Director: Stewart Hendler
Writer: Christopher L Yost (Screenplay)
Starring: Ben Winchell, Josh Brener, Maria Bello, Andy Garcia, Ana Villafane, Mike Doyle, Phillip DeVona
Plot: The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and his alien companion, Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Runtime: 1 Hour 32 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict: Basic Action Sci-Fi
Story: Max Steel starts when teenager Max McGrath (Winchell) moves back home with his mother Molly (Bello) where he must go through the typical high school routines, his father’s former colleague Dr Miles Edwards (Garcia) and a new ability he has gain, where he can control electricity.
When the ability to control his energy starts getting out of control a robot Steel arrives to protect him and guide him about why his body is reacting the way it is.
Thoughts on Max Steel
Characters – Max McGrath is a teenager moving to another high school to hopeful stay this time, it doesn’t take him long to start having a new reaction to the surroundings, one that lets him control electricity, he must learn about this new skill to understand what is going on and fight back to save himself and loved ones. Steel is the robot set to protect Max, teaching him about his abilities and fits into the same group of, new robot doesn’t understand the world group. Molly is the mother that has always looked out for her son, making sure he is safe after what happened to his father. Dr Miles Edwards used to work with Max’s father and now he always watches over the family making sure they are looked after.
Performances – Ben Winchell doesn’t get started in the leading role not being the character on a strong enough level, Maria Bello and Andy Garcia both seem to be here for the pay check without doing anything difficult.
Story – The story here follows a teenager that returns to his birthplace with his mom and starts to learn more about his own father by learning his has the ability to control energy. This is a story that is completely by the book, it never gets going and just seems to copy most of the other stories which have done the same concept. It just becomes completely forgettable and could easily be the weak pilot episode of a television show.
Action/Sci-Fi – The action in the film is also very basic, with the main fight being hard to even focus on, with the sci-fi elements of the film does show an alien hybrid coming to Earth.
Settings – The film just puts us in small town America and with this, we get let into this life that the family is planning to start his life again.
Special Effects – The effects are also weak through the film, showing the ideas seemed to be outside the budget.
Scene of the Movie – Hard to find one.
That Moment That Annoyed Me – It is just boring.
Final Thoughts – This is a simple action sci-fi movie without being anything special.
Overall: Simple and forgettable.
