2016 · action · adventure · sci-fi
Max Steel
Directed by Stewart Hendler1h 32m2016
The adventures of teenager Max McGrath and alien companion Steel, who must harness and combine their tremendous new powers to evolve into the turbo-charged superhero Max Steel.
Our read: Max Steel (2016) reads as a warm, breathless, inventive action · adventure · sci-fi entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, breathless, gentle action / adventure, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- warm
- kinetic
- gentle
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How Max Steel feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a harmless teen superhero origin with an alien sidekick and light action.”
Skip it tonight — You expect Marvel polish; this toy-brand origin feels generic and forgettable.
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