quite severely.