Max Steel (film)

Movie
German title	Max Steel
Original title	Max Steel
Country of production	USA , ; UK
original language	English
Publishing year	2016
length	88 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Stewart Hendler
script	Christopher Yost
music	Nathan Lanier
camera	Brett Pawlak
cut	Michael Louis Hill
occupation
	Ben Winchell : Max McGrath; Ana Villafañe : Sofia Martinez; Andy García : Dr. Miles Edwards; Maria Bello : Molly McGrath; Mike Doyle : Jim McGrath; Billy Slaughter : Agent Murphy;
synchronization

Max Steel is a science fiction film directed by Stewart Hendler and released in US theaters on October 14, 2016. The film is based on the animation series of the same name, which was produced between 2000 and 2001.

action

The teenager Max McGrath moves back with his mother to the town of Copper Canyon, where Max's father worked as a scientist. Shortly after Max was born, he died in a mysterious accident. Strange things suddenly happen to Max at his new school. His body begins to generate bursts of energy that it cannot control. The uncontrollable power eventually becomes so strong that those around him distance themselves from it. So does Sofia, the girl he is in love with. Soon the energy his body produces hurts him so badly that he almost dies. Steel, an alien cybernetic life form, saves him shortly before he passes out. The two discover that they can control the energy when connected to each other. Max and the extraterrestrial being enter into a symbiosis and become the superhero Max Steel. The two dissimilar friends soon begin to uncover the secrets surrounding the death of Max's father and together they have to take up the fight against mysterious forces that threaten the world.

production

Production history

The film is based on the animation series of the same name, which was produced between 2013 and 2017. As early as July 12, 2009 it was announced that Paramount Pictures had acquired the film rights to the character Max Steel from Mattel and that Joe Roth is to produce the film. Ultimately, the film was produced by Bill O'Dowd and Julia Pistor , who works for Mattel, and Dolphin Films and Mattel Playground Productions were co-producers.

Cast and dubbing

The main role of Max McGrath was occupied by the young actor Ben Winchell , who was previously mainly employed in supporting roles in television series . Maria Bello plays his mother Molly in the film and Ana Villafañe plays the teenager Sofia Martinez.

The actor Josh Brener dubbed the extraterrestrial life form Steel in the film.

Filming


The shooting took place among others in front of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and in the downtown of Wilmington instead

Filming began on April 29, 2014 in Wilmington , Southeast North Carolina . In the port city on the Cape Fear River , the film was shot in front of the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge and in the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant on 5th Avenue, a water treatment plant in the city, also located on the river. Hoggard High School was used as the backdrop for Copper Canyon High School in the film. In downtown Wilmington, filming took place on Front Street, around Second Street and Dock Street, and on Betten Court Alley. Other scenes were filmed in an old cement factory in Castle Hayne. Filming was finished at the end of May 2014.

Marketing and Publishing

A first trailer for the film was released in August 2016.

The film was released in US cinemas on October 14, 2016. There it was able to bring in a mere 3.8 million at a production cost of 10 million US dollars, which is why the film is considered a flop and was released directly on DVD in Germany.

reception

Reviews

The film has so far failed to convince any Rotten Tomatoes critic .

“[...] We would have expected a more exciting showdown even from a serial pilot for Super RTL - and for a Hollywood superhero film (even on a tight budget) such an end point is absolutely unacceptable. Conclusion: Hanebuchen, interchangeable, boring - at the latest in the times of the Marvel Cinematic Universe we can do without a pale superhero like Max Steel. "

- Filmstarts.de

Gross profit

The film's worldwide revenue from theatrical screenings has so far been US $ 6.27 million, well below the production budget of an estimated US $ 10 million.