Max Steel gets a big budget movie, seriously? This is sad
Jeffrey Van Camp
In a sign that I’m starting to get old, Paramount is bringing Max Steel to the big screen. Max Steel is a line of action figures from Mattel that debuted around the turn of the century and enjoyed a very short run on saturday morning television in 2001. The toys are popular in Latin America, but didn’t last long in the U.S. The television show was completely CGI and suffered from poor animation, bad art direction, and likely dumbed the children who watched it. I suppose since they’ve screwed up one generation’s youth with Transformers 2 and now GI Joe, maybe a lesser known and crappier line of toys from a newer generation might take off too?
Joe Roth has signed on to produce, but no director or cast announcements have been made. Roth directed Christmas with the Kranks and Freedomland. He has also produced many titles, good and bad, in the last few years.
The official story of Max Steel goes something like this:
When a diabolical empire threatens to terrorize the world, there’s only one hero who can stop it…Max Steel®. Infused with super Nano-Technology (N-TekTM), this extreme teen Josh McGrath® is stronger, faster and more powerful than any human. Working for a secret global security force, agent Max Steel® must eliminate the enemy and its most terrifying villains, Psycho®, Bio-ConstrictorTM and VitriolTM. Join Max Steel® on his awesome adventures as he voyages across the globe battling the forces of evil!”
Unless they destroy the premise entirely, this movie cannot be good. There are few action figure lines more cliche and generic than Max Steel.
Am I off the mark?
Reader Comments (1)
¡Oh sí! ¡Amo el Acero Máximo! Tengo todas las figuras. ¡Acero Máximo original, debajo del Acero Máximo del agua, Acero Máximo del karate de la acción estupenda de la tajada! Son toda la menta en caja. ¡No puedo esperar esta película! Ay-yi-yi!