The teenage superhero movie 'Max Steel' recounts the origin tale of the character based on the Mattel action figure. By Frank Scheck Even tweens may find themselves underwhelmed by the new live ...

“Max Steel” is a movie sprung from a children’s action figure: a slick Mattel toy from the late 1990s that varies in length, width and style, depending on which model you picked up.

The “Max Steel” film is expected to cost around $10 million to $15 million to produce. Dolphin will be at the Toronto Intl. Film Festival to shop the pic to foreign distributors.

At its best, “Max Steel” uses the supernatural as a metaphor for awkward adolescence, but at its worst, it’s more like an extended toy commercial, noisy and forgettable.

A Max Steel movie still hasn’t gotten off the ground, but the brand is making a comeback. Mattel is set to relaunch the action property in March with a 26-episode animated series premiering in ...

Verdict Max Steel is one of the more forgettable and pointless attempts at a superhero franchise in the current post-MCU Hollywood market, lacking any of the originality or vibrance that could ...