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Max Steel

Play trailer 2:30 Poster for Max Steel PG-13 2016 1h 32m Sci-Fi Adventure Action Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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Teenager Max McGrath (Ben Winchell) discovers that his body can generate the most powerful energy in the universe. Steel (Josh Brener) is a funny, slightly rebellious, techno-organic extraterrestrial who wants to utilize Max's skills. When the two meet, they combine to become Max Steel, a superhero with unmatched strength on Earth. They soon learn to rely on each other when Max Steel must square off against an unstoppable enemy from another galaxy.
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Critics Consensus

Bereft of characterization or even satisfying rock 'em sock 'em, Max Steel feels like futzing with an action figure without any childhood imagination.

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Christy Lemire RogerEbert.com Oct 14, 2016
.5/4
A movie based on a toy should be a whole lot more fun than this. Go to Full Review
Sam Fragoso TheWrap Oct 14, 2016
A spectacle without the spectacle, an autumnal, amorphous blockbuster that just sits there, suspended in mid-air, as you soak in its ceaseless banality. Go to Full Review
A.A. Dowd AV Club Oct 14, 2016
C-
Given that the character began life as a hunk of plastic with a cool name, it's hardly surprising that writers have reshaped his biography on the fly, with all the consistency of kids playing with their toys in the backyard. Go to Full Review
Allen Adams The Maine Edge Feb 14, 2019
0/5
Max Steel is what happens when the sole rationale for your film is 'People used to like this toy.' Go to Full Review
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed Jan 19, 2017
Isn't just ugly, but it's boring, and it's a shame considering the concept at least has potential. Go to Full Review
Erick Estrada Cinegarage Jan 2, 2017
Max Steel demonstrates a lack of absolute interest towards the public that should be directed. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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R T @Mexicanbartman1998 Sep 12, 2026 This is the most boring trash can i see in my life, this piece of crap robbed me of an hour and thirty two minutes time I could have spent changing my mindset or even my personality in my daily life, in my all too short life, its a excrement, it’s a trash excrement. It’s not worth a single second; it’s the worst thing to ever happen to Hollywood, I HATE THIS MOVIE, I HATED, HATED, HATED, HATED, HATED THIS MOVIE, It is time wasted in your life, after just 30 minutes, you’ll find yourself asking, "What am I doing with my short life?", Mattel and its ego to turn a great franchise like the MCU that never succeeded because Mattel produced this piece of trash, it was made by executives who spoke just like the perfomance of United Passions which is exactly why the movie feels like FIFA United Passions, If you compare it to Uwe Boll’s trash Alone in the Dark, Boll’s film looks like an Oscar-worthy masterpiece. See more tony G @RT79669610 Sep 5, 2026 If i could give it no stars I would, they made max a whiney cowardly kid , you just want to give him a slap for all his boohooing nothing like the original cartoon action hero energy or can do attitude , this movie was a piss poor effort for an origin story See more Rinaldo M @RT48243430 Apr 5, 2026 The movie isn't as bad as it seems, it's watchable, but honestly the script took away the quality it deserved. Max Steel is an excellent cartoon that they didn't know how to adapt properly. It's a shame that it was the first and last film in the franchise to be made. See more AJ Mar 17, 2026 Funny and entertaining See more Andre T. @andrestuckmannmoviereviews Feb 12, 2026 This is one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen cause the fact that is an insult to superhero category it also has more problems to offer because the acting in this film is terrible, the main character feels completely flat and also the villain sucked. What is the point of all of this is, if this plot cannot even set up for some reason and the main character just goes into his room and fires up google and types something idiotic for me and everything in this movie is bad. F See more Slim s @RT16438791 Jan 20, 2026 Without a doubt this is the worst movie I've ever seen in my life bro, this clusterfuck miserable drug trip garbage shouldn't exist. I didn't give a shit about Max Steel cause he is the worst hero ever and a coward how could a hero hide and let his entire team die just by getting the power he needs it never makes sense at all but I used to play with this toys when I was a little kid but nowadays I don't cause this film is a big pile of shit and the worst movie in the 2010's, would you ask me on how did they make it because it was money and they failed and I was happy they did cause the movie is absolute dogshit in every level. Andy Garcia is the worst actor I seen and the main character is complete idiot and awful which brings us to the worst part steel which is Max weapon I guess but overall this movie sucks. 0/10 F See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Teenager Max McGrath (Ben Winchell) discovers that his body can generate the most powerful energy in the universe. Steel (Josh Brener) is a funny, slightly rebellious, techno-organic extraterrestrial who wants to utilize Max's skills. When the two meet, they combine to become Max Steel, a superhero with unmatched strength on Earth. They soon learn to rely on each other when Max Steel must square off against an unstoppable enemy from another galaxy.
Director
Stewart Hendler
Producer
Bill O'Dowd, Julia Pistor
Screenwriter
Christopher Yost
Distributor
Open Road
Production Co
Dolphin Films
Rating
PG-13 (Some Sci-Fi Action/Violence)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Action, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 14, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.8M
Runtime
1h 32m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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