Wow!!! What a
waste of time, money, and effort.
I did get to see
the different cartoon versions of Max Steel, and you’d think with all the
stories available and the possible twists they could have included in this
movie, the producers and writers would have a field day turning out a great
action blockbuster. What they ended up doing was delivering a movie so boring
and uneventful, it takes courage not to demand your money back after seeing it.
The level of
complexity weaved into the plot is so daft, you’ll have to concentrate to
separate the current happenings, Max’s memories, and Steel’s memories. The
movie then gets to a point where you think things will start to make sense, but
it stays there until the undramatic, stupidly hilarious ending. It makes you
wonder: how did this leave the storyboard?
This is supposed
to be a sci-fi action movie, but then there’s a girl added for a romantic
twist. Now, the girl was either lacking friends or was too dumb to avoid stupid
people, because regardless of Max’s erratic behavior, she still stuck with him.
You might be thinking maybe they’ve been friends for a long time or something,
but nope. According to the movie, Max just moved into town, and she found his
necessity for distancing himself attractive. She wasn’t turned off by his
erratic behavior, which would naturally make people keep their distance.
Not everything
about the movie was bad—the CGI was cool—but when the fight scenes come up, get
ready to be disappointed. There were too many cutaways from what’s happening to
the faces of the men in suits as they strain and grunt like they have constipation.
The movie plot
starts with Max (Ben Winchell) and his mother (Maria Bello) moving into a new
town. Max soon discovers that his body generates a sort of power in the form of
electricity, which he finds can cause machines to blow up. Coincidentally, when
Max discovers his powers, an alien named Steel—who has been dormant in a
facility—comes to life and tracks down Max.
They form an
unusual bond, with Steel eating up Max’s powers to keep him from exploding.
Their union creates a superhero named Max Steel. Their bonding is interrupted
by a hunt for both of them and an evil force that wishes to harness Max’s power
for itself.
This movie was
both a critical and commercial failure. I need not say more—avoid this one.
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